No drainage system at flood risk village
NEIGHBOURS are campaigning for the first drainage system to be installed in a village that has been a flood risk for “more than 50 years”.They have written to the Environment Agency, Thames Water and...
View Article‘Let’s keep our constituency’
BOUNDARY: Village chiefs have slammed plans to change the boundaries covered by MPs.Ashridge is now covered by Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning, but a boundary review suggests it transfer into the...
View Article‘Keep us in the loop on your scout hut plans’
PLANS for a controversial scout hut are due to be published within two weeks, a meeting heard.The 1st Potten End Scouts want to move out of their run-down base in the village’s Common Gardens.But when...
View ArticleGrave worries now resolved
RULES: Relatives have removed items from the graves of loved ones after complaints by councillors.Potten End Parish Council had said that items including pebbles must be removed from graves at its...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview
YOU’VE got to be able to laugh at anything, even the tough stuff – that’s what laughter is for.So don’t steer clear of 50/50 even if it’s being promoted as a bromance buddy comedy with a cancer...
View ArticleInterview: Have a go hunk is Gethin on with it
Gethin Jones is back to his boisterous best in The Adventurer’s Guide To Britain, began on ITV1 this week. The former Blue Peter presenter reveals all about being a scaredy cat at heart, busting some...
View ArticlePlans to party for the Queen
ROYAL: Beacons could be lit for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, say chiefs.Planners say one could be lit in the grounds of Berkhamsted Castle and one on Potten End village green.Potten End Parish Council...
View ArticleStandard flies the flag for new-look Legion branch
THE Royal British Legion has unveiled a new standard in the wake of a merger between two of its branches.The Berkhamsted and Tring branches merged earlier this year on the 90th anniversary of the...
View ArticleMerry Christmas to sledge-less Santa!
SANTA Claus ditched the sleigh to turn up for a village fete in a vintage car.The big man rolled up to the Hollyberry Fair at Chipperfield Village Hall in a 1912 Oakland motor car.The big man set up a...
View ArticlePolice say: ‘We will visit more crime victims’
POLICE have pledged that they will attend 4,000 more crimes in the next financial year than they do during the current one.Next year, police will aim to attend two thirds of crimes they are called...
View ArticleBreakfast with a star Paralympian
BUSINESSES can hear about the contract opportunities still on offer from the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics at a free breakfast networking meeting on Monday, December 5.The Win Business Gold...
View Article‘Heartening’ care at ward in hospital is given praise
A REPORT published yesterday says care for the elderly in a town centre hospital is ‘excellent’.The Care Quality Commission was full of praise for St Peter’s Rehabilitation Ward at Hemel Hempstead...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Just how hard can a bowl of soup be?
I AM writing this with the sound turned down on the TV which isn’t the right way to watch ‘Come Dine With Me’ because it’s what the contestants say to each other that is the funniest part of the whole...
View ArticleDomestic abuse plea: Don’t suffer in silence
A NEW campaign has been launched across the county to coincide with Domestic Abuse Awareness Week.Finishing on Sunday, the week aims to highlight the issue and raise awareness of domestic abuse.The new...
View ArticleLeisure: Crowds will be milling around Christmas market
IT’S Christmas market time at Frogmore Paper Mill in Apsley this Sunday, November 27.Pop along and you’ll be impressed with the huge variety of festive items on sale including collectables – like...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s pick of the week’s TV coming up
SATURDAYTony Robinson’s Gods and Monsters (Channel 4, 8.15pm)Mr Time Team sets out to show that the UK is more steeped in superstition than you might think.Each episode will explore a different...
View Article‘Throw less away for a cleaner world’
PEOPLE are being urged to reduce their waste in an online campaign.Dacorum Borough Council is posting hints and tips all week on www.twitter.com/DacorumBC and www.facebook.com/dacorum. The initiative...
View ArticlePolice focus on schools in park vandal crackdown
POLICE officers visited all the schools in a town where a war memorial garden was vandalised to drive home to youngsters the significance of what it meant to the townspeople.Neighbourhood officers in...
View Article‘Schools pushing teenagers into A-levels and university’
TEENAGERS feel “pushed into A-levels and university” by teachers who do not tell them about vocational alternatives, a meeting heard.Berkhamsted Youth Town Council gathered earlier this month to...
View ArticleSign up to fundraisers to help struggling hospice
A HOSPICE facing a cash crisis that could force the closure of its day unit is calling on people to sign up to its fundraising events. The Hospice of St Francis announced this week that it may have to...
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