Banquet for flood relief
THE sister of a woman whose home was flooded in Thailand has raised £275 to help the country’s relief effort.Mae Robinson, 31, who lives in Granville Road, Berkhamsted, set up a fundraising Thai...
View ArticleHundreds buy wristband in Billy’s memory
More than 1,500 memorial wristbands have been sold to raise money for Stop Knife Crimes in memory of 21-year-old Bily Dove, who was stabbed in Hemel Hempstead.The white bands inscribed with RIP Billy...
View ArticleSix years since disaster and road is still closed
A ROAD closed because of the Buncefield blast six years ago remains shut because of a row over who should pay for repair work.Cherry Tree Lane has been fenced off where it runs between Buncefield Lane...
View ArticleRooftop ‘runners’ risk their lives as craze gets a grip
YOUNGSTERS are taking their lives in their hands by leaping from roof to roof in Hemel Hempstead town centre as part of a new free running craze.Groups are gathering on rooftops above Marlowes to do...
View ArticleCar destroyed in arson attack
A Ford Fiesta was destroyed in an arson attack on a garage in Hemel Hempstead.Criminals broke into the lock-up in Peartree Close, Warners End, on Friday, November 25, between 10pm and 11pm and set fire...
View ArticleFamily is raising cash in aid of Nanny B
A FAMILY has launched a fundraising drive and is organising a benefit to pay for equipment they feel is vital in helping them to care for their 88-year-old grandmother.Stacey Early desperately wants to...
View ArticleHemel Evolution sets out future of the town
FRESH redevelopment plans for Hemel Hempstead town centre reveal how the existing civic centre will be sold off to a supermarket to help pay for the rest of the ambitious scheme.Council chiefs hope the...
View ArticleBorough’s boilers are getting long in the tooth
MORE than a quarter of gas boilers in council homes in Dacorum have ‘exceeded their projected life cycle’.Of the 9,659 boilers installed across the borough, 2,688 are at least 15 years old and a...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Christmas is well under way, no thanks to me
My Christmas arrangements are well advanced and it’s not thanks to me! I am now of an age where I can leave it all to the kids which suits me fine and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before...
View ArticleNew police number is actually a lot cheaper
PEOPLE doing their duty by calling the police non-emergency number 101 will save money as the new rate is up to 15 times cheaper than the old 0845 number.Hertfordshire police has revealed that the old...
View ArticleSaturday’s football results
Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division: Hemel Hempstead Town 0-2 Redditch TownMolten Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division: Hillingdon Borough 1-1 Leverstock Green, Berkhamsted 3-4 Holmer...
View ArticleKings take a share of the spoils at Green
Crawley Green 2 Kings Langley 2KINGS Langley picked up a hard-earned point at Crawley Green as Chris Mason and Jimmy Armstrong struck after half-time to secure a 2-2 draw.Kings got off to the worst...
View ArticleDynamite Donaldson blasts Rovers through
West Herts LeagueA STUNNING extra time hat-trick by Curtis Donaldson put Hemel Rovers through to the last-16 of the County Cup. Evenly matched with Tring Athletic A throughout the 90 minutes, Hemel...
View ArticleInjuries take their toll as Mets sink Storm
BasketballBirmingham Mets 81 Hemel Storm 70AN injury-decimated Hemel Storm lost their first National League game this season as they were edged out by Birmingham Mets.Despite a spirited performance,...
View ArticleThrilling win for Tring
RugbyGravesend 14-16 TringA LAST minute try from Dave Shotton earned Tring a dramatic victory at Gravesend.Shotton, who had represented Wasps A the previous week, pounced in the dying moments to snatch...
View ArticleTen-man Levy denied by a last gasp leveller
Levy GreenHillingdon Borough 1 Leverstock Green 1LEVY Green were denied all three points by a 94th minute equaliser at Hillingdon Borough.Leading 1-0 through a Lewis Pritchard effort, Levy had been...
View ArticleValuable win for the Tring ladies’ seconds
HOCKEY: IT was a good week for the Tring ladies’ second XI as they picked up a comfortable 4-0 win over Luton Town in their bottom of the table clash.Tring were dominant from the off and took a...
View ArticleCamelot are mauled at home by Stevenage
RugbyCamelot 8-41 StevenageA DEPLETED Camelot side collapsed to defeat at home to Stevenage on Saturday. The team were missing several key players, with Richard Woodard, Ross Willoughby, Carl...
View ArticleSantas descend on town
SANTAS of all shapes and sizes were seen dashing through the streets to help fill a hospice’s sack full of cash. Around 300 people, young and old, donned festive suits to run through Hemel Hempstead’s...
View ArticleThieves target train station
TWO commuters returned to their cars to discover their catalytic converters had been hacked off. Thieves targeted the vehicles, which had been parked at Hemel Hempstead railway station, between 7am and...
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