Design your own decorations
A charity dedicated to using and recycling paper has organised a variety of imaginative events for the festive season.The Paper Trail in Apsley is hosting a series of drop-in sessions for children and...
View ArticleMum hopes display will light up children’s lives
A MUM hopes to draw a crowd and raise cash for children with severe learning difficulties through her festive display. Around 8,000 lights make up this Christmas spectacle at Corrina Sangster’s home in...
View Article‘Don’t worry, economy is safe in my hands’ – MP
THINK tank the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has predicted that the UK is about to slip into a double-dip recession.It forecasts that the economy will shrink by 0.025 per...
View ArticleHunt is on for village pictures
People are being encouraged to send in their pictures of Northchurch to feature on a new community website.Northchurch Parish Council is setting up the site and wants images of the village to run on a...
View ArticleBargain hunters out in numbers for TV show
Television crews filming BBC’s popular daytime show Bargain Hunt attracted even more people to Tring Market Auctions on Saturday.The team was there filming four episodes where 16 locals competed...
View ArticleFarewell to link to Gazette’s past
THE daughter of a former owner of the Berkhamsted & Tring Gazette has died, aged 77.Elizabeth Anne Kingham died on Sunday, December 4. She is the daughter of Douglas Needham, a former owner of the...
View ArticleHelping hand for shoppers
CHRISTMAS: Help is on offer for last-minute Christmas shoppers.Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care have a host of treats available to buy online, as well as a variety of heartwarming virtual gifts...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the best of the week’s TV
SaturdayStrictly Come Dancing (BBC One, 7pm)This is the final, and the atmosphere is bound to be electric. And for viewers at home with access to a state-of-the-art TV, there’s an added bonus – it’s...
View ArticleGirl wins UK peace prize
A GIRL has been selected as a national winner of the Lions Peace Poster Contest.Kate Saunders, 12, and Matthew Bayles, 13, were chosen as winners of the competition in Berkhamsted.Kate said: “To me,...
View ArticleMotorists weather warning
THE AMBULANCE service has issued a warning to motorists asking them to take care in the snowy weather conditions.The overnight snow has created hazardous driving conditions across the region and the...
View ArticleRetailers positive about Christmas
HIGH Street stores are slashing prices in the run-up to Christmas to draw in cost-conscious shoppers during a time of economic austerity.In Berkhamsted High Street Laura Ashley has at least 30 per cent...
View ArticleCharity tribute by mum on TV
CHARITY: A mum-of-three whose husband was diagnosed with leukaemia on the same day she gave birth has been on TV to help the charity that helped her family.The Hospice of St Francis in Northchurch...
View ArticleBus users left out in cold
PEOPLE who have been left without a bus service into their town centre since a bus company changed its route will not be seeing it reinstated any time in the near future.Bus company Arriva has said...
View ArticleCar overturned on snowy road
A woman had a lucky escape when her car overturned on the A4251 in Cow Roast during the snowy weather conditions at 8.13 this morning.Police and ambulance went to the scene but the woman didn’t need...
View ArticleJubilee party is one step closer
QUEEN: Celebrations of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee could include a street fair, fancy dress and live music, Berkhamsted Town Council heard on Monday.Dacorum Borough Council will put £3,000 into the...
View ArticleZumbathon in memory of Charlie, eight
A ZUMBATHON in memory of eight-year-old Charlie Fidler, who died suddenly last year, has raised hundreds for charity The Pepper Foundation.The dance event at South Hill Primary School in Boxmoor on...
View ArticleControversial homes plan is back on the agenda for town
A DEVELOPER has resubmitted a proposal to build homes on a controversial site after the original plan was turned down by the planning inspectorate.Applicant Black Lab Developments had last year applied...
View ArticlePupils’ gift moved veteran to tears
WAR veteran Tom Payne was overwhelmed to tears by a thank you gift he received from children at a primary school after he visited to give them a talk about Remembrance.The children of Bishop Wood...
View ArticleTreasure trove thieves ‘stealing our heritage’
THIEVES are “stealing our heritage” from beneath our feet at popular beauty spots.They are targeting historical sites, including Berkhamsted and Northchurch Commons in Ashridge, according to council...
View ArticlePenning backs PM on Europe
politics: MP Mike Penning has backed Prime Minister David Cameron’s stance on Europe.The MP for Hemel Hempstead has spoken out in the row over the use of Britain’s veto at an EU summit called to deal...
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