New church collection service
A children’s wear donation service has been launched to help the needy.The leaders of Kings Road Church in Berkhamsted have collected non-perishable foods from their parishioners for the past year.It...
View ArticleBattle goes on against HS2
Rail: A fundraising initiative is being launched to help fight plans for a highly controversial high speed rail link.The Chilterns Countryside Group (CCG) is raising funds as part of a drive by local...
View ArticleTaxi row over ‘unfair’ station licence charge
A TRAIN company is planning to police taxis picking up people from a station forecourt because of a dispute it is having with drivers over annual permits.London Midland believes that most of the...
View Article‘Do you like our council homes?’
Dacorum Borough Council wants to know what you think of its homes.It has sent surveys to all people who live in them this week, and all feedback will be used to improve the housing service.Return the...
View ArticleFacebook takes a trip down memory lane
MORE than 1,100 people have signed up to a new Facebook group devoted to memories of Hemel Hempstead.The group, called Hemel Hempstead Remembered, was started up just weeks ago but hundreds have...
View ArticleHas technology taken over from old-fashioned parenting?
I WAS ambling home from a walk through our local park the other afternoon when I spotted a couple of policemen calling at a house near to mine. They knocked at the door a couple of times. When there...
View ArticleIf you have to use the roads, go safely...
Motoring charity the IAM has today issued advice on driving in snow and ice, as freezing conditions spread across the country.IAM chief examiner Peter Rodger said: “Don’t drive unless it’s completely...
View ArticleKeep A&E for a real emergency say bosses
HOSPITAL bosses are urging people to think twice before going to A&E with conditions that can be treated elsewhere.During the winter there is extra pressure on the NHS and A&E departments need...
View ArticleEntertaining little ones is child’s play
KEEPING lively kids happy is all in a day’s work for mother and daughter team Ann and Joanna Stack.The pair have just taken on a children’s entertainment franchise that sees youngsters enjoy an...
View ArticleBeauty drop-outs will miss out on fame
THE chances of the Miss Hertfordshire crown coming to the area have decreased as two hopefuls have dropped out of the finals.Alison Savage, aged 23, and Sophie Wadmore, aged 20, both from Hemel...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Chronicle
“Telekinesis: The ability to move, lift, vibrate (that’s my favourite), spin, bend, break or impact objects through the direct influence of mental power or other non-physical means.”You want to see...
View ArticleFun in the snow
Lots of people, young and old, hit the streets yesterday (Sunday) to enjoy the snow. Many grabbed their sledges and took to the hills while others got busy creating snowmen. But some took the task more...
View ArticleTown centre braced for a shopping ‘squeeze’
TOWN centre bosses have warned of a retail ‘squeeze’ this year despite figures that show sales in Hemel Hempstead grew in the crucial Christmas period.Sales were up 1.6 per cent year on year in...
View Article‘Tax chiefs want to put my pub out of business’
A LANDLORD trying to make a success of a 300-year-old pub says council chiefs ‘have done everything to put us out of business’.Ian Fender took over at The Olde Leather Bottle in Leverstock Green just...
View ArticleCouncil snow disruption update
Dacorum Borough Council has issued the following advice to residents this morning (Monday).Refuse and recyclingRefuse and recycling crews are out today and will try to empty as many green wheeled and...
View ArticleShops are ‘dying a death’
NEIGHBOURHOOD shopping centres in Hemel Hempstead are suffering a massive decline in fortunes with dwindling customers and dingy amenities.Shopkeepers claim they have never known business so slow and...
View ArticlePair deny murdering Billy in town centre stabbing
TWO teenagers will stand trial for the murder of Billy Dove.Charlie Samson, 18, and a 17 year old, who can’t be identified for legal reasons, appeared at St Albans Crown Court today (Monday).The pair...
View Article‘Denied a test, and it could have killed me’
A WOMAN who was denied a smear test because she was under 25 ended up needing surgery to remove part of her cervix.The 22-year-old from Adeyfield went to see her GP on two occasions last September but...
View ArticleLatest plan for Birtchnells site
Proposals to replace a collapsed shop with three flats and a new store have been recommended for approval by planning bosses. But the decision on whether plans for the former Birtchnells site in High...
View ArticleIcy conditions expected to last all week
WITH sub-zero overnight temperatures expected to continue throughout the week, residents are being reminded to take extra care.Overnight temperatures could reach as low as minus seven, with icy...
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