Shoppers can meet Santa and his elves this weekend
Santa and his elves are coming to Hemel Hempstead’s Marlowes Shopping Centre this festive weekend.
View ArticleCare home boss Ravi is Asian of Year 2012
The founder a care group which opened its first home in Hemel Hempstead has been named Asian of the Year 2012.
View ArticleGenerator is snatch target
Thieves working under the cover of darkness stole a huge generator.
View ArticleCost racks up for Old Town Hall’s revamp
Extra cash has been released to spend on Hemel Hempstead’s Old Town Hall arts venue after the bill for the regeneration project turned out to be higher than expected.
View ArticleFire still burning but cost unclear
A fire that began nearly six weeks ago at a recycling base is still burning – but it is unknown how much public cash has been spent on it.
View ArticleJobs: Help extended for unemployed would-be entrepreneurs
A programme that supports the unemployed in becoming self-employed has been extended.
View ArticleWatch the birdies - the feathered or the golf kind!
A portrait photographer whose work is already on display in the National Portrait Gallery wants to say ‘watch the birdie’ to Dacorum bird-watchers – and he’s hoping golfers and bee-keepers will want...
View ArticleLions and DENS go together at Christmas
Homeless people in Dacorum won’t be going hungry this Christmas thanks to a donation from the London Belmont Lions Club.
View ArticleMEP Howitt says that fish decision is a step forward
Herts Euro MP Richard Howitt has welcomed the decision to introduce a ban on fish ‘discards’.
View ArticleWill new Wetherspoon pub be opened in Tring?
Booming pub chain Wetherspoon would like to open a new pub in Tring – if anyone’s got a site for it.
View ArticleFirst a starring role, then it’s my exams!
A GCSE student is swapping science notes for scripts and songbooks to star as Dick Whittington’s leading lady.
View ArticleMarriage fan Bert backs bridal boutique
Couples are still eager to tie the knot, according to the owner of a new bridal shop in Boxmoor, even though singletons now outnumber the married for the first time.
View ArticleTV campaign snowman helps raise hospital cash
The snowman seen by millions of TV viewers in the iconic John Lewis Christmascampaign has been donated to a hospital children’s ward – and you could bid to win it.
View ArticleHowitt gets his hands on Nobel Prize
Euro MP Richard Howitt looks as pleased as punch to get his hands on the Nobel Peace Prize.
View ArticleCCTV appeal after Hemel Tesco worker is attacked with pepper spray
Police want to speak to this man after a supermarket security guard was sprayed in the face with what is believed to have been pepper spray.
View ArticleHospice cheque adds to school’s fundraising record
The handover of a cheque for more than £7,000 has taken the fundraising total racked up by Markyate’s Beechwood Park school for Keech Hospice Care to nearly £160,000.
View ArticleClimbing a mountain to help a good cause
Nine supporters of charity Reach Out Plus have trekked to an Everest base camp to raise a total of £17,000 for the Hertfordshire charity.
View ArticleTry your hand at being Chancellor, says MP Mike
Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning is backing the launch of a Chance To Be Chancellor project and calling on Dacorum teenagers to get involved.
View ArticleHeaps of hampers are Cavendish Christmas contribution
The spirit of a competitive Christmas was captured by pupils at Hemel Hempstead’s Cavendish School as they designed, made and then filled hampers destined for distribution by the town branch of the Age...
View Article‘One in two men will develop cancer by 2027’
A new awareness and fundraising campaign is set to be launched across the East of England by Cancer Research UK, as new figures show that the lifetime risk of developing cancer is increasing.
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