Formal application for free school is submitted
The formal application to open a new primary school in Hemel Hempstead has been submitted to education chiefs.
View ArticleCouncil has a rubbish idea
Dacorum Borough Council has come up with an innovative way of ensuring that residents won’t be left down in the dumps over the winter months.
View ArticleCan you provide a minibus parking spot?
A community project needs businesses to donate parking spaces its much-used minibuses.
View ArticleBanknotes return home after ‘coup’
Extremely rare Hemel Hempstead banknotes were snapped up by a history group after its members learned they were going under the hammer – thanks to the Gazette.
View ArticleRevived Gadebridge scout group gets cash injection
A recently revived scout group can buy tables and benches for activities thanks to a cash grant.
View ArticleFirefighters rescue Bovingdon woman from broken down lift
Firefighters came to the rescue of an elderly woman who was trapped in a broken down lift at her sheltered housing complex.
View ArticleNo Dacorum babies were born at Watford hospital on Christmas Day
Not one Dacorum baby came into the world at Watford General Hospital on Christmas Day.
View ArticleHemel’s Salvation Army helps struggling families with gift donations at...
Donations of gifts for youngsters helped 47 struggling families at Christmas.
View ArticleChristmas Day violence in Berkhamsted leaves man with serious head injuries
A man was left with serious head injuries after an early hours Christmas Day row is believed to have erupted into violence.
View ArticleStreet pastors getting set for caring patrols
Street pastors hoping to make Hemel Hempstead a “safer, kinder community” have undergone their first day of training ready for the scheme’s launch.
View ArticleDitch the booze and have a cuppa during Dry January
Drinkers are being encouraged to swap alcoholic beverages for a cuppa during the month of January.
View ArticleVillage school comes tops in primary schools league table
Christmas on a high for top school in Wigginton
View ArticleSchool celebrates its whopping charity total after another chunky contribution
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 ArticleHospitals are beating the winter vomiting bug despite cases soaring in other...
Hemel Hempstead and Watford hospitals are still dodging the dreaded winter vomiting virus despite cases soaring nationally.
View ArticleIf you like a joke, then you could be in for a real Tweet...
For some people, the jury’s still out on Twitter. The social networking site which restricts individual posts to just 140 characters has been enthusiastically adopted by some and condemned by others.
View ArticleGet your Christmas tree battered at ‘chip shop’
A council will be opening ‘chip shops’ where people will be able to get their real Christmas trees battered into splinters.
View ArticleSetting your sights on a marathon in the new year? Here’s how our David...
I’ve been running as a hobby for almost two years, and you can track my progress through two Gaddesden Gallops.
View Article40 years on, Hemel’s refugees say thanks with grants
Four Dacorum charities have benefited from cash grants as a big thank you from a group of refugees who were given help to set up home in Hemel Hempstead 40 years ago.
View ArticleCamel dung ciggies? Cheap at half the price
Illegal tobacco could push cigarette selling businesses ‘to the edge of survival’ according to the new Herts police and crime commissioner.
View ArticleGarage to help beat the crooks with free ‘cat’ marking
A garage has teamed up with police in a bid to protect motorists from crooks who snatch catalytic converters from vehicles.
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