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- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
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- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
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- 'Crush racism' in football: PM
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High pods are set to open up a new market for hilltop zoo video
EIGHT “luxury camping pods” are being planned at Whipsnade Zoo as charity chiefs aim to make it a year-round attraction.
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Sign blasted as ‘pointless cash waste’ by politician
SEVERAL unnecessary road signs have cropped up around a village to plug a hole in Dacorum Borough Council’s budget, said a politician.
Glass problem at skate ramp
DANGER: A skate ramp remains closed as its owners can’t find the £4,500 they need to make it safe.
Dixons goes upmarket with Harrods concession
ELECTRICAL giant Dixons will be supplying gadgets and gizmos to the well-heeled when the firm takes over the electronics section of luxury department store Harrods next month.
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Jobs: Banks create hundreds of apprenticeship places
MAJOR high street banks will create new apprenticeship places and offer more places to young people, it has been announced.
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Nine to five school will mean business
A NEW school where youngsters wear business clothes and work nine to five is being planned in Hemel Hempstead.
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Unemployment group seeing rising numbers
AN UNEMPLOYMENT support group says the number of people needing help is growing in the gloomy economic climate.
Jobs: One in five parents "partly hope" their offspring don't get costly university place
Rising costs of university places are causing important changes in behaviour and making some parents hope the financial burden doesn't fall on them, research suggests.
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If 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.
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Prime time TV spot for Nick’s snow socks
A MECHANIC earned himself a spot on prime TV by telling BBC London News reporters about his snow socks.
Peace shattered by village parking wars
COUNCIL house tenants have been told not to “threaten” each other or row about whose car parking space is whose in a tiny village cul-de-sac.
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TV debut for budding star in Upstairs Downstairs s
A BUDDING actor will be sitting down with family and friends to watch himself on television for the first time.
Only way is Essex for April’s designs
A BEAUTY queen is hoping her fashion designs will be embraced as ‘totally reem’ by crowds at Essex Fashion Week.
Carnival back for good
THE organisers behind a revived carnival have said that it is here to stay and will one day rival the town’s biggest events for popularity.
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Weather for Hemel Hempstead
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
