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- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
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- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
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- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
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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.
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.
Promised hospital link road now a reality after £7m boost
EMERGENCY access to A&E in Watford is to be revolutionised after hospital chiefs were handed £7 million to pay for a new link road.
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Gazette reporter to judge Miss Herts contestants
THE judges for the Miss Hertfordshire competition will include a Gazette reporter and two former pageant winners.
Land next to castle up for sale
A HUGE plot of land next door to an historic landmark has been put on the market for £575,000.
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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.
Olympic-style games for museum visitors
VISITORS to the Natural History Museum in Tring will be able to take on champions of the animal world in a mini Olympic-style games at its latest exhibition.
Commuters ‘hogging car park spaces’
VALUABLE parking slots for shoppers in Adeyfield Square are being taken up by commuters who leave their cars there all day, a store manager has claimed.
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Parking row rages on amid fears over cost
ABOUT 100 protesters revolted against a plan to draw up town-wide parking permits during a meeting of the scheme’s leaders.
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Direct sellers and tradespeople targeted in anti tax cheat campaign
PEOPLE who don’t pay their dues are being hunted down by the taxman.
What would you do with Swinburn’s £10m racing pad?
IT’S not an everyday property deal, and being entrusted with the sale of the 400 acres that make up the former racing horse training and breeding stables of Walter Swinburn and Peter Harris – at a guide price of £9.4 million – is a feather in the cap of long-established agents Cole Flatt & Partners.
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Shops are ‘dying a death’
NEIGHBOURHOOD shopping centres in Hemel Hempstead are suffering a massive decline in fortunes with dwindling customers and dingy amenities.
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Town 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.
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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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Facebook 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.
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Taxi 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.
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Battle goes on against HS2
Rail: A fundraising initiative is being launched to help fight plans for a highly controversial high speed rail link.
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Print firm sniffs out a 1,000mph super car
A HEMEL Hempstead company has got behind the latest land speed record attempt by sponsoring the Bloodhound supercar.
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Battle begins to keep water fun park afloat
BOSSES at Aquasplash have launched a campaign to save the attraction after it emerged there are no plans for it in a revamped LeisureWorld.
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Apsley club closes after 137 years
A SPORTS and social club in Apsley that has been around for more than 100 years has shut down.
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Academy for Dragons
A CHARITY plans to apply to the government to set up an academy for entrepreneurs.
Silver lining as jobs queue continues to inch down
THERE is some comfort for the borough’s jobless as the number of unemployed people in Dacorum is slowly decreasing, according to the latest figures.
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Gazette fuel campaign has support from MPs
MPs Mike Penning and David Gauke have voiced their support for the Gazette’s campaign to tackle fuel disparity in the area.
Chiefs ‘ignored my Fairtrade town lifeline’
A COUNCILLOR says his efforts to head up the Fairtrade movement in Hemel Hempstead have been ignored as council chiefs claim it risks being dropped due to lack of interest.
Walk this way toward £100,000 roadworks
PEDESTRIAN-friendly road improvements worth more than £100,000 will kick off in Hemel Hempstead in February.
Lift-off for online route to high-end food firms
SHOPPERS can go online to buy and have delivered products from a variety of boutiques and stores that sell organic and local foods.
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Businesses collaborate on a banger of an idea
A BUTCHER, brewer and a landlord have teamed up to create a signature dish for their patch.
A confidence boosting event
MEET three of the young women who are sure to gain a boost in confidence by entering the area’s biggest beauty pageant.
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Beware if there’s no score on the door, diners are told
PUNTERS are being urged to watch out for eateries that do not display new hygiene scores that come into effect from the end of January.
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Olympic park-and-ride plans for Redbourn’s Hertfordshire showground given green light
PLANS to create an Olympic car park on a county showground were approved by councillors last night.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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