THERE’S a serious summer of sport on the way, with the Olympic Games in London, the Euro 2012 football tournament, and all manner of other high profile competitions to catch the attention.

TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of former Hemel Hempstead MP Robin Corbett.

FIRE chiefs have issued a warning about the dangers of fat fires as people prepare to start flipping for Pancake Day next Tuesday.

Hagglers, savvy-shoppers and sale-seekers are on the increase according to new research from Santander Credit Cards.

The number of drivers over the age of 80 has now topped one million according to information obtained by motoring charity the IAM following a freedom of information request to the DVL.

MOURNERS have reacted with anger after council bosses declared a much-loved stand of cherry trees in Woodwells cemeterymust be chopped down.

A PENSIONER is calling for street lights around his sheltered housing complex to be turned back on overnight after thieves broke in under the cover of darkness.

TODDLER worship leaders Margaret Gittins and Rosemary Carpenter held their final session at The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Tring..

COUNCIL chiefs are pumping an extra £75,000 into bed and breakfast accommodation as the number of homeless people rises in the economic downturn.

CAMPAIGNERS have stepped up their efforts to stop a social centre being pulled down to make way for a chaplaincy.

Road safety charity the IAM offers weekly motoring tips from Britain’s top advanced driver, Peter Rodger.

A pair of cats are looking for a new forever home together.

EVERYONE around me seems to be finding this whole ordeal hilarious, but there’s just one person not laughing – me.

PROPOSALS that could end parking gripes for people who live near a rail station are being formulated.

HANDS-ON volunteers are needed to help out at dementia cafes in Tring and Boxmoor.

A MUSIC promoter is urging people to get behind his campaign for a live music venue to be built in Hemel.

One in four of all potatoes eaten are in the form of chips and over 277 million portions of chips are sold in fish and chip shops across the UK each year.

New research has spotlighted the crippling impact of yob culture on businesses in the East of England, which cost £8.2 million in 2011 and is expected to cost a staggering ten times more in 2012

A show-stopping line-up of authors and illustrators are uniting for the country’s first online children’s book festival on World Book Day, March 1.

ELDERLY people could be put in danger if a proposed development goes ahead as it is.