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Man cleared of sexual assault but judge slams his behaviour as ‘little better than an animal’

A RESTAURANT worker, who was today (Wednesday) cleared of sexually assaulting a woman with learning difficulties, was told by a judge that his behaviour towards her was little better than an animal.

12-460    Charity Match for Ian Thomson at Cow Roast.
Phoenix in red and black and  photographed with Emerald Vale.
Also in the photograph are Lewis Thomson,nine, and sister Madison, seven.

Kickabout memorial tops its charity target

A FOOTBALL match in memory of a dad-of-four raised a bumper £1,350, smashing the fundraising target.

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12-465     Zoe Smith and Jamie Hodgson fund-raising tins at  the Three Blackbirds, Hemel Hempstead.

Thieves snatch little Jamie’s charity tin

HEARTLESS thieves snatched a charity collection tin from a pub that is trying to help a terminally ill youngster.

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12-462              Sharon Boyall, new manager of The Hub in Hemel Hempstead.

Banking on help when the cupboard is bare

A PROJECT that helps those facing a cash crisis has dished up 578 food parcels since being launched in September last year.

12-462              Sharon Boyall, new manager of The Hub in Hemel Hempstead.

Job scheme on track for May

A BRAND new work experience plan, putting Kings Langley on the map, is on track to get under way later this month.

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Referee training company slams FA

A COMPANY planning to offer training courses to referees in Hemel to tackle a shortage of officials has blasted the FA for ‘gross ineptitude bordering on negligence.’

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Games focus at Herts Sports Partnership AGM

THE Herts Sports Partnership will welcome two special guests to its AGM in June, giving the event a real Olympic and Paralympic feel.

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Benitez named as Levy Green manager

LEVERSTOCK Green have unveiled Steven Benitez as their new first team manager.

Ed Brand in action. Picture courtesy of Bas Kaligis

Brand takes the championship lead

A VICTORY in the forests of Bavaria has given Dagnall karting star Ed Brand a narrow lead over his closest title rival in the Rotax Max Euro Challenge.

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Play your part in the Olympic torch relay

VOLUNTEER Centre Dacorum is asking for support from the community to help make the Olympic torch relay event in Hemel Hempstead a day to remember.

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VIDEO: Ladies have the pedal power at Cycletta video

LADIES showed their pedal power as they cycled in the sunshine at Woburn Abbey on Sunday.

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Simon Dutton, Anthony Andrews, Abigail Cruttenden and Imogen Stubbs in A Marvellous Year For Plums. Phot by Manuel Harlan.

A Marvellous Year For Plums (review)

SPIES, lies and enough political intrigue to fill a James Bond novel, Hugh Whitemore’s new drama A Marvellous Year For Plums, does its best to talk up the reputation of arguably one of Britain’s worse prime ministers of the 20th century.

Freddie Clarke, Colin Tovee and Wayne McLaughlin in Blackadder Goes Forth

Blackadder Goes Forth (review)

THE balloon went up on five nights of comedy last week when Blackadder took his cunning plans into The Court Theatre, Tring.

Orchids at Floriade 2012, Holland. See PA Feature TRAVEL Hollland. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Handout. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature TRAVEL Holland.

TRAVEL: Holland in bloom

Belinda Szonert discovers how a spectacular late summer cruise sale offers an escape from clogged up UK airports.

Orchids at Floriade 2012, Holland. See PA Feature TRAVEL Hollland. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Handout. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature TRAVEL Holland.

Tringe tickets selling fast as Screaming Blue Murder season comes to an end

THERE are just a few tickets still available to see Milton Jones and Ginge, Geordie and the Geek at the Court Theatre in Tring next Tuesday.

Orchids at Floriade 2012, Holland. See PA Feature TRAVEL Hollland. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Handout. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature TRAVEL Holland.

Stewart lives for the stage

SOME kids are hooked on football, others are obsessed with music, but Stewart Fairthorne caught the theatre bug when he was a child and has been glued to the stage ever since.

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Play your part in the Olympic torch relay

VOLUNTEER Centre Dacorum is asking for support from the community to help make the Olympic torch relay event in Hemel Hempstead a day to remember.

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Fresh bail for drug suspects

Four men arrested in a drugs bust at a Hemel Hempstead pub have been re-bailed by police for a second time.

Coloured lithograph of Pendley Manor House dedicated to the owner, Sir Richard Anderson, 1826

1,000 years in the making, to the Pendley Manor born

The manor of Pendley, (Penley, Pendele or Pentlai) dates back nearly 1,000 years, to at least the time of the Domesday Book of 1086.

VIDEO: Ladies have the pedal power at Cycletta video

LADIES showed their pedal power as they cycled in the sunshine at Woburn Abbey on Sunday.

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‘Majority of cyclists ready to jump red lights’

More than half of all cyclists are jumping red lights, according to a new survey by motoring charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

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