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.

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

TAKE your time and breathe, and you could be on your way to much better health.

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.

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.

The IAM, the UK’s largest road safety charity, is urging drivers and their passengers to belt up this Valentine’s day and challenge their friends, families and loved ones if they fail to wear a seatbelt.

Help for Heroes has announced its next Colossal Cake Sale fundraiser, which will take place between the March 26 and April 7.

Consumer organisation Which? has discovered that consumers in the South East are collectively paying £525m a year more than they need to by not switching their energy tariff to the cheapest deal.