- Pay to freeze for MPs in 2012/13
- Airport tweet 'made law look silly'
- Mills will give evidence to Leveson
- Hacker 'in terror' over extradition
- Milly killer appeal bid rejected
- Gazza's phone-hacking 'distress'
- Met in gang crime crackdown boost
- Falkland military claims rejected
- RBS boss 'underestimated' bonus row
- River Cottage badly damaged by fire
- Drink-drive Merson handed road ban
- Harry Redknapp cleared of tax dodge
- Pensioner struck by stolen car dies
- Elderly suffering from care cuts
- Moves to combat scrap metal theft
- Lagerfeld: Singer Adele too fat
- More scrutiny for Lansley reforms
- TUC warns over pension reforms
- MPs warn over Libyan operation
- Job vacancies up, but more applying
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Find out about winged friends in school holiday
FEATHERED fun will keep children busy over the half-term holiday.
Youngsters can put pen to paper in chance to win tickets for live show
CHILDREN have the chance to show off their colouring skills in a bid to win their family a ticket to see CBeebies Live!
SLIDESHOW: Welly good fun as snow fans show creative talents video
LOTS of people, young and old, donned wellies and hit the streets on Sunday to enjoy the freshly fallen snow.
Half-term courses for snow fun
KEEN young skiers and snowboarders don’t just have to enjoy the snow outside.
Star signing gives Hemel the X Factor
AN X-Factor finalist is the latest famous face to move into the town as he will be using it as a base to work on his solo career.
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Features
Drama keeps memory of Jennifer alive
The family of a bestselling author whose memoirs have been adapted for a primetime BBC series speak to Abena Bailey about how visiting the film set helped them cope with her death
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Heritage
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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Help unlock statue’s history
A restoration team hope to uncover the history of a mother and baby statue.
Code expert cracked on across Europe to new Bovingdon base
Henryk Zygalski, while a mathematics student at the University of Poznan, was ‘talent spotted’ by the head of the Polish Cipher Bureau’s German section.
Videos
VIDEO: Hydrogen-powered vehicle launched video
A GROUND-BREAKING project to tackle carbon emissions with a new hydrogen-powered car has been unveiled.
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Business
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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VIDEO: Hydrogen-powered vehicle launched video
A GROUND-BREAKING project to tackle carbon emissions with a new hydrogen-powered car has been unveiled.
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Regional
Home sellers 'forced to discount'
Homeowners have been forced to cut asking prices by an average £20,000 in an effort to sell their homes, and sellers in Chesterfield have been hit, a property website has said.
Chefs cook up a treat with recipes
Recipes handed down through generations have been included in a new cookbook which is being sold to benefit two charities, including one which has a centre in Nottingham.
'One in seven' shops empty in 2011
One in seven shops on the UK's high streets stood empty in 2011 with Nottingham cited as having one of the worst vacancy rates, and further closures are expected this year as more people shop online and in out-of-town centres.
New take on 'Listen With' programme
An online literary project is being set up in Nottingham to get children interested in reading from a young age.
Teenage parents star in new DVD
Teenage parents at a Corby-based family support centre have produced a fly-on-the-wall-style documentary to highlight the centre's work and inform other young mums and dads that help is available.
National
Mills will give evidence to Leveson
Heather Mills is to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, it has emerged.
Race abuse fan gets three year ban
A Manchester United fan who hurled racist abuse at a black player was today fined £200 and banned from football matches for three years.
Pandas a hit with YouTube viewers
They have a reputation for sleeping and eating but the UK's only giant pandas have now been showing off their climbing skills after keepers gave them new toys to play with.
Tory MPs demand Livingstone apology
Conservative MPs have demanded an apology from Labour's candidate for London mayor, Ken Livingstone, after an interview in which he said their party was "riddled" with homosexuals and claimed Baroness Thatcher was "clinically insane" while prime minister.
Airport tweet 'made law look silly'
A man found guilty of sending a "menacing tweet" was the victim of a legal "steamroller" that threatened to make the law look silly, it was argued at the High Court.
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Wednesday 08 February 2012
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