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Hemel’s annual Remembrance parade made its way from the town centre to the war memorial outside St John’s Church in Boxmoor

Hemel remembers as crowds join town’s annual parade and service for Remembrance

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Share your photos of Remembrance Day events across Dacorum with us

The new Crisis Text Support Service is being funded by the NHS

Crisis text service provides mental health support across Hertfordshire

A special meeting has found no objections to Hertfordshire pursuing Council of Sanctuary status

Decision on Hertfordshire Council of Sanctuary status can proceed

Parking charges across Dacorum are set to be frozen until 2028, according to documents published prior to a Dacorum Borough Council meeting next week

Parking charges in Dacorum set to be frozen until 2028

The site of two proposed padel courts at Leverstock Green Tennis Club. Credit: Padel Plan/Leverstock Green Tennis Club/Dacorum Borough Council planning portal.

Tennis club in Dacorum applies to build more padel courts

Members of the community met with police in Dacorum to discuss topics including stop and search, burglary and the illegal use of e-scooters

Stop and search and burglary among topics as public meet police in Dacorum

More than 20 neighbourhood recycling sites across Dacorum are set to close from December

More than 20 neighbourhood recycling sites set to shut across Dacorum

A photo of last year's Remembrance Day parade through Hemel Hempstead

Details announced for Hemel Hempstead’s annual Remembrance parade

A Hertfordshire councillor has claimed the decision to replace existing councils with four unitary authorities was 'gerrymandering' by Labour

Herts councillor claims four-unitary decision was 'gerrymandering' by Labour

Hertfordshire County Council leader Steve Jarvis said he was pleased the Government had decided to drop the four council unitary model for the county

Hertfordshire council leader pleased by four-unitary decision withdrawal
The leader of Hertfordshire County Council, Steve Jarvis, has said he is “pleased” that the Government has withdrawn its decision to create four new unitary authorities for the county.
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A day of Halloween-themed fun took place in Hemel Old Town on October 25

Hemel Old Town gets into Halloween spirit with a day of spooky fun

Local Government Minister Jim McMahon has announced that Local Government Reorganisation for Hertfordshire has been delayed by a year. Pic by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images.

Government announces delay to reorganisation of Hertfordshire's councils

Holly Finch with Leo, right, and Bonnie

Mum of five-year-old from Hemel who died from rare brain cancer pays tribute

Hertfordshire County Council is set to lead calls for 40mph speed limits to apply on all country lanes in the county

Could council be about to call for lower speed limits on Herts country lanes?

Red Roofs is on the market in Little Tring with an asking price of £2.375 million

Six-bed Rothschild heritage home on the market now in village near Tring

Hertfordshire Constabulary has purchased two new Live Facial Recognition technology vans

New LFR technology vans purchased to help fight crime across Hertfordshire

A balloon release took place outside the church following Leo Rogers' funeral service on Friday October 23

Hemel pays respects to five-year-old boy who died of rare brain cancer

Policing Minister Sarah Jones visits Hemel Hempstead to hear about how the force plans to use Respect Orders

Policing Minister visits Hemel Hempstead as Respect Orders launched

Hertfordshire County Council's decision to pursue Council of Sanctuary status is set to face further scrutiny

Hertfordshire Council of Sanctuary proposal to face further scrutiny

Watford General Hospital

Urgent call to speed up rebuilding of ‘shovel ready’ Watford General Hospital

Leverstock Green councillors Catherine McArevey, Jonathan Gale and Robin Bromham, with Keely Siddiqui-Charlick, Reverend Dr Diana Stretton and residents of Leverstock Green at the launch event

New buddy bench installed in Leverstock Green

Emergency flashing lights are seen on an ambulance at Royal London Hospital (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Ambulance service faces busiest year ever as 999 calls surge

Police have confirmed that missing teenager Rikki, aged 16, from Abbots Langley, has been found safe and well

Missing Abbots Langley teenager found safe and well by police

A rogue trader who conned a Hemel Hempstead pensioner out of £10,000 and completed work on her roof to 'a poor standard' has been given a suspended jail sentence

Rogue trader who left Hemel Hempstead roof in ‘dangerous condition’ spared jail

Getting vaccinated ready for winter was among the messages in this video promoted by the care board last year

Care board asks Hemel residents who are eligible to get vaccinated this winter

Hemel Hempstead Library will open later on weekdays as part of revised proposals by Hertfordshire County Council, after planned Sunday closures were scrapped

Hemel Hempstead library to open later after Sunday closure plan scrapped

A new reservoir at Chaul End has almost doubled water storage across Luton and Hemel Hempstead

New reservoir leads to doubling of water storage in Luton and Hemel Hempstead
A new reservoir has lead to the doubling of water storage across Luton and Hemel Hempstead.
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PCC Jonathan Ash Edwards joins an officer on Hotspot Patrol

Crime hotspot patrols to continue in Hertfordshire after project funding secured

A lost orchard and native wildlife is set to be reintroduced at a site in Great Gaddesden near Hemel Hempstead

Lost orchard and native wildlife to be reintroduced near Hemel Hempstead

The RSPCA's South Beds and Mid-Herts branch is appealing for a new home for Max the ginger cat

RSPCA appeals for new homes for cat with misty eye and strawberry-loving rabbit

Have your say before the deadline on September 18

Have your say on parish council proposals for Dacorum

Five suspected stolen quad bikes were seized and two teenagers arrested after police executed a warrant in Luton

Five quad bikes seized and two arrested after police search

Bovingdon hosts stunt rehearsals for new Spider-Man film out this week

A final High Court injunction has been granted in relation to land off Friendless Lane in Flamstead, that was the subject of a dispute in April

Final court injunction granted in relation to Flamstead land

Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, Executive Member for Highways at Hertfordshire County Council

£500k boost to improve footpaths and cycling routes across Hertfordshire

Dacorum Borough Council says it has no plans to sell Berkhamsted Civic Centre, with speculation surrounding the future of the building

Dacorum Borough Council on future of Berkhamsted Civic Centre

Dacorum Police officers met members of the public during a free tool marking event outside the Selco store in Hemel Hempstead on June 1

Free tool marking kits handed out at roadshow in Hemel Hempstead

Cancer Research UK has announced the closures of 190 stores across the UK, including its one in Hemel Hempstead

Cancer Research UK announces closure of Hemel Hempstead store

Clinical lead for the EEAST's Stroke Video Triage Service Brittany Farthing said the new service helped patients receive the right treatment sooner, and improved their chances of recovery

Ambulance service covering Hertfordshire shortlisted for award

Members of the BHECCS team, a service which operates across Hertfordshire and relies entirely on donations from the public

Meet the volunteer ambulance service saving lives - and asking for your help

Staff from Footsteps' sites in Hemel Hempstead and Leighton Buzzard have raised more than £10,000 for charity after hiking to the top of Kinder Scout

Nursery staff raise more than £10,000 through charity climb

Police are investigating allegations of threatening behaviour, criminal damage and illegal felling of trees after a big dispute Flamstead. Photo: Hertfordshire Constabulary

Allegations of threatening behaviour and illegal felling of trees

Dave and Sean Young at the finish of their charity walk outside The Frank Bruno Foundation's headquarters in Northampton

Father and son's mental health walk passes through Tring

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Lee Pedley, General Manager at Neville Funerals

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