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The sleepout will raise funds to help the charity to support those experiencing or facing homelessness.

Homeless charity challenges Hemel Hempstead residents to a night under the stars

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Top 10 coastal destinations revealed - is your area on the list?

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has called for an independent inquiry into reality shows

Rebecca Ferguson calls for independent inquiry into reality shows

Big Brother is returning for its twentieth series to its new home of ITV.

Big Brother producers looking for participants to apply for new series

Eurovision fans suffered a voting mishap through the official app

Eurovision app frustrates users in voting mishap

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on all-expenses paid trip to luxury Finnish resort

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on free luxury trip - apply now

Westminster Abbey’s mediaeval Cosmati Pavement can be walked on by the public for the first time in living memory - Credit: Getty Images

Westminster Abbey’s Cosmati Pavement opened to public for coronation

Coming to Dacorum this Easter

Augmented reality egg hunt coming to Hemel Hempstead for Easter holidays

There will be free sanitary products, breast-feeding areas and more support for women on the day

London Marathon to hand out free sanitary products in this year’s race

Sophie and Pete, from Blackpool, have revealed all - Credit: Channel 4 / Gogglebox

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie reveal ages and real life jobs

Channel 4’s Gogglebox celebrates its 10-year anniversary as its stars Sophie and Pete let the world in on some personal information.

Volunteers collecting for the Great Daffodil Appeal 2018. The person donating is Miriam Strong. Photo from Ben Gold

Charity launches urgent plea for end-of-life support event

A UK vape company, Blo Bar, has launched a new scheme to encourage users to recycle their empty vapes rather than throwing them away.

Free vape pen for users who recycle under new scheme

Experts warn that these common foods can increase cancer risk

Mike Tindall charges £20k to go shooting in the Cotswolds with him

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

People of all ages were delighted to see the return of the Loony Dook and this plucky pensioner was determined to get a good view from the beach!

Can early retirement lead to a decline in cognitive ability?

The double McPlant burger is set to launch in McDonald’s stores on January 4 2023.

Double McPlant burger to land at McDonald’s stores - here’s when

Alcoholics will be offered ketamine to help them stay off the booze for longer in a new medical trial led by the University of Exeter.

Alcoholics to be offered ketamine in new NHS medical trial

Pictured: Local sleeping rough for the charity fundraiser

Thousands raised for charity after local slept rough

Silentnight warns that Black Friday shoppers could lose out on sleep.

Third of people in Britain could lose sleep over Black Friday deals

The ballot results for the London Marathon 2023 have been announced

London Marathon 2023: Ballot results announced and other ways to enter

Pictured: Poster for Hemel Hempstead BID's newest twin centre trail

Halloween fun comes to life in new augmented reality trail in Hemel town centre

Pictured: Ben Shephard

Hemel leisure centre launches free community workout competition

Members of the public finish during the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon

London Marathon 2023: How to enter ballot to race next year

Pictured: Ellie Rae's winning selfie.

Hemel shopping centre announces winners dinosaur trail

Hertfordshire County Council is encouraging people of all ages to sign by before July 29.

Free passes to Dacorum leisure centres are available until the end of July

There is a minimum ticket donation of £8 to take part, with all proceeds donated to Dacorum Community Trust.

Join in Dacorum 5k for charity
Those who get involved with the 'Your Town' event will get a goodie bag from the council.

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Robert Downey Jr who played the most popular screen detective of them all, Sherlock Holmes (photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

It's elementary for the top named screen detective

DENS is teaming up with BMR and énergie Fitness Online for a virtual Spinathon

Sign up for the DENS Spinathon challenge to help support the homeless in Dacorum

Ann Pearce won an eco-friendly food storage set

Dacorum residents save big during Love Food, Hate Waste challenge

The World's First Edible Christmas Cracker

Woman sleeping

Going to sleep between 10pm and 11pm linked to lower heart disease risk, study f...

The blood test can pinpoint exactly where in the body the disease is coming from (Photo: Getty Images)

New NHS blood test detects more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms show

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

TownQuest: Mission Critical is around one hour in duration and can be booked in advance online

New outdoor escape room-inspired game launches in Hemel Hempstead

The image sent is a previous piece of artwork from a My Story submission

Dacorum residents invited to explore their inner creativity with Hertfordshire L...

The Neurokinex Step Up Scheme brings a lifechanging set of six free rehab sessions to adults and children with a new spinal cord injury

Neurokinex Hemel calls on community to Step It Up to help save lifechanging reha...

ProFormance Pathways delivered the camps as part of the HAPpy programme during the Easter break

£120,000 funding boost for ProFormance Pathways to deliver football camps in Hem...

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Pfizer said the jab 'demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses' (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Trials show Pfizer's Covid vaccine is ‘100 per cent effective’ among children ag...

Around half of people diagnosed with MS have a progressive form which causes an accumulation of nerve damage (Photo: Shutterstock)

MS treatment trial could find existing drugs can prevent or even reverse symptom...

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term solution? (Photo: Shutterstock)

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term ...

Students in Hemel Hempstead are organising a virtual balloon race to raise money for Hertfordshire Mind Network

Hemel students organise Valentine's Day virtual balloon race to raise money for ...

Terry Douris, Executive Member for Education, Libraries and Localism at Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire Library Service awarded £49,999 for arts project

Emma Jenkins and son Austin with the new blender they received

Dacorum Council's Love Food, Hate Waste Challenge winner revealed

New Christmas guidance has been announced - including rules on carol singing and...

New blood test which can detect 50 types of cancer to be trialled by NHS

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

Older adults respond well to the Oxford Covid vaccine - and its after effects ar...

Testing Times for nature as Big Butterfly Count reveals a new low despite huge p...

How to stay fit in lockdown, using short burst exercise plan

From fairground worker to boxer - some of the most unusual jobs suggested by the government’s ‘career assessment’ tool (Photo: National Careers Service)

From fairground worker to boxer - some of the most unusual jobs suggested by the...