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The planned ‘shredding building’ is at the Waterdale waste transfer station

Cost of waste ‘shredding’ facility near Hemel could go up to £13m

West Herts College Open Day Activities

Discover your future at West Herts College Open Days

Tring Swimming Club hosted its club championships.

Tring Swimming Club hosts annual championships

People hold placards as they take part in a protest march. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO/AFP via Getty Images)

West Herts Hospital Trust reveals impact of strike action over past six months

Helen Phillips and her partner Julian Smith in their new shop in Berkhamsted's Home & Colonial antique centre. Pic: Laurel Phillips-Smith

Vinyl makes a welcome comeback at Berkhamsted antique centre Home & Colonial

From left, Deputy Mayor of Watford and West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee Member, Cllr Aga Dychton Chairman of the West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee, Chairman of the West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee, David Major, Chief Executive of Watford Council and Clerk of the West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee, Donna Nolan and Elected Mayor of Watford, Peter Taylor

New Hemel Hempstead crematorium officially opens its doors

Classroom. Picture: Adobe Stock

School to offer additional 48 places to pupils with severe learning disabilities

Hemel Hospital

Action plan in place after bodies found on floors of freezers at mortuaries

Colleagues at West Hertfordshire Bereavement Service

West Hertfordshire Hospitals' Bereavement Service receives £5,000 donation from ...

Ross Marshall of the RMT trade union on a campaign evening in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Credit: Will Durrant/LDRS

Visitors to Harry Potter Studio at the end of the A41 from Hemel and Aylesbury c...

Watford General Hospital. Credit: Will Durrant/LDRS

‘New hospitals shouldn't distract from other crises' health leader warns
“I think it would be important for us to stay sighted of some of the other capital needs that are never going to fall into the New Hospital Programme”

Some of the Berkhamsted SC squad are pictured at day two of the meet.

Swimmers star for Berko SC

Watford General Hospital

Hospital chiefs to invest £2m in Watford General's neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Birmingham named luckiest city by the National Lottery. (Photo - Ming - stock.adobe.com)

UK’s top 10 luckiest cities with the most lottery millionaires

Watford General Hospital

NHS warns of 'significant disruption' to services ahead of strikes

Hemel MP Sir Mike Penning (centre)

Put hospital nearer Hemel Hempstead, campaigners say

Smoke hoods for Herts fire engines

Fire engines in Herts are equipped with smoke hoods in the wake of Grenfell

Moss Bros has announced a huge change to the business alongside plans to open 10 new stores

Moss Bros announces plans to open 10 new UK stores

Harry Potter Studio Tours: New features allow Potterheads to experience the magic of early films

See Harry Potter enchanted ceiling for the first time

Watford Hospital

Operating theatres in west Herts hospitals not fully used, data shows

Alex Shaw, 24 of Derby who plays FIFA for a living

Meet the man making £50k a year by playing FIFA on his Playstation

Current NHS designs

Campaigners call for support backing their alternative to giant Watford hospital

How to watch Anthony Joshua v Jermaine Franklin on TV

File photo dated 17/02/16 of a Job Centre Plus.

Census figures show staggering proportion of Dacorum residents are not earning

Berko are into the final.

Berko beat Watford to reach final

Tesco has launched a new ‘premium’ meal deal with Yo Sushi and Itsu items

Tesco launch ‘premium’ meal deal with Yo Sushi and Itsu items

Top 10 safest places in the UK revealed - is your area on the list?

How many of these have you seen?

13 films you probably didn't know were filmed in Dacorum
From tear-jerking movies to Oscar-winning biopics, here are some of the titles filmed in the borough

The crematorium is due to be completed soon.

New Hemel Hempstead crematorium set to open in spring

The group on Saturday

Dacorum bikers brave the snow to deliver presents to Watford Hospital

A bus information sign

Bus companies must be rigorously held to account says councillor

The successful Leverstock Green team.

Leverstock Green win tennis title again

LGLTC Men’s First Team win their last match of the season, finishing top of Division 1 in the Watford & District League

4th tennis league win in a row for Leverstock Green Men’s First team

People can get £40 if they get involved with the focus group.

Local NHS trust offers £40 for focus groups for travel opinions

Top: How the crematorium will look when it is complete and below, construction work under way

Progress photos show Hemel Hempstead's new crematorium taking shape

The Francesco's team calling it a day after 30 years

Family-run authentic Italian restaurant in Tring set to close after 30 years

Vinay Lalsodagar is swimming Lake Windermere after being inspired his daughter.

Dad takes on a sponsored swim for a Hemel charity that is helping his daughter

A poster for the event by the Dacorum Motorcycle Riders.

Biker group to deliver eggs to hospital this Easter

Fire and Rescue

Man dies in Berkhamsted house fire

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Covid-19 update: here's how many new cases were recorded in Dacorum in the last ...

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Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 223 new cases in the last 24 hours

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Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 205 new cases in the last 24 hours

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Covid-19 latest: here’s how many new cases have been recorded in Dacorum over th...

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Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 275 new cases in the last 24 hours hours
303 covid-related deaths recorded nationally, but none in Dacorum

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Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 355 new cases in the last 24 hours

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Christine Allen is retiring from West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust this June

CEO with nearly 40 years’ NHS experience set to retire from West Herts Hospitals...

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Covid-19 latest: here’s how many new cases have been recorded in Dacorum over th...

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Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 217 new cases in the last 24 hours

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Hundreds of cancers discovered at most deadly stage in Herts Valleys CCG area

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