
Sport
Tudors sit sixth: Weston-super-Mare at Vauxhall Road on Saturday
Two away wins, a home defeat, seven points from four. Hemel Hempstead Town are a National League South story this paper will keep, not a Premier League widget.
28 August 2026
Hemel Hempstead · shops
Everyday shopping in Hemel is the Marlowes, the retail parks and the neighbourhood parades that New Town planners actually got right.
Independents survive in the Old Town and in a few parades. Bovingdon Market on Saturday is the unofficial department store for the south-west of the town.
If you can only visit one independent stretch, make it the Old Town High Street before the Marlowes.
Wire work, funeral reliability, and a Saturday bouquet that is not supermarket default.
Hemel Hempstead is small enough that an honest “best florists” list should admit gaps. These are the nearest Dacorum options we would actually send you to.
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Sport
Two away wins, a home defeat, seven points from four. Hemel Hempstead Town are a National League South story this paper will keep, not a Premier League widget.
28 August 2026

Health
The practice has been telling patients for months that the rutted ground behind Gatecroft is Dacorum’s, not an official park. Ward members pledged CIL to rebuild it. The council newsroom has not yet posted a start notice.
28 August 2026