Obviously over eating and insufficient exercise are factors in increases in central body fat - but a study published in the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine has, in addition, provided evidence of an association between exposure to traffic noise and larger waistlines.
Liberal Democrat Adrian England aka #libdad has won the Adeyfield West by-election with a strong endorsement from the residents of Adeyfield. The result was:
Yesterday, Tim Farron delivered his leader's speech to Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference in Brighton. In it, he talked at length about where we, as a country go from here, about Brexit and the politics of fear, division and hate.
Following the death of Dacorum Councillor Sharon Adshead a by-election has been called for Thursday 29th September for a Dacorum Councillor to work alongside Cllr Ron Tindall (Lib Dem) on the Council.
In this report I have four roads around Hemel which will be facing disruption in the coming weeks.
There were only two local council by elections this week.
Yes, Britain's been doing very well recently - or at least until Brexit came along to spoil everything. From 2000 to 2015 UK's GDP rose by 4 trillion pounds.
The BBC has reported that "Max Whitlock, Hemel Hempstead and Basildon gymnast was the first to disembark the Team GB plane returning from Rio today.
There was once an old play where a middle-aged, middle-class English couple stray into the wrong type of "restaurant" on holiday abroad. When the "waiter" proposes some interesting "dishes" their response is, "No sex please, we're British."
Cllr Nick Hollinghurst, who represents Tring and the Villages on Hertfordshire County Council, recently received a mailing from The Samaritans and was shocked by what he read. "Did you know that suicide is the biggest cause of death in young people? I didn't and I'm shocked to find that out.
Last month, the local heritage line, the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway, based in Chinnor which operates a stretch of the former Watlington Line, completed three trial and training sessions of operating trains into Princes Risborough Station.
