In 2005 , the Newspaper Society praised the '' Hemel Hempstead Gazette '' for its coverage of the Buncefield oil depot explosion . In 2014 , the '' Gazette '' covered a local controversy about the proposed construction of a Lidl supermarket in Berkhamsted . The public debate attracted attention from national media such as the '' Daily Mail '' and was featured on an edition of ITV London News . In 2018 , the '' Gazette '' was reprimanded by the Independent Press Standards Organisation for a news item on its '' Hemel Today '' website which falsely reported that a former mayor of Dacorum Borough Council had committed suicide after suffering from the effects of the menopause . The story related to another woman of the same name , and the '' Gazette '' apologised to the former mayor
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