 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.