A popular group-buying scheme for solar panels and battery storage is back for 2025. Solar Together Hertfordshire helps homeowners feel confident that they are paying the right price for a high-quality installation. Residents in Dacorum and throughout Hertfordshire can now register free of charge for the scheme, with no obligation to proceed with an installation. […]
Budding vets and conservationists can put their animal care skills to the test this February half term at Whipsnade Zoo – with Vets in Action, an exciting and immersive role-playing experience for children. Curious youngsters can step into the role of a zoo vet, donning lab coats to join the action at the specially designed […]
Local charity, DENS, invites you to take part in a huge range of exciting fundraising events and challenges to help people in the community facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion. Whether you’re seeking adventure or a personal challenge, there’s something for everyone to make an impact over the coming year (and beyond)! Highlights include places […]
Murder on The Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that is amongst her very best. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this brand-new production is a deliciously thrilling ride and an ingenious murder mystery, guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end of the line. Leading this production […]
Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards has proposed his first budget which is focused on protecting policing and neighbourhoods in the county. A planned average £14 a year precept increase has been backed by the majority in a public consultation. It will ensure a new record high number of police officers is achieved with […]
Following the successful development of a suite of Specialist Resource Provisions across the county, providing additional support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to access a mainstream curriculum, two new facilities are proposed to open in primary schools in Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead from September 2025. Hertfordshire County Councillors were presented with […]
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity has partnered with the magnificent Waddesdon Manor to launch a very special Forever Flowers event to celebrate and remember loved ones this spring. A stunning, temporary display of 1,200 bespoke metal pink peonies will be installed in the Rose Garden at Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury in April. Each flower will represent […]
Students of aerospace and automotive engineering at the University of Hertfordshire are set to benefit from a £2 million suite of state-of-the-art wind tunnels during 2025. The University, which recently opened its new £100 million Science, Physics, Engineering and Computer Science building – Spectra – has also invested in the latest flight simulators and testing […]
Pupils and teachers at Bridgewater School are celebrating after receiving £1,000 towards creating a modern new learning space. The money came from Tesco Northchurch Express in Berkhamsted and will be used to transform the unused caretaker’s bungalow into a dedicated building to help address the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of the children. The […]
Reacting to the Chancellor’s speech on 29 January which expressed the government’s support for the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport, and confirmed that the Transport Secretary would soon be making an announcement on Luton Airport expansion, Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted, said: ‘The Chancellor’s support for expanding Heathrow airport shows […]
After exhilarating audiences across the globe with record-breaking, sell-out productions and a smash hit film, Simon Friend Entertainment is delighted to be bringing back Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s supernatural sensation Ghost Stories for a full UK Tour. More spine-tingling and terrifying than ever, the Olivier Award-nominated show comes to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue […]
After months of campaigning to protect local businesses in Harpenden & Berkhamsted from the damaging impacts of the government’s Autumn Budget, Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted, last week (on 23 January) furthered these calls by securing a Parliamentary debate on the impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on high street businesses. In this […]