flockhere, the UK’s first app designed to help women working from home find local, laptop-friendly workspaces, is bringing its community-focused mission to Berkhamsted. The app was created by Danielle Wallington, a mother of two from Hertfordshire. flockhere is on a mission to banish the isolation and loneliness that often come with remote working. What started […]
Tring Brewery have announced The Repair Shed as their ‘Charity of Choice’ for 2025. The Repair Shed is a charity programme which brings local, older men together to combat social isolation, offering them welcoming sheds to make and mend, forming bonds with like-minded ‘Shedders’. Tring Brewery will produce monthly special beers to raise awareness for […]
Police are releasing images of several suspected stolen watches in the hope of returning them to their rightful owner. Between 7pm and 8pm on Saturday 11 January, a home was broken in to on Upper Hall Park in Berkhamsted. Numerous watches were reportedly taken, some of which are very distinctive. Detective Constable Christopher Holding, from […]
National waterways charity Canal & River Trust is planning a 15-month programme of statutory works to strengthen the embankments at Wilstone Reservoir, near Tring in Hertfordshire. Stretching for 1,350 metres, the embankments at Wilstone Reservoir are one of the longest of the 71 major reservoirs in the Trust’s care. The project, estimated to cost £6 […]
A new report from The Wildlife Trusts, The National Water Vole Database Project Report, identifies continued declines in Water Vole populations set against heartening increases in areas where conservation efforts have been focused. Within the report, two areas of Hertfordshire have been identified as ‘Regional Key Areas’, newly meeting the 35km2 threshold at which it […]
Voting for Hertfordshire’s Museum Object of the Year 2025 is now open and once again museums from across the county have come up with a fabulously diverse and interesting selection. Objects include a naked mole rat and a 2.5million year-old Somalian chopping tool. The annual competition is open to all local museums and highlights the […]
A 12-month programme of exciting fundraising challenges for 2025 has been unveiled by local hospice care charity, Rennie Grove Peace, including a range of walks, cycling, golfing and some real adrenalin rushes! This year, for the first time, the charity has created an ultimate challenge called Earth, Wind and Fire. Fundraisers, known as Earth, Wind […]
Naomi MacKay watched the latest tour of Calamity Jane as it debuted at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre – where the show runs until Saturday 18 January 2025. It’s not often that Aylesbury Waterside gets to debut a show – and one starring musical fan favourite Carrie Hope Fletcher at that! But it did this week. There’s […]
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a report of indecent exposure in Berkhamsted. The incident occurred on Cross Oak Road at around 2.40pm yesterday (16 January). It was reported a man, described as slim, aged in his mid-50s, with grey hair, indecently exposed himself from his car to a woman on the path. […]
International Wildlife Charity Born Free calls on tourists and the travel industry to help end the exploitation of captive whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment and create a ‘Tank-Free’ future for marine mammals. ‘Dolphins, whales and porpoises are magical, mysterious creatures, intelligent and perceptive. Yet we keep them cooped up in shallow, concrete tanks; in water […]
Police are appealing to the public for information following a series of burglaries in Berkhamsted. It is reported that between 7pm and 8pm on Saturday 11 January, offenders forced entry into a property in Upper Hall Park and took 36 valuable watches to the value of £30,000. Entry was then gained to a second property […]
Hertfordshire County Council has published a draft budget for the next financial year. The Integrated Plan outlines how the council will spend more than £1.1 billion on public services that touch the lives of all residents at every milestone, while also working to protect people in Hertfordshire who need the most support. The proposals for […]