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Living Magazines DENS Make a Will Month

A Great Reason to Make or Update your Will

DENS is pleased to announce the return of its Make A Will Month initiative this March. Local solicitors are giving up their time for free to write or update a Will in return for a donation to DENS, a charity supporting people in Dacorum facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion. Suggested donation amounts, starting at […]

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Funding for Electric Vehicle Charging Points

Dacorum Borough Council has secured more than £400,000 of Government funding to install more electric vehicle charging points (EVCPs) in the Council’s public car parks. A total of £415,360 of grant funding has been award by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), with support of the Energy Saving Trust, for additional charging points for […]

Living Magazines HAPpy Camps Easter

HAPpy Camps are Back this Easter

Hertfordshire County Council is funding free Easter activity camps for children and young people in Hertfordshire. Fully-funded holiday activity camps return for the Easter holidays, giving eligible children and young people a chance to meet friends, learn new skills and enjoy nutritious food. The HAPpy programme is funded by Hertfordshire County Council and the Department […]

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Easter Adventures with the National Trust

Bring the whole family together this Easter and treat your loved ones to a spring adventure with the National Trust. From getting active in the great outdoors, to spotting the signs of spring, and experiencing nature bursting into life at the places the National Trust cares for there are over 190 Easter trails to choose […]

Orson Grimer with Angela Rayner

Deaf Hertfordshire Nine-year-old Launches Charity Petition to get Government Support for Life-changing Programme

Orson Grimer, who was diagnosed with hearing loss as a baby, is calling on the Government to support and fund the life-changing programme which helped him to listen and speak this World Hearing Day (Friday 3 March). Now flourishing at school, Orson, from Hertfordshire, attended charity Auditory Verbal UK’s (AVUK) specialist family-centred programme for two […]

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National Highways launches HGV ‘Blind Spots’ Safety Campaign

More than a third of motorists unaware of number of HGV blind spots Drivers urged to ‘know the zones’ Leading haulage bodies back campaign National Highways has launched a new safety campaign, amid concerns about drivers’ awareness of heavy goods vehicle ‘blind spots’ when overtaking. Car and van drivers can underestimate limitations HGV drivers face […]

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Dacorum Climate Action Network Water Butt Giveaway

Dacorum Borough Council is giving away 20 water butts to help residents to reduce the amount of water they use from their mains supply and reduce their carbon footprint. The initiative is organised by the Council’s Dacorum Climate Action Network (Dacorum CAN) which works to encourage and enable residents and local organisations to ‘think global […]

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Secondary School Places Announced for 2023

94 per cent of children have been allocated a place at one of their preferred secondary or upper schools by Hertfordshire County Council. Of the 14,972 Hertfordshire children who applied this year, 78 per cent gained a place at their first preference school. Over 99% of parents and carers in Hertfordshire applied online and will […]

Living Magazines Dr Jane Halpin

Take Survey to Help Local NHS to Plan Services

Your local NHS organisations are developing a plan to improve health services over the next five years – and they need your help. The new five-year plan must set out how NHS services in Hertfordshire will meet the health needs of our 1.6 million residents, delivering national NHS improvement targets on important issues like how […]

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Plea to Dog Owners to Help Keep Wildlife Safe this Spring

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is asking dog owners to support them to help keep wildlife safe this spring. Springtime sees a rush of activity in nature – wildflowers are shooting, birds are nesting and species are emerging from hibernation. The Trust is urging us all to minimise wildlife disturbance and asking dog owners to […]

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Witnesses Sought Following Assault in Tring

Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following an assault in Tring. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm yesterday (Monday 27 February), at the Dolphin Square. It is reported that a man was assaulted with an object, believed to have been a knife, and suffered injuries to his arm. The suspects then made off on […]