Police chiefs are writing to businesses in Hertfordshire today, International Volunteers Day, to encourage them to join a scheme that supports Special Constables in the county. Under the Employer Supported Policing scheme, businesses work with Hertfordshire Constabulary to offer their employees flexibility to volunteer as Special Constables. In turn the business receives a highly trained […]
We’re all looking forward to spending the festive celebrations together but gathering indoors makes it easier for viruses like COVID and flu to spread. Keep Christmas celebrations on track by protecting yourself, your friends and family from serious illness and from spreading the viruses by getting your COVID and flu jabs. It can take up […]
Help support our community by using local small businesses and retailers. Did you know there were 5.6 million small businesses in the UK in 2021? And that figure showed a drop of 6.5% since 2020? Doing more to support our small local businesses, not only helps them out, but has a number of benefits for […]
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to the theatre. Here’s our pick of the most festive shows and pantomimes. Aladdin Fri 2 Dec-Mon 2 Jan Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury Box Office: 0844 871 7615 www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury Pure panto genie-us! Starring Davood Ghadami (EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing) as the evil Abanazar, hilarious Andy Collins (BBC3 Counties […]
Danielle Wallington, mum of 2 boys living in Hertfordshire, is building an app that will allow women who work from home to book laptop-friendly spaces in their local area. The app, WRKHERE, aims to combat the isolation that working from home brings. It will allow users to use their phone to search and reserve spaces […]
Recent changes in planning rules mean that a range of commercial premises including offices, shops and cafes, and other services could be converted to houses or flats without the need for planning permission. Such schemes already completed or approved since 2014 under these new rules are likely to result in the loss up to 3,000 […]
Last Friday, over 100 local people endured a winter’s night outside on the cold, hard ground for the DENS Sponsored Sleepout. Friends, families, businesses and groups from around the community came together at Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School, or their homes and offices, to share the experience of sleeping rough in support of the charity. […]
Passengers will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2023 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year. The work in Network Rail’s North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London, to Scotland via the West Midlands and North West – has been carefully planned […]
Every day, countless people in the UK receive scam mail through their door. Criminals often target people who are aged over 65 in particular. Throughout December, the National Trading Standards Scams Team are running a SCAMnesty campaign to ask everyone in the UK to look out for any scam mail and send it in for […]
As part of its waste services transformation programme, Dacorum Borough Council is modernising its services in line with industry practice. This will include actions such as route optimisation to support its goal to reach net-zero emissions as an organisation by 2030. As part of this transformation, the Council’s garden waste collection service will change from […]
It’s back for the 3rd year – the Tring Radio Christmas Toybox appeal will be supporting the Pepper Foundation, Herts Young Carers, Toy Hub and Home Start Herts. And once again Tring Living Magazines is proud to be an official partner of this wonderful venture. Please help us to help a child this Christmas […]
Fully-funded holiday activity camps return for the Christmas break, giving eligible children and young people a chance to meet friends, learn new skills and enjoy nutritious food. The HAPpy programme, funded by Hertfordshire County Council via the government’s Holiday Activity and Food programme and coordinated by Herts Sports Partnership and the Hertfordshire Community Foundation, is […]