Over the coming financial year, the county council will spend over £1billion delivering essential services to residents and businesses, but due to the increasing pressures caused by inflation, to protect vital services, the council will have to raise council tax this year. The decision to raise council tax comes after the council had exhausted all […]
Chiltern Countryside Group have given this update on the campaign and fundraising to uphold Dacorum Borough Council’s refusal for planning permission to build on prime agricultural land in Green Belt, abutting and informing the Chilterns AONB, to the East of Tring. If you’re not aware, a new group, the Community Objectors Group (COG) has been […]
Sally Nash and her sister Helen recently hosted a fundraising ceilidh to raise funds for Playskill, a local charity that provides expert support, training and respite for pre-school children in Hertfordshire who have physical delays or disabilities. Helen’s son, Elis, has a very rare chromosomal condition. When he was diagnosed at 6 months, doctors told Helen […]
Hertfordshire County Council will be observing the national minute’s silence on Friday 24 February to mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The flag of Ukraine will be flown at full mast above County Hall, Hertford with a minute’s silence observed at 11am. A candlelit vigil will also be held at […]
Oaklands College fashion students recently made clothing and shoes out of charity shop donations for the Hospice of St Francis’s fashion show on 1 February. The students used items that were too damaged to be sold and upcycled them into everything from ball gowns to miniskirts. The fashion show, held at Shendish Manor in Hemel […]
Hundreds of young people living with cancer and the lasting effects will receive vital help and support thanks to a grant of £59,000 from Hertfordshire Freemasons to the charity, Teens Unite Fighting Cancer. Seven young people hear the words ‘you have cancer’ every day in the UK. Teens Unite provides the emotional, social, and physical […]
Police are recruiting the public to encourage their friends not to use their mobile phone at the wheel to potentially save their life and yours. A police campaign begins this week, enforcing stricter rules on mobile phone use whilst driving. In March 2022, new laws around using handheld mobile phones at the wheel came into […]
The number of Street Champions in Dacorum has passed the 1,000 mark, emphasising residents’ determination to keep their borough cleaner, greener and safer. Dacorum Street Champions are volunteers, of all ages, from the local community that help to improve an area by litter-picking and reporting issues such as fly-tipping. From Dacorum’s youngest Street Champion aged […]
Catherine Haigh and Hannah Congdon are the directors of Women Behind the Wheel – a feminist road trip documentary exploring women’s issues in Central Asia. Having premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival where it sold out both its screenings, the documentary is being released in UK cinemas by Dartmouth Films around International Women’s Day this […]
Hertfordshire County Council has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan advising him to ‘go back to the drawing board’ with his plans to expand his Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) due to the detrimental financial impact on the county’s residents and businesses who cross the border into Greater London. As a county with many […]
Survivors of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria will be receiving vital emergency supplies thanks to a £60,000 grant from Hertfordshire Freemasons along with other Freemasons from across the country, to the British Red Cross, UK for UNHCR and UNICEF who are leading the relief effort on the ground. More than 46,000 people are […]
Tring’s Elementary Skin & Body has recently added a new treatment to its offering of options to reverse the signs of ageing. Called HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound), it rejuvenates the skin by stimulating collagen, which reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, improving the look and feel of loose skin. Owner of the […]