The Chess Valley Heritage Day at Cholesbury Common promises a fun day out for families, bringing the history of the area to life with fun activities and people in historical costume. It’s on Saturday 18 March from 11am-4pm, taking place outdoors, and it’s completely free to attend. You’ll be able to get involved in fun, […]
Teaching staff and pupils at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts have come together to celebrate their shared love of books and performing for this year’s World Book Day 2023. With the likes of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, The Cat in the Hat, Annabeth […]
Two males have been charged following an assault in Tring. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm on Monday 27 February, in 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. He continues to recover. The suspects then made off […]
Thank you to the CCG (Chiltern Countryside Group) for providing this update. As many of you will be aware, the Planning Inquiry into Dacorum Borough Council’s refusal to consent to the planning application by Redrow for a major housing development on Green Belt and Grade 2 agricultural farmland, abutting and informing the Chilterns AONB between […]
On Sunday 11 June Buckinghamshire’s biggest charity bike will return with the 2023 Bucks Radio Tour de Vale. Organised by WheelPower, this annual cycling event has become a real highlight for the local community, with hundreds of riders coming together to raise vital funds for the Stoke Mandeville based charity. There are three fantastic routes […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 2023 Bedfordshire Gin & Whisky Festival will take place at the Leighton Buzzard Railway on Sunday 7 May. Now in its fourth year, the 2023 edition of this popular event will take place over the King’s Coronation Bank Holiday weekend, so what better way to toast the new monarch? Taking place from 10.30am until […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]