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Research into Stop and Search Disproportionality Funded by PCC

A research project is to be undertaken to explore if potential discrimination is evident by police officers using stop and search powers. David Lloyd, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire has awarded a contract to the University of Hertfordshire to complete a six-month study into the police tactic. The aim of the research is to […]

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Hertfordshire County Council Raises Council Tax to Protect Vital Services

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 […]

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Update from Chiltern Countryside Group on Marshcroft

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 […]

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Local Ceilidh Raises £2400 for Playskill

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 […]

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Events to Mark the Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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 […]

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Students Turn Rags to Riches for Hospice Fashion Show

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 […]

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£59,000 in Support of Teens with Cancer

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 […]

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Dacorum Celebrates 1,000 Street Champion Litter Picking Volunteers

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 […]

Living Magazines Women Behind the Wheel filmmakers Cat Haigh and Hannah Congdon

Women Behind the Wheel

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 […]