Councillor Stewart Riddick has been appointed as the new Mayor of Dacorum. Cllr Riddick was sworn in at the annual Mayor Making Ceremony on Wednesday 12 May. Cllr Riddick has acted as Deputy Mayor for the past two years. He has lived in Dacorum for 43 years and has served as a Councillor for Dacorum Borough […]
Motorists are being urged by police to drive carefully on low speed streets as part of a United Nations global road safety campaign this week. Global Road Safety Week runs until 23 May and promotes low speeds in areas where people and traffic mix. The aim is to make streets safer, more accessible and more […]
Bucks County Museum will be fully open once again from Tuesday 18 May. To welcome you back, Bucks Art Society’s show of fabulous art by talented artists is on display, together with artwork by Tony Hart, artist and TV presenter from many of our childhoods, until 5 June. Visit the garden on 22 and 29 […]
Plant Heritage, a leading horticultural conservation charity, is calling for volunteers in all corners of the UK to help save ten different plant groups at risk of being lost from our gardens. Anyone with a passion for plants, or whose interest in gardening or caring for houseplants was sparked during 2020’s lockdowns, is being asked […]
Following the County Council elections on 6 May, Hertfordshire has welcomed its new intake of 78 County Councillors, with the political makeup of the County Council now as follows: 46 Conservative, 23 Liberal Democrat, 7 Labour, 1 Green Party, 1 Independent. The full County Council election results are available to view here: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/elections Hertfordshire County […]
The RSPCA is gearing itself up for a hectic bird breeding season, as new figures reveal that the charity received almost 9,000 (8,967) calls about orphaned, sick and injured baby birds last year. The RSPCA received a total of 136 calls in Hertfordshire in 2020, versus 97 in Bedfordshire and 84 in Buckinghamshire. The majority […]
Calling all Hertfordshire parents – did you know you could be missing out on free fruit and vegetables or milk? If you are at least 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under four you could be entitled to Healthy Start Vouchers. You are eligible for Healthy Start food vouchers worth £4.25 per child per […]
An on-call firefighter is a fully trained firefighter who is alerted in the event of a 999 call and responds to incidents from home or work. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service wants to hear from anyone who thinks they’re up to the challenge. Once alerted, on-call firefighters – formerly known as retained firefighters – check […]
Six men have been charged as part of an investigation into a series of high-end vehicle thefts across Hertfordshire and the surrounding counties. The men were arrested after a warrant was executed in East Herts on Friday 7 May. The operation was the culmination of a long-running investigation by the constabulary’s Tactical Resources team, supported […]
Sir Mike Penning, Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead, is backing a local campaign to plant a memorial tree to remember all those in the Borough lost to Covid-19. The campaign is being organised by Margaret Sharp who is a carers ambassador for Carers In Hertfordshire and her grand-daughter Jasmyn Saunders. The campaign has the […]
A St Albans charity that supports people impacted by domestic abuse has been boosted by a £1,000 donation from the team at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Hemel Hempstead. Since 1982, St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge (SAHWR) has offered services to meet the needs of victims of domestic abuse in St Albans and across Hertfordshire, including refuge accommodation, […]
Gustave Moreau (1826-98) is one of the most brilliant and influential artists associated with the French Symbolist movement, and this exhibition reveals some of the most extraordinary works he ever made, unseen in public for over a century. In collaboration with the Rothschild family and Musée National Gustave Moreau, Paris, the exhibition will reveal 34 […]