Businesses are being advised to know their vulnerabilities after being given advice on how and when they are most likely to be targeted by burglars. The riskiest time of the week is early Monday morning from midnight until 4am, while the most common form of entry for thieves is breaking the locks on doors. Addressing […]
The very best of business, including Ash Logistics have been crowned the best in business at the SME Hertfordshire Business Awards 2022. The awards organisers, the Chamber of Conscience, is a CIC created to promote links between business and social value and the impacts of giving. A way to attract a pipeline of talent, new […]
A concert was held on 24 September 2022 to honour Nica Rothschild, (1913 to 1988). She was known as The Jazz Baroness and spent her early life at the Mansion Tring Park. To celebrate her remarkable story the Tring Local History Society held a jazz concert at Hastoe Village Hall, Tring. Music was provided by the […]
Dr Ranj, NHS Doctor, BAFTA award-winning TV presenter, author and columnist, has joined Age UK in urging older people to do all they can to stay well this autumn and winter by making sure they have a COVID-19 booster and flu vaccination, when it becomes available to them. For those eligible, getting a COVID-19 booster […]
The Hemel Old Town Halloween Party and firework display will be making a welcome return this year. The event will be taking place on Sunday 30 October 2022 and is being hosted by Dacorum Borough Council, in partnership with Community Action Dacorum and Hemel Old Town Market. The event will run from 3pm-7pm, and will be […]
People who have a wheelchair provided by the NHS in Hertfordshire now receive their equipment and service from a new provider, AJM Healthcare. The change took effect from 1 October 2022. AJM Healthcare is an experienced provider of NHS wheelchair services and provides similar services in other areas of the country. AJM Healthcare has been […]
Hertfordshire’s Family Support Service have recently been assessed by UNICEF and reaccredited for the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), as continuing to deliver high standards of care to pregnant women and new mothers. Hertfordshire’s Family Centre Service is committed to helping support families with all infant feeding and to develop close, loving relationships with their […]
Hertfordshire County Council’s fleet of over 58 gritters are on standby, ready to spring into action and salt the county’s roads when freezing weather approaches. Gritter crews and decision makers from the highways team will be ready around the clock to cover nearly half of Hertfordshire’s entire road network – that’s more than 1,500 miles […]
Caring people are urgently needed to provide regular breaks and activities for disabled children. Hertfordshire County Council is keen to recruit Shared Carers, who regularly give up some time each year to provide fun activities or a short break to a child with learning or physical disabilities. By doing so, they also provide a much-needed […]
In partnership with Tring Town Council, Dacorum Borough Council have revamped the facilities at Tring Skatepark in Pound Meadow. The park was nearing the end of its useable lifespan and so the council asked for your ideas and opinions on how to make it fit for purpose. Work began in July 2022, and the skatepark […]
St Peter’s church in Berkhamsted continues to celebrate its 800th anniversary which runs until the end of the year. The ancient church was built in 1222 just a few short years after the Magna Carta was signed and has been there for the people of Berkhamsted through the centuries, witnessing so many historic times and […]
Steven Grant from Tring will be one of the thousands taking to the streets of London for the Marathon this Sunday. The 43-year-old, who works in the City, is raising funds for a charity which means a lot to his family, Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF). ‘My 14-year-old stepson, Joshua, was born with the rare […]