Dacorum Borough Council residents are being invited to come together to invest in renewable energy, through a group-buying scheme for solar panels and battery storage. The Solar Together Hertfordshire initiative gives Dacorum’s homeowners the chance to pay a more competitive price for installation, from pre-approved installers. The innovative scheme builds on four years of the […]
The Old Town is great place to stop off for lunch – just like Nicola Walker’s character during episode two of Marriage. The new BBC One drama was shot at various locations in Hemel Hempstead. Filming is becoming increasingly popular in Dacorum due to our proximity to world-class filming studios and to London. According to […]
This year has brought us the driest summer in over 50 years. The recent record-breaking hot weather has resulted in droughts being declared throughout many parts of the UK, including Hertfordshire. The effects of climate change will mean that we are likely to experience droughts more often – as such it is important to learn […]
Visit a piece of Hertfordshire’s history: Tring Police Station – the oldest functioning police station is now welcoming visitors to its mini-museum. If local schools, clubs and historical societies would like to enjoy a guided tour, local PC Laz Clark would be delighted! ‘As our oldest working police station, Tring’s police station is a High […]
The film The Wrong Sort Of Grapes has just won Best International Short at the Marietta International Film Festival at the Historic Strand Theatre in Marietta, Georgia, USA. It stars Tring Equity actor Elizabeth May (Liz Rogers who used to own ABC Costume Hire in Berkhamsted High Street but retired to do more on-camera work). Liz […]
Update from Chiltern Countryside Group. Our thanks to the Chiltern Countryside Group for this update on various local issues. Some of the below will be covered in the Autumn magazines, but the below is hot off the press at it were! Summer seems to be progressing quickly and whilst we’ve enjoyed the sunshine, it’s desperately […]
Dacorum Borough Council has submitted a planning application for much-needed social housing in Tring. The application is to build 11 new homes on the Bulbourne Road outside Tring. The development will be subject to Tring Town Council’s final approval to the sale of the land. The 11 new homes will consist of 2 and 3 […]
The Herts Police LGBT+ Network is once again looking forward to hosting a stall at this year’s Herts Pride. The event will be taking place in Watford’s Cassiobury Park on Saturday 20 August between midday and 10pm. The Herts Police LGBT+ Network is a support group that works to help the county’s LGBT+ community. It […]
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is celebrating another successful year with the announcement of this year’s exceptional A level exam results. Over 45 per cent of students attained A*-A grades and 74 per cent A*-B, which is well above the national average (A*-A 36 per cent and A*-B 62 per cent). This demonstrates that the […]
Two days of national strike action this week are expected to cause disruption to rail passengers on the West Coast main line, Chiltern main line, and all routes in the West Midlands, North West and in Cumbria. Passengers considering using the railway on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August are being advised to only travel […]
Tring’s Repair Café has been operating since January this year. Here’s an update on what they’ve been getting up to. In the first 6 months, they fixed over 100 objects and gave advice on spare parts etc. on more than 30 items. The café’s band of over 20 volunteer repairers have done a wonderful job. […]
Police officers across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire are warning of the consequences of drink and drug driving as part of a week-long enforcement campaign this week (Monday 22 August to Sunday 28 August). Officers will be out across the three forces targeting drivers who are breaking the law. The consequences of being caught drink or […]