The local NHS is reassuring residents that they can still access health help throughout the Christmas and New Year period – but health leaders are also encouraging patients to use services wisely. Health services will continue to be available across west Hertfordshire. Anyone who needs medical assistance is being encouraged to seek help and not put […]
Remap Hertfordshire South is the local branch of a national charity dedicated to designing and producing custom-made equipment to cater to all ages and mobility needs. As part of a national charity that uses experienced mechanical, electrical, computing engineers and woodworkers to complete 3,500 projects every year, you can trust them to make quality equipment […]
Fraudsters posing as police officers have been contacting Hertfordshire residents in recent weeks. Six residents have been targeted in Hertford, Hitchin, Royston and Watford were contacted by bogus callers posing as police officers asking them for their bank details. They were then asked to hand over their bank cards or money to a courier. The […]
As most of you will by now know, the Government made the decision at the weekend to put Hertfordshire into Tier 4 restrictions. Nearby areas also in Tier 4 include: London Buckinghamshire Essex (excluding Tendring, Uttlesford and Colchester) Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Luton Peterborough See a full list of areas in Tier 4 […]
1500 people took part in Dacorum’s online Sustainability Survey this summer, which investigated how people’s behaviours changed during the spring lockdown and how we could learn from this moving forwards. During July and August, Dacorum Borough Council ran a 6-week sustainability survey to help understand how certain behaviours within Dacorum changed as a result of […]
South West Herts Conservative Association have selected Peter Matthews as the Berkhamsted Candidate for the Hertfordshire County Council Elections to be held on 6 May 2021. A long-time resident of Berkhamsted, Peter has served both as a Town and Dacorum Borough Councillor. In May 2014 he was appointed Mayor attending over 100 civic events during […]
The leading national guide for recognising the UK’s best pubs has acclaimed the Alford Arms as the best County Dining Pub in Hertfordshire in the 2021 Good Pub Guide. Situated in Frithsden, just outside the towns of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead, the Alford Arms was recognised by the Good Pub Guide for its fantastic food offer, […]
After moving into the temporary ‘Modular Village’ on the school field in August the first phase of the demolition of several blocks of the old school commenced. For those of you who know the school, Neville was the first building to go followed by Watkins, Hobson and half of Fells. This was a fascinating process […]
Bucks County Museum is delighted to have been awarded £223,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its new Bucks Heroes Project working with different communities in Bucks to highlight how ordinary people have done, and continue to do, extraordinary things. Alongside the Museum’s new capital project creating 5 brand new galleries telling the story […]
Officers investigating the theft of a dog in Tring are appealing for information and witnesses. The dog, a male Pomeranian named Benny, was stolen from his owner’s vehicle – a white Hyundai – in the Tesco supermarket car park on London Road between 3.50pm and 4.15pm yesterday (Thursday 17 December). Benny, who is four years […]
On 16 December, Hertfordshire County Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations 2020, has taken action to close down Bovingdon Market due to coronavirus risks. The local authorities have been in dialogue with Bovingdon Market organisers to agree measures to enable continued operation, but these have to date […]
Shoppers in Berkhamsted and Tring are being urged to remain vigilant following a spate of suspicious incidents and thefts in the area. On Saturday 5 December, a woman aged in her 70s was sitting inside her vehicle in Waitrose car park in Berkhamsted, when she was approached by a woman holding a sign, who knocked […]