Local charity Hector’s House is asking for your help to win them a share of £10,000 in just two minutes. Here’s their message: Hello lovely ones, we would love to ask you for a quick favour. The wonderful folks at Ashtons are giving away a share of £10,000 and we’d be delighted if you could spend […]
Residents who regularly create more garden waste than they can fit in their green-lidded bin, can sign up for the Additional Garden Waste Subscription Service. The service gives residents the opportunity to buy additional 240-litre green-lidded bins for £25 each and have them collected on their normal garden waste collection day for a seasonal subscription fee […]
A multi-million pound contract to care for victims of crime has been agreed by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire. The £2.8m four-year contract, to begin this April, ensures those who live in the county will continue to benefit from one of the UK’s most comprehensive schemes run through the Hertfordshire Beacon Victim Care […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer one of them a forever home? Harry This is Harry, he is 11 years old but very young at heart; you wouldn’t know his age to look at him! He loves to be with people and cuddle up. […]
On Sunday 9 January, Dacorum residents recycled over 6000 Christmas trees for free at Dacorum Borough Council’s chipping points throughout the borough. The annual recycling day has been running in Dacorum for 26 years, and it soared back to pre-COVID levels with local Scouts groups and the Hospice of St Francis able to offer tree […]
A local nature reserve which recently had a starring role in the BBC’s Countryfile is holding its first open day for people to find out more about volunteering opportunities. Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is inviting people to join the open day at its College Lake nature reserve near Aylesbury on Tuesday 8 […]
Former Tring Park student Carly Paoli chats about her forthcoming guest slot on Aled Jones’ Cathedral Rour of the UK You are about to appear as a special guest on Aled Jones’ forthcoming Cathedral Tour – how do you feel about that? I’m thrilled to be joining Aled Jones on his Cathedral Tour. I first […]
HHTheatre Co are very excited to announce that their musical this year will be Anything Goes, the hit Broadway and West End, Cole Porter musical. The S. S. American is sailing between New York and England with a comically colourful assemblage of passengers: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist, her pal Billy […]
The RHS has announced a brand new grant which will see four gardens gifted to communities across the UK, one in each of the home nations. They’re inviting communities and schools to apply for the new RHS Community Gardens grant to develop a garden worth up to £50,000. Communities will get the chance to work […]
Detectives in Dacorum are widening their appeal for information as part of ongoing enquiries into an arson in Northchurch. At around 7.40pm on Monday 20 December, the occupant of a property in High Street returned home to discover a fire in her living room. The fire service attended to deal with the blaze and make […]
Dacorum Borough Council has appointed Andrew Percival as Independent Chair of the Hemel Place Board. The Hemel Place Board is a new partnership of key stakeholders who have a strong presence in Hemel Hempstead and are key to the future success of the town. Representatives include those from the public and private sector and from […]
Thanks to the success of the booster programme, the government has announced that England will return to ‘Plan A’ on Thursday 27 January. However, patients in Hertfordshire and west Essex will still be required to wear face coverings in GP practices, hospitals, and other healthcare settings when COVID-19 restrictions ease later this week. NHS guidance […]