Emma Jade Garbutt, 31, is preparing to compete for the prestigious title of Ms Great Britain 2025, with the glittering 80th anniversary national final taking place on 17 October at The Athena, Leicester. Emma – originally from South Yorkshire – moved to Berkhamsted in 2024. Emma, who recently handed over her crown as UK’s National […]
The Marlowes is proud to be supporting the Trussell Trust, a national charity working with food banks across the UK to provide emergency food and vital support to people in crisis. With demand for food banks continuing to rise, the Trussell Trust’s work is more important than ever. The charity’s mission goes far beyond providing food […]
Weston Turville Golf Club was buzzing with energy as the Chilterns Neuro Centre hosted its Charity Golf Day under blue skies and glorious sunshine. With the pristine fairways looking their best, golfers gathered for a day filled with camaraderie, competition and community spirit, helping to raise almost £6,000 to support people living with neurological conditions. […]
Dacorum Borough Council has marked the progress of a new development in Hemel Hempstead which includes 56 new homes for social rent and a new headquarters for homelessness charity, DENS. The site on Paradise Industrial Estate is a brownfield site close to the town centre. The DENS community hub which will include the borough’s foodbank […]
CPRE Hertfordshire, the countryside charity, who have already gained over 16,000 signatures supporting their national petition to restore green belt protections in the National Planning Policy Framework, are outraged following the government’s response that they will not review the grey belt definition. The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in December 2024, contains inconsistencies between […]
Hertfordshire-based homelessness charity, DENS, has announced the return of its popular Sponsored Sleepout on Friday 21 November, with free places available for everyone in the community. Taking place at the new venue of Hammond Academy in Hemel Hempstead, the fundraising event promises an inspiring night under the stars, packed full of community spirit and entertainment. […]
Berkhamsted’s popular Repair Café is relaunching at a new venue next month, allowing it to extend the valuable service it offers the local area. Berko Repair Café, established in 2021 at Open Door Community Space, enables local residents to bring their broken belongings to be fixed, free of charge. From 4 October 2025, the Repair […]
The experiences of Hertfordshire woman, Maureen Kinnear (72), who has lived with ME/CFS for more than 20 years, has been captured and displayed in an evocative photography exhibition at the iconic Oxo Tower Wharf on London’s South Bank (24-28 September 2025). ‘Lives We Cannot Live’, a new photographic exhibition by documentary film-maker and photographer Jeremy […]
For Pat Anne Swan (pictured), her 17 years living in a unit at Berkhamsted’s John Sayer Almshouses have been a ‘lovely’ experience. Welcoming visitors to her cosy home at an open day at the almshouses in the summer, she recounted moving to Berkhamsted from Stanmore, and immersing herself in the friendly community, soon becoming a […]
As Berkhamsted fitness coaching business Jog On celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, it also marks another milestone – raising almost £40,000 for the Hospice of St Francis. The first Jog On Coach to 5k Course was set up by friends Erica Carter (right) and Heather Harris (left) in Berkhamsted in 2015. ‘We both had […]
Hertfordshire County Council’s Winter Self-Help Scheme is now open for applications, offering eligible groups – including schools and residents’ associations – the chance to receive free salt to help keep their local roads and pavements safe during icy conditions. This year, applications can be made for up to 20 bags of salt, which can be […]
This year’s Aylesbury Waterside Theatre must-see panto is the stalk of the town, and the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk united for the first time to officially launch the festive production that promises bags full of fee fi fo FUN this Christmas from Fri 5 Dec 2025-Sun 4 Jan 2026. Nigel Harman (EastEnders, Casualty, Strictly) is playing the villainous Fleshcreep […]