Naomi MacKay watched Jack and the Beanstalk at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, which runs until Sunday 4 January. It’s panto season again – the most wonderful time of the year – and Jack and the Beanstalk blasts it off to a sparkling start in Aylesbury. This high-energy production fires jokes and silliness at a terrific pace. […]
Interested in photography? Are you always looking for that perfect photo? Want to showcase your creative side? The Rotary Young Photographer competition is for you. This event encourages young people aged up to 17 to develop and showcase their photography skills. This year Berkhamsted Rotary is looking for three photos on the subject of ‘Happiness […]
A long-held community vision is coming to life in Northchurch, as the St Mary’s Garden Group (part of EcoBerko) takes the next steps towards transforming the unusable front playground of St Mary’s Primary School into a vibrant garden for everyone to enjoy. Guided by feedback from the school and wider community, the group is working […]
Country music artist and Cancer Research UK campaigns ambassador Emma Jade Garbutt took the first runner-up title in the recent Ms Great Britain 2025 competition. Emma, 31, took part in the glittering 80th anniversary national final at The Athena, Leicester. Originally from South Yorkshire, she moved to Berkhamsted in 2024. Emma, who recently handed over […]
Nestled on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, Bartlett’s Residential Care Home in Stone has taken an innovative step in enriching life for its residents – by planting a vineyard. More than 4,000 vines of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay now flourish in the grounds, benefiting from the same chalky soils that make France’s Champagne region […]
The Roy Chapman garage has been a familiar name to car owners in Berkhamsted, and then Tring, for more than 50 years. As it closed its doors for the last time this autumn, Roy Chapman looks back on the family-owned company’s history and says a fond farewell to customers. In October 1974, my wife, Anne […]
A trio of young entrepreneurs have been busy selling their homemade wares on a stall at Berkhamsted Farmers Market in the High Street. Lula Spivack, 11, Amelia Metcalfe, 11, and Maya Ivanov, 12, all attend Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, and live in villages around Berkhamsted. The latest business idea for the girls, […]
A community cafe residents wanted as a local meeting hub has thrived since it opened last summer. The owner of Dottie About Cake, Helena Winter-Brown has partnered with the Home Ground Community Café, and her team of staff and volunteers include several young people from the area. Tring Rural Parish Council established a working party […]
New Mill Baptist Church became a beacon of light in New Road, Tring, during the last week of October. Volunteers created coloured tissue paper designs, reminiscent of stained glass, to appear in the church windows after dark. Once the lights were turned on, passers-by were treated to artwork featuring everything from hearts, butterflies and fish, […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer any of them a forever home? Paddy and Rupert Paddy and Rupert (pictured top) are siblings and as you can see gorgeous male black kittens, approx. 4 months old. Paddy is a very sociable, confident kitten who loves […]
The closure of community organisation Open Door on Berkhamsted High Street will have left a hole in many people’s lives, but a new organisation is hoping to fill the gap. Led by former Open Door volunteer Iain Manson, with what he calls, ‘a very willing and growing group of volunteers’ behind him, Berkhamsted Together has […]
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust have launched a ‘Protect Local Woodlands’ fundraising appeal with a target of £54,000 to ensure our woodlands remain safe, healthy and full of life. Local woodlands provide a peaceful place of refuge for people and wildlife. Yet, without proper care and conservation management our local woodlands could become dark, dense […]