Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is delighted to announce the launch of a new Compassionate Café, run in partnership with Wigginton Community Shop & Café, The Sports Ground, Chesham Road, Wigginton, HP23 6HH. 1st Wednesday 1.30-3pm. Launching 4 October 2023. The café will run on the 1st Wednesday of the month and provides a space […]
Back for its fourth year, BerkoFest Book Festival is returning to Berkhamsted Town Hall on Sunday 5 November. With exciting internationally acclaimed names ranging from Sunday Times top-selling fiction and non-fiction writers to musicians and comedians to theatre and film directors, many of whom have won literary prizes and awards in their areas of expertise, […]
Brian Conley is set to hit the road with a brand-new tour from 24 September. The multi award-winning star of the west end and countless hit TV series will be delighting audiences with an evening of comedy, music and entertainment. In a career spanning five decades, Brian has appeared in award winning West End musicals […]
Over the weekend of 7-8 October, Keech Hospice Care will attempt the biggest fundraiser in its 32-year history, Reach Out For Keech. In the space of just 48 hours, the charity, which provides specialist care for adults and children with life-limiting illnesses, hopes to secure £500,000 to help it continue its vital work for patients […]
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts has published the dates for its Autumn Open Days, giving talented youngsters from across the UK an opportunity to experience what the dynamic co-educational school has to offer. The Open Days will take place for the Prep Department on 27 September and 12 October, Years 7 to 11 […]
A fundraising dinner will take place in Berkhamsted in a bid to raise funds for the campaign for the West Herts 21 Century Hospital Solution. The campaign for a new centralised hospital for West Herts, is spearheaded by Gordon Yearwood, who was responsible for the planning, design and construction of the Hospice of St Francis. […]
The Leighton Buzzard Railway is delighted to announce that tickets for its 2023 Christmas season are now on general sale. Santa’s Steam Specials will begin on Saturday 2 December and trains will operate over a total of 14 days, finishing on Christmas Eve. In addition, the popular Mince Pie Specials will run from Wednesday 27 […]
Greenway Primary & Nursery School is looking for other schools or community areas to plant trees that have been grown on its Crossways, Berkhamsted site. The school was given 50 native British tree saplings two years ago, as part of the School Tree Nursery initiative set up by the Earth Restoration Service, which aims to […]
World Suicide Prevention Day takes place on Sunday 10 September 2023, and to mark the day Hertfordshire County Council, in partnership with Herts Mind Network, hosted a ‘Festival of Hope and Support’ event (8 September) to raise awareness of suicide prevention and help people get the help they need. Hertfordshire County Council’s Executive Member for […]
Foreign exchange business Swift FX – which has recorded more than £32 million in overseas transactions in its first 18 months – has appointed its first member of staff. The family business, based in Tring, which is run by Michael Vaughan and his stepfather, David Hodgson, was launched in 2021 to help support businesses with […]
Officers and staff from across Hertfordshire Constabulary came together for a conference last week, aimed at tackling rural and wildlife crime. The two-day event was held at Knebworth barns on Monday and Tuesday (4-5 September) and was organised by the Rural Operational Support Team (ROST). Around 40 colleagues attended and heard interesting and insightful presentations […]
Tring and the surrounding villages hit the national headlines in the summer when nesting rodents chewed through Openreach cables and left thousands of homes without internet connection for more than three days. The first residents started to complain about lack of internet on Saturday 29 July – and most were not back online until the […]