As they were unable to have a Christmas party this year, staff at the Marlowes Shopping Centre have generously donated their party fund to charity. They have donated £2,000 to the Mayor of Dacorum’s charity of the year, The Sunnyside Rural Trust. Mayor of Dacorum, Cllr Terry Douris, said: ‘Thank you so much to the […]
The fabulous painting ‘A Scene from the Risorgimento’ by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno in 1865 has been returned to Bucks County Museum after over three years of worldwide travel where it was seen by thousands of visitors. The painting was borrowed in 2017 by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for their ‘Opera: Passion, […]
Passenger access is being improved to four of London Euston station’s busiest platforms as part of a multi-million-pound improvement programme. The current layout of the ramp to platforms 8-11 acts a bottleneck resulting in an uncomfortable experience for passengers. The £11.7m investment will see the access widened allowing more space for passengers to move from […]
Dacorum Borough Council joined forces with Watford and Three Rivers Councils on the weekend of 12-13 December to celebrate Herts Year of Culture (HYOC2020) with a finale weekend of online creative and dance events. The three districts have been working with BEE Creative, specialist dance agency, to deliver a year-long intergenerational dance programme called #TAG. […]
Staff at Cancer Research UK’s store in Berkhamsted have launched an urgent appeal for volunteers. While stock donations increased immediately after lockdown, the number of volunteers returning plummeted by nearly half in some shops. The situation has prompted a nationwide call for help as the charity battles to claw back millions of pounds in lost […]
A successful collaboration between Connect Health and Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group in delivering innovation in musculoskeletal and pain services has led to the two being named finalists in the highly prestigious HSJ Partnership Awards 2021. The organisations have been shortlisted in the ‘Best Healthcare Provider Partnership with the NHS’ category after showing that new […]
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 […]