Family doctors across Hertfordshire are urging people to continue to attend hospital and clinic appointments with a simple message: ‘The NHS is here to see you safely, even during the lockdown.’ Although there will be restrictions in many aspects of our lives due to the lockdown rules, GPs, pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and other NHS services […]
During this month’s vulnerable road user campaign, which runs between 9 and 22 November, police officers will be educating the public about the appropriate use of electric scooters, commonly known as e-scooters. E-scooters have increased in popularity in recent years but they are only legal to ride on private land with the landowner’s permission or […]
A message from Creative Collective Pop-Up Shop in Berkhamsted We’re here, we’re ‘OPEN’ for you and we’re going to bring all our Creative’s hard work and fabulous, unique gifts to you this month! We offer CLICK & COLLECT and FREE LOCAL DELIVERIES. Just shop the window or shop our Instagram or Facebook photos. We’ll forward […]
A Covid-19 and Lockdown 2 update from Beechwood Fine Foods in Tring We will be open for all your essential shopping over Lockdown 2. We are working even more closely with our suppliers to try to ensure there is no interruption to supplies on our shelves or fridges; we are continuing to source both our […]
Schools in the Hertford, Hatfield and Welwyn areas can apply for a free garden border worth up to £250 to help improve playgrounds and outdoor areas. Garden on a Roll, which is locally based in Bayford, is looking for five schools to help, by providing its pre-designed garden borders in a box, which include all […]
Important information from Dacorum Borough Council about the national restrictions, your council services and where you can access help and support From Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December, you must stay at home and may leave only for a limited set of reasons. These include: For education For work, if you cannot work from […]
The project to rebuild the majority of Tring School is now well underway. Work started in May 2020 to prepare the ground for the erection of a temporary two storey building containing 35 classrooms, labs, offices and amenities. This construction was completed in late August enabling the staff to move in at the end of […]
The team at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Hemel Hempstead welcomed the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, Henry Holland-Hibbert, and his wife Kate to the site for a guided tour. The fulfilment centre’s Site Leader, Mark Keeney, said: ‘I was delighted to welcome the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and his wife to Amazon in Hemel Hempstead […]
Ellie Dix is a board game designer from Hemel Hempstead. She runs The Dark Imp, a small board game publishing company specialising in games for families with children aged 8 and up. On Monday evening Theo Paphitis, the business mogul, announced the winners of his Small Business Sunday competition, in which he rewards small businesses […]
Anil Mistry is a mixed media artist based in Berkhamsted. His work is focused on creating new interpretations of urban landscapes that are abstract in nature, compelling yet warmly familiar. Homestead Amongst The Hills is his new limited edition print based on his home town of Berkhamsted. As with most people, the pandemic had led […]
Organisations across Hertfordshire are backing a new, hard-hitting campaign after a recent survey revealed 27% of Hertfordshire residents would leave their homes to go shopping – even if asked to self-isolate. Self-isolation is not the same as lockdown and means staying at home because you are at risk of infecting others. It is a vital […]
Many people develop a decreased appetite as they grow older. This can lead to a variety of health concerns if not managed correctly, with malnutrition being a common concern in the elderly. During lockdown, and jumping on the ‘grow your own’ bandwagon, many of the residents at local care and nursing homes showed an interest […]