We’ve received the following news from the HYOC2020 campaign team: In light of recent news, we appreciate that some upcoming events are be being cancelled. If you are hosting a HYOC2020 event that is now not going ahead, please can you mark the event cancelled, rather than deleting it from the site. (If you’ve listed […]
Please see the following updates from our local Neighbourhood Watch team relating to the coronavirus situation: Working together I am sure you are all keeping abreast of the latest developments with Coronavirus in the UK at the moment and are aware of the necessary actions required if you feel unwell. These are unprecedented times and […]
Social enterprise and business start-up support organisation, Wenta, have announced that Tony Bond, one of the original founders of Wenta, is stepping down from the Wenta Board following 37 years of service in helping small businesses to start-up and succeed in Watford and surrounding areas. It’s not every day that you meet one of the […]
Police officers and staff across Hertfordshire are lending a helping hand to the National Child Exploitation Awareness Day campaign today (Wednesday 18 March) by writing pledges on their palms to raise awareness. The National Working Group’s (NWG’s) Helping Hands campaign aims to spread the word on the signs to look out for and how to […]
The brand-new Chilterns Pass includes fantastic savings with many well-known brands and independent businesses in the Chilterns. The Chilterns Pass has been developed in conjunction with ‘Open for Business’: promoting tourism in the central Chilterns corridor, a Chilterns Conservation Board-led project, funded by the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF). The three-year initiative began […]
Police are appealing to the public for their help in locating a man who is wanted. Yasin Mahdi, aged 28, whose last known address was Park Road in Barnet, is wanted in connection with an investigation into the supply of class A drugs in Welwyn Garden City. He has links to the Hertfordshire, London, Dorset […]
This summer’s Classic Ibiza at Hatfield House on Saturday 29 August will be supporting a local charity that helps people and families in eastern Hertfordshire with life limiting illness. Isabel Hospice provides free end of life care and support for patients and their families living with cancer and other illnesses, such as MND, end stage […]
Neighbourhood Watch have made us aware that fraudsters are exploiting the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus to facilitate various types of fraud and cyber crime. Since February 2020, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has identified 21 reports of fraud where coronavirus was mentioned, with victim losses totalling over £800k. Ten of these reports were made […]
Highways England has teamed up with police forces from all around Britain’s most iconic motorway in a new bid to improve safety. Using specially adapted, unmarked HGV cabs, officers will patrol the M25 and record drivers of all types of vehicles committing mobile phone or other safety offences that are the leading cause of many […]
The Dacorum Community Safety Partnership (CSP) has appointed a new Chief Inspector, Craig Flint, who began his new role on Monday 9 March. Craig takes the helm in place of the borough’s former Chief Inspector Paul Mitson, who is moving to the Crime Reduction and Community Safety Unit based at the force headquarters in Welwyn […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Road Policing Unit is reminding the public not to use their mobile phones while driving or face a minimum £200 fine and six points on their licence. The warning comes as the NPCC launches its mobile phone campaign this month, which will see officers targeting motorists using handheld devices while behind the wheel. […]
Business owner and managing director Trudi Scrivener celebrated winning at the annual SME (small medium enterprise) Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire Business Awards recently. She won Business Woman of the Year in a hotly contested category. The annual awards celebrate local businesses within Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire. Over 300 business people attended an extraordinary evening on […]