The advice comes as figures released by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) show that last January over half a million cars had a late MOT with more than 70,000 failing with a dangerous fault. Putting off your MOT to save money in January might be tempting, but alongside carrying out the road safety checks, […]
So you may have heard that today is ‘Blue Monday’ – the most depressing day of the year. And it isn’t hard to see why. Christmas is a distant memory, our New Year’s Resolutions have fallen flat, the weather is rubbish and we are feeling post-festive purse strings pinch until the next payday. Local suicide […]
Blue Monday – the gloomy title bestowed on the third Monday in January; a combination of the post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and the arrival of unpaid credit card bills. For many, Blue Monday (January 20 this year), can heighten the feelings of festive forlornness and getting back into a routine – and this could […]
The University of Hertfordshire will host the Festival of Ideas in June, a unique two-day event at the University’s de Havilland campus in Hertfordshire, bringing together key thinkers and innovators from the arts, politics, heritage, literature and science. Taking place on 27 and 28 June 2020, the University’s Festival of Ideas is one of the […]
Bletchley Park, the former top-secret home of Britain’s World War Two Codebreakers and now a vibrant museum and visitor attraction, has a packed calendar this February half-term. Free for the under-12s, there is plenty on offer for a full fun day out for all the family. The week-long holiday sees the popular return of codebreaking […]
Join Joanna Lumley and Horatio’s Garden charity this June by taking up your teapots, baking your favourite cake and hosting your very own Fabulous Summer Tea Party! Horatio’s Garden are asking supporters to hold a tea party anytime throughout the month of June in order to raise vital funds for the charity, which creates and […]
Sunday Times bestselling author Stacey Halls will be at Tring Bookshop on 8 February to celebrate the release of her new novel The Foundling. Stacey’s debut The Familiars came out in 2019 and was the biggest selling hardback debut novel of the year, a Waterstones paperback of the year and a Richard & Judy pick. […]
Local at home care company, Home Instead Senior Care Hemel Hempstead and Chilterns, is delighted with the success of its annual Christmas gift giving scheme, having received over 206 generously donated gifts for the elderly living in the local area. Sainsbury’s in Apsley and Tesco in Tring and Jarman Park kindly hosted gift collection points, […]
Lockers Park Preparatory School’s highly-regarded Chapel Choir was honoured to be invited to perform at a fundraising carol concert for blood charity Anthony Nolan at St Pancras Church, London in December. The prestigious event saw the choir performing alongside award-winning actress Olivia Colman CBE and Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel, who both gave Christmas […]
On behalf of the Steering Group, Chiltern Countryside Group: We certainly live in challenging times but let us go forward in hope that our newly elected Government will make wise and thoughtful decisions. This is a golden opportunity for us to make a difference and try to positively influence those in positions of responsibility. Whilst […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer one of them a forever home? Chloe This lovely girl is Chloe; she is a mature lady of 14 years. She is now looking for her forever home and to start 2020 completely different to 2019. She is […]
In October 2019, Dacorum Borough Council with the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Hertfordshire County Council and St Albans Districts Council commissioned a sustainable travel consultancy, Go Travel Solutions, to update the Maylands Area Wide Travel Plan and deliver some pilot projects. There is significant growth planned over the coming decades in the Maylands area, with […]