Here are the ways in which people with suspected COVID-19 symptoms who meet the national criteria can access drive-through tests in Hertfordshire this weekend. Pop-up sites in Hertford (Saturday), Watford (Sunday) and Stevenage (Monday) have been commissioned by local NHS organisations and are supported by the military. Testing at each site will open at 10am […]
Lockers Park Pre-Prep pupils kicked off the Summer Term by taking a closer look at the classic English fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. As well as writing a detailed book review as part of their English work, Year 1 pupils were tasked with creating their very own magic beanstalk at home. The activity produced […]
Local girl, Stephanie Gallagher, from Hemel Hempstead, wins nationwide competition to be lead-voice in new animated series about cleaning-up our planet. A nationwide competition to find the voice of the lead character for a new animated series has announced that local school-girl, Stephanie Gallagher, from Hemel Hempstead, has won the main prize to narrate ‘Clean […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary is issuing a warning after the theft of several vehicles which had been put up for sale. At least five vehicles, four BMWs and one Audi, have been stolen in the last two months, after men posing as prospective buyers viewed the vehicles and obtained the vehicle key fobs. During the viewings the […]
Visit Herts is working in partnership with Hertfordshire LEP and Crowdfunder to offer small and micro businesses within the tourism, leisure, hospitality, retail, arts and cultural sectors the chance to unlock between £2000 and £5000 in match funding to help overcome the challenges of Covid-19. Visit Herts will be administering the £200,000 Hertfordshire LEP fund […]
The organisers of Chilfest, Tring’s huge homegrown seventies and eighties revival music festival, are sad to confirm the news that a 2020 event will no longer be taking place. The original 2020 festival dates were to be Friday 3 July and Saturday 4 July, but the event was postponed to Saturday 29 and Bank Holiday […]
If you are using your vehicle for the first time in several weeks – while following Government advice – Highways England has an important message for you: check it! You should still stay at home as much as possible. But if you are leaving home for one of the reasons the Government has given, remember that any vehicle […]
Claire Patterson of ArtbyClaire Creative Photography brings us news of her live Virtual Wedding Fair via Instagram Stories and Facebook Stories on Sunday 17 May 10am-12noon. This is my first ever Virtual Wedding Fair (inspired by lockdown!) and am sure maybe yours too. I would love you to come. This is a Virtual Wedding Fair […]
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust sadly has to cancel its annual Festival of Wildlife at Panshanger Park. The Festival of Wildlife is the Trust’s largest community event and was scheduled to take place at Panshanger Park near Hertford on 25 and 26 July. Under the current uncertainty surrounding Coronavirus, the Trust has taken the difficult decision […]
Hello, My name is Lost Little Soul. Four years ago, I was found emaciated, starving and on the verge of dying as I was left tethered in a field by a seatbelt. The seatbelt was also strangling me and I was struggling to breathe. I can’t remember how long I was tied up for but […]
Our thanks to Ben Moorhouse of Our Bookshop in Tring for bringing us this update. I’m very grateful to so many of you who have supported the shop in the last few weeks. It’s massively appreciated. We’re in a difficult period and independent bookshops (along with everyone else) have some massive hurdles to overcome in […]
With many Ashridge House staff working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked Ashridge House Events Sales & Marketing Manager Natalie Halliwell-Jennings how she has adapted to working from home… Ashridge House is a former royal palace to Kings and Queens, a grade II listed stately home with 190 acres of beautiful historic gardens and […]