Passengers are benefiting from better, more reliable journeys on the West Coast main line between Euston and Carlisle, after May Day bank holiday engineering work was completed on time. Sections of track on Europe’s busiest mixed-use (freight and passenger) railway line were replaced. Overhead electric cables were upgraded, as well as vital improvements to bridges, […]
At the Berkhamsted and District Chamber of Commerce AGM, some retailers raised the issue of parking in Berkhamsted and that the closure of the Lower King’s Road car park has affected their business. Furthermore, the reduction of hours at the Water Lane car park from 4 to 2 has caused problems with both elderly residents […]
Tring Park School invites prospective pupils to an Open Afternoon on Friday 17 May from 4-6pm. Boarding spaces are now full to capacity but there are a few day places remaining for the academic year 2019/20. Tring Park School for the Performing Arts offers an exceptional opportunity to young people who show outstanding talent in […]
As you may remember, The Ivy St Albans Brasserie celebrates its first birthday this month. In celebration, the restaurant hosted an exclusive evening of cocktails and canapés in the heart of St Albans on Tuesday 7 May. Local journalists, regular guests, business owners and residents alike (including us!) headed to the brasserie to take part […]
The nation is set to go nuts for doughnuts once again as National Doughnut Week returns from today until 18 May. The week, sponsored by CSM Bakery Solutions, raises funds for The Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury. National Doughnut Week has been running for 28 years, after being launched […]
DogFest is delighted to announce a raft of fantastic new features for its 2019 festival taking place at Knebworth this weekend. Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday will be hosting a show-stopping parade of four-legged record-breakers and their owners. They include Lynne Land and her poodle Mojo (most pirouettes by a dog in 30 seconds), […]
Berkhamsted and Disctrict Chamber of Commerce have received several comments regarding the High Street. There was a suggestion that Berkhamsted is promoted more widely in London; this is something that the Chamber may look at, but it also ties up with the recent report on our heritage received by the Town’s Heritage Hub committee. The […]
In 2018, Adam Hollier photographed over 400 people in Tring. He produced Tring People: Portraits of a Town – a beautiful coffee table book – which includes some local landmarks and lovely stories from those featured in its pages. He is now delighted to announce that he is to repeat the exercise in the town […]
WheelPower, the National Charity for wheelchair sport are delighted to announce that those who sign up for the Charity bike ride will be offered a free bike safety check on 2 June 2019, in advance of the main event, courtesy of their main partner, Mountain Mania in Tring. With a new 100k route planned for this […]
The results are in for Dacorum’s borough, parish and town elections, which were held last Thursday, 2 May. Following the borough election, the total number of seats held by each party on Dacorum Borough Council is: Conservative: 31 Labour: 0 Liberal Democrats: 19 UKIP: 0 Green: 0 Independent: 1 The overall percentage turnout in Dacorum […]
Lockers Park School in Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead is opening its doors for a School Open Morning on Saturday 11 May – 10:30am-12:30pm. The morning’s theme will be ‘On Safari’, a topic the school’s Pre-Prep pupils have enjoyed learning about. There will be a selection of jungle-inspired crafting activities to keep little ones engaged and entertained […]
Hemel Hempstead MP Sir Mike Penning led local hospital campaigners to meet with Minister of State for Health, Stephen Hammond MP, to discuss options for the future of hospital services in West Hertfordshire. Sir Mike said: ‘I am delighted to have secured the meeting last week. It was very constructive, and the Minister was fully […]