Some interesting facts have been shared with us this week by The Diamond Trust at Chesham House in Berkhamsted. Apparently, it takes 250 tonnes of earth to obtain a 1ct polished diamond… Ah, that would explain the cost then! The Diamond Trust recently commissioned Clive Baxter, a local artist, to produce this pen and ink […]
The Police and Crime Commissioner has announced the launch of the third round of his Road Safety Fund. The grant is paid for by people who have committed driving offences. This money is put back into the community to fund new and innovative ways of improving road safety and changing road-users’ behaviour. Since 2016, the […]
Teachers and parents across Hertfordshire have been advised to ensure that any school trips involving air travel, are booked with a fully protected ATOL scheme. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which runs ATOL, is making the call as schools start organising class trips for the new academic year. The new advice aims to prevent […]
Calling local photographers! The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Photography Competition launches today, Monday 1st October, with categories for under and over 16’s. The theme is “What does the Chilterns mean to you?” and the image can be anything from a landscape to a building, community event or wildlife…the choice is yours! In each category […]
Motorists are being advised of a road closure in Hemel Hempstead as Cadent engineers probe a suspected gas leak. A 15m eastbound stretch of St Albans Road off the Plough Roundabout (also known as the Magic Roundabout) will be temporarily closed after the rush hour period from approximately 7pm on Thursday 4 October to enable […]
Hertfordshire County Council is offering resident and community groups free salt to grit their streets as they begin to gear up for the winter months. The Council is also offering salt to schools, parish and town councils. Resident and community groups may apply for up to 680kg of salt, while schools can ask for up […]
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 28 September but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. M40 junctions 1 to 15: routine maintenance Routine maintenance works include of slip roads and through junctions with two lanes. Works […]
Those nice people at SaveTheHighStreet.org have just launched a competition to find and reward Britain’s Best Shop Window in order to celebrate and champion the independent high street businesses across the United Kingdom who go the extra mile with their shop window displays. 79% of Local Businesses when recently surveyed said that investing in their […]
1066 has become topical again recently with MP Boris Johnson drawing parallels between the Norman Conquest and the Prime Minister’s Brexit proposals. The ex-foreign secretary claimed that, under Mrs May’s Chequers Proposal on Brexit, “for the first time since 1066, our leaders were deliberately acquiescing in foreign rule”. English leaders submitted to Duke William at Berkhamsted in […]
Over 50 people attended the introductory meeting to tackle loneliness and isolation in Tring, Hertfordshire, on Wednesday 12 September at the High Street Baptist Church – with representation from various Tring and Dacorum organisations, plus interested individuals. Talks were given by LinkingLives.uk, High Street Baptist Church, Hector’s House and Home-Start Herts. As a result of […]
A petition has been launched to save three ancient trees from being chopped down to make way for a temporary car park. Nearly 3,000 people have signed a petition to keep bulldozers from the trees in The Moor, Berkhamsted. Dacorum Borough Council granted consent for the temporary car park while a multi-storey car park is […]
Recently, Berks Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) and the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust (BCNWT) have initiated a challenge to the process whereby Highways England and the Department for Transport selected ‘Corridor B’ for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway and associated ‘Growth Corridor’ which could include up to one million […]