Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is appealing for donations of gold and silver jewellery, coins, watches and silverware to raise money to fund local hospice care. Barrie has been volunteering with the charity for around 15 years. After starting as a volunteer in one of the charity’s shops, he later offered to share his 30 […]
This year, 10 people will be running the London Marathon on Sunday 27 April in aid of Keech Hospice, the charity which provides free, specialist care and support for adults in Bedfordshire and children in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. Between them, they hope to raise a minimum total sum of £20,000 for Keech, which only […]
The National Trust will join communities across the country in marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day by lighting the beacon at Dunstable Downs. The beacon will be lit at 9.30pm on Thursday 8 May 2025 alongside others across the UK, Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, symbolising the ‘light of […]
Local pub, The Lamb has made history and become a new Guinness World Records™ title holder – joining Heineken and 114 pubs and breweries across the UK to set a unique world record for the most people pulling a pint at exactly the same time. The nationwide ‘The Big Pour’ event took place on 7 April […]
Tring Athletic are a thriving club with 4 senior men’s teams and an under 18s youth team. The first team play in the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division which is step 5 of the national league system, where they have been successful for many years and are currently competing in the top 5 of that […]
Naomi MacKay watched Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at Milton Keynes Theatre – running until Saturday 19 April. Can you believe it’s 30 years since Matthew Bourne’s groundbreaking twist on the classic Swan Lake first flew onto the stage? As Matthew himself says: ‘It’s hard to believe that our Swan Lake is now 30 years old […]
More than 30 organisations from across Hertfordshire were represented at a hate crime reporting networking event recently. Representatives from local charities, schools, colleges, councils and community groups joined police and county council partners at Hatfield’s Fielder Centre on Thursday 13 March to learn more about being a third-party reporting centre (TPRC). Organised as part of […]
The Marlowes Shopping Centre, located in the heart of Hemel Hempstead, are seeing the return of their popular Magical Marlowes this school holidays. Free for families to attend, on Wednesday 16 April from 11am-4pm a sprinkling of pixie dust will transform the shopping centre into a magical wonderland, with some classic characters and princesses roaming around the […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary is seeking views from members of the public as it looks to set its next round of local policing priorities. What is a local policing priority? Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs) work alongside partners to focus on solving long and short-term neighbourhood issues, such as anti-social behaviour, theft, speeding and drug-related crime. They set […]
A local resident has won a competition to help name Tring’s newest care home. Alison Wright took part in a competition to name the new multi-million-pound Care UK home, on Miswell Lane, which is set to open to residents in summer 2026 and will provide premium residential, dementia and respite care for 72 older people. […]
The first running day of the 2025 season started fantastically for the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway with more than 300 passengers taking to the trains to celebrate Mothers’ Day and hear the opening address by the Town Crier, accompanied by Councillor David Bligh, the 50th Mayor of Leighton-Linslade. The entirely volunteer-run railway put on […]
More than 3,000 targeted messages have been sent to Hertfordshire residents signed up to receive police alerts on a range of local topics including updates on incidents, events, crime prevention advice, court results and good news over the last 12 months. The majority of the 50,000 residents (10 per cent of Hertfordshire households) signed up […]