Deaf nine-year-old delivers urgent letter to Prime Minster calling for more support for deaf children, as new research reveals lack of awareness of what deaf children can achieve. Orson, born deaf, delivers letter to Prime Minister calling for Government to invest in therapy that supported him to learn to listen and speak. Ahead of Deaf […]
Visit Herts has been awarded the new, enhanced status of ‘Local Visitor Economy Partnership’ by VisitEngland – the Government’s official tourism agency for England. Herts is one of 15 destinations across the country that have been awarded the new status. The creation of these new partnerships is part of the Government’s strategy to better support […]
The UK government’s new Emergency Alerts system is now live. The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile phone when lives are in danger. On Sunday 23 April at 3pm, there will be a national test of the service. An Emergency Alert is a loud, siren-like sound with a message on your […]
On Wednesday 19 April 2023 between 9am and 10.30pm, an offender committed a burglary in Longfield Road in Tring. If you or your neighbours have any information relating to this crime, or if you have captured any relevant footage on your CCTV or doorbell camera, please contact the police non-emergency number 101, quoting crime number […]
Those who pervert the course of justice by lying to avoid speeding fines and penalty points are being warned about the consequences. Hertfordshire police are warning drivers that if they are caught speeding and give false details, such as a false name or address, they may face a custodial sentence. There are currently around 63 […]
A fundraising appeal by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust to protect our ancient woodlands is being boosted by the Big Give in a match funding campaign where donations are doubled. Between 20-27 April 2023 the local charity, which manages over 40 nature reserves across the region, is teaming up with the Big Give to raise […]
Some of the country’s busiest railway stations, including Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street, now have British Sign Language travel announcements. From the start of April, touchscreens have gone live for deaf passengers at eight Network Rail managed stations* showing signed travel information of the latest advice for travellers. Euston station was […]
Our Bookshop in Tring are very excited to announce they will be hosting a Children’s Science Week. Starting 25 April, it will feature some amazing authors, scientists, professors and doctors who will be coming to Tring for a number of school visits (including Grove Road, Turnfurlong, Brookmead and Aston Clinton) in the area and then, […]
Nearly 90 percent of Hertfordshire children have been allocated a place at their most preferred primary school. Of the 13,491 applications for reception places received for Hertfordshire children, 12,018 have been allocated their first ranked primary school. Over 98 per cent (13,225) were allocated one of their preferred schools. Including allocations to junior and middle […]
Easter at the Leighton Buzzard Railway saw record breaking numbers on both Easter Sunday and Monday. Full trains of families made the three-mile steam hauled journey to Stonehenge to search for Easter Eggs around the museum site. A two-train service saw the regular Andrew Barclay locomotive Doll working alongside the restored First World War Baldwin […]
Patients, families, friends and NHS staff at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) have come together in Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville to cast their thumbprint for an artwork to be displayed in the charity’s show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. Part of a nationwide project, the thumbprints in Horatio’s Garden Stoke […]
A huge national survey is taking place to update the data held on ancient woodland sites – those which have had continuous woodland cover since 1600AD. The Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI) is being coordinated by Natural England and here, in Hertfordshire, Herts Environmental Records Centre (HERC) are contributing local data to the national picture. Ancient […]