Seventeen new police officers, including an ex-postie, a restaurant manager and a former building contractor, were formally welcomed to #TeamHerts recently. Senior officers, family and friends of the 10 men and seven women gathered to celebrate their achievement at a passing out parade at police headquarters in Welwyn Garden City on Wednesday 26 February. T/Deputy […]
The Share Foundation, in partnership with Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and the Rothschild Foundation, has launched a first-of-its-kind online performing arts video course to provide young people in care aged 13-17 with an accessible introduction to the performing arts. The programme encourages young people to try a variety of different disciplines such […]
More than twenty people have been arrested during an operation targeting county lines drugs gangs. Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Operation Mantis team, supported by teams from the Local Policing Command, the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Orochi unit, British Transport Police, the Eastern Regional Special Operations Unit and the National Crime Agency, carried out warrants targeting gangs involved in […]
Harpenden and Berkhamsted’s MP, Victoria Collins has urged for rail fares to be frozen after they rose by 4.6% last weekend. The cost of a season ticket has risen to £5012 a year. It follows ticket price rises of 3.8% in 2022, 5.9% in 2023, and 4.9% in 2024. Victoria said that people ishould not […]
Plans to create 820 ensuite bedrooms for working age adults with care and support needs were approved by Hertfordshire County Council’s Cabinet on 24 February, following discussion at the Adult Care, Health and Wellbeing Cabinet Panel on 29 January and Resources & Performance Cabinet Panel on 14 February. Over the next five years the county […]
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of this legendary production, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake returns to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 15-Sat 19 April as part of a UK Tour. This groundbreaking production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago and has since become the most successful dance theatre […]
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a burglary in Tring. At around 7.15pm on Friday 28 February, a home was reportedly broken into on Hobson Walk. A large red handbag was stolen which was later found by a member of the public on Bank Mill Lane in Berkhamsted the next day. Detective Constable […]
The Berkhamsted Walk started in 1968, and since then has raised in excess of £300,000 for The Children’s Society – a charity dedicated to supporting children in need throughout the UK. It’s always been a community affair – set up and run by members of the Berkhamsted Committee with help from friendly volunteers. The start […]
Berkhamsted’s Cricket Club will be 150 years old this year and it plans to celebrate its anniversary in style, with the whole town invited to join in the fun. Founded in 1875, the Club started playing on Berkhamsted Common before moving into the town between the canal and the railway line (where the Football Club […]
Following this year’s public vote a Tawa (a pan used to make chapattis) that was handmade out of steel from the K&L factory in Letchworth, has been named Hertfordshire Museum object of the year. The pan was made in 1962 by Gurdev Singh Shergill, using metal from the factory where he worked, and its creation […]
Families whose children are eligible for free school meals are now able to claim discounts in shops, sports clubs and children’s activities with a new Herts Card. They can also book their free school holiday activity HAPpy camps, from 13 March, when bookings open. Councillor Fiona Thomson, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Families, […]
Tring Town Council held a meeting at the end of last year, inviting Dacorum Borough Council officers and the Leader to speak on the revised Local Plan. More than 200 residents attended, and the presentation can be seen at tinyurl.com/yc4dajdz. Following the meeting, the council issued this response: ‘Within the short period of consultation allowed, […]