Rothschild House Group Practice together with its Patient Group want to focus in 2023 on how to improve how it both listens to and communicates with patients, by hopefully using some of the expertise that one of the patients who may have a professional background in Communications or Public Relations, but also be able to […]
We have received the information below from Grove Fields Residents Association (GFRA) which, together with the Chiltern Countryside Group (CCG), Chiltern Society and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, is challenging the proposals to destroy cultivated farmland in Green Belt, to the East of Tring, abutting and informing the Chilterns AONB, with a major development […]
Fraudsters posing as police officers have been contacting residents in Hertfordshire in recent weeks. During January alone fraudsters managed to scam victims in the county of more than £100,000, by calling them posing as police officers and asking them to hand over their bank cards or money to a courier. Residents in St Albans, Hitchin […]
A primary school in Hemel Hempstead has been named 2022 Eco-Primary School of the Year. Westbrook Hay Preparatory School won the Eco-Schools England award, which recognises a primary school able to demonstrate it has implemented the Eco-Schools programme to positively impact the school and its local community. Some of the green initiatives, which participating students […]
A proposal by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire for a below inflation increase in the council tax precept has been agreed. David Lloyd has decided on the £15 a year increase for an average Band D council tax property to maintain the hundreds of extra officers who have joined the county’s largest ever […]
Hertfordshire County Council is encouraging residents to apply now for street parties to celebrate the King’s coronation. Anyone wanting to close a road for a street party will need to apply to the county council at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/streetparties by 26 March 2023. Recognising the social and community benefits of celebrating this historic event, the county council […]
New Chilterns Women festival will celebrate work done by women of the Chilterns with exhibitions, a conference, videos, accompanying book and events. Chalk, Cherries and Chairs presents ‘Chilterns Women’ – a conference on International Women’s Day Wednesday 8 March 2023 taking place at Missenden Abbey, featuring keynote speakers, craft demonstrations, exhibition of ‘exceptional invisible’ Chilterns […]
The Marlowes Shopping Centre in Hemel Hempstead has presented it’s chosen charity for 2022, DENS, with a cheque for £3,874.42 after the success of their Magical Christmas Experience. The grotto, which ran for six weekends and the full week leading up to Christmas, was based at The Marlowes and themed around a magical post office, […]
The Rose and Crown in Kings Langley is set to reopen in February after undergoing a significant investment that will give the much-loved eating and drinking destination a spectacular new look. Upon reopening, The Rose and Crown will continue to offer a top-quality menu, serving fresh flavours inspired by the seasons and modern world-food trends […]
Robbie Cumming, TV personality, vlogger and patron of the Wendover Canal Trust (WCT) has chosen the three winners of the Trust’s photography competition. The competition was launched to entice people to the Wendover Canal during the autumn and winter. The Trust invited pictures that capture the different scenes of the Wendover Canal whether wildlife, the […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary is hosting a careers open day on Saturday 18 February at its training centre at Gosling Sports Park, in Welwyn Garden City, between 2pm and 8pm. The Constabulary is recruiting for police officers and other roles and the event will be a good opportunity to learn more about policing and the different jobs […]
Naomi MacKay watched The Commitments at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – running until Saturday 4 February. If you’ve enjoyed the original film of The Commitments, you’ll already be expecting a line-up of fabulous soul music from this stage musical version. There’s more than 20 soul classics included on stage including: Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, […]