Local businesses – including pubs, catering companies and children’s indoor play centres – have been name-checked in Parliament by the area’s two local MPs, as they joined forces to vote against the government’s plan to reduce business rates relief, which will put up costs for many small businesses. They both expressed disappointment that the government’s […]
Better watch out, you better beware this Black Friday – scammers are looking to spoil your Christmas. Christmas shopping season is in full swing and with Black Friday and Cyber Monday imminent, fraudsters are devising new ways to rip you off. Last year Hertfordshire residents lost more than £420k between November and January, over £200k […]
2,500 people living in Hertfordshire will be treated to some Christmas kindness this year as partners come together to deliver a festive gift. The County Council has worked with local charity, Small Acts of Kindness, and HertsHelp, its countywide help and advice service, to source and pack Bags of Kindness, which will be distributed by […]
Tring High Street will come alive with all things Christmas. The street will be lined with stalls selling all manner of crafts, food, drinks and more. There will be performances of dance and music on 4 stages this year, Zebra stage on Church Square, Radley Stage in Akeman Street, P&P stage in St Peter & […]
Tring Brewery have released a beard oil scented with fruity aromas and real hop extract styled on their popular IPA ‘Raven King’, with profits given to local charity Hector’s House. Created in collaboration with local makers Bare Essentials, who specialise in natural body care products, the beard oil boasts a bouquet of citrus, pine and […]
This year Shaun the Sheep has taken on a new fleece of life in the hope of encouraging schools and youth groups up and down the country to sign up and take part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 12 December. As the charity’s new ‘Head of Wool’, Shaun has colla-baa-rated with […]
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is delighted to announce the return of its annual Rudolph Run. The popular festive family fun run will return to St Albans on Sunday 1 December 2024. Starting from the Waterend Barn pub on St Peter’s St, the event will see the city streets awash with antlers as families take […]
Blending traditional pantomime with modern pop music and a headstrong Cinderella, Centenary Theatre’s first professional pantomime hones in on the Berkhamsted community and is bursting with talented actors from the area and local banter. Starring RuPaul’s UK Drag Race (S2 & 3) star Veronica Green as the Wicked Baroness and leading children’s entertainer and puppeteer […]
Local charity, Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, is once again offering people the chance to remember the lives of loved ones with its annual Light up a Life campaign. The charity will be hosting a Light up a Life service at St Albans Cathedral on Saturday 23 November at 2.30pm. Local people are invited to […]
Homelessness doesn’t always look the way we think it does. It can happen to anyone. A rent increase, job loss or a relationship falling apart can be enough to turn someone’s world upside down, and so often the reasons are beyond their control. This Christmas, please consider giving a gift to DENS so that they […]
Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, met with farming constituents at the National Farmers Union protest in Parliament Square, London to listen to farmers’ concerns about the blow the Budget has dealt to family farms. Farmers from Harpenden and Berkhamsted visited Parliament to meet with Victoria, to discuss their concerns about the really damaging […]
Hertfordshire County Council and partners across the county are coming together to promote an online directory of ‘warm spaces’, buildings which people can use as warm, welcoming spaces as temperatures drop this winter. This online directory allows residents to find libraries, family centres and community spaces near them where they can stay safe and warm. Lots […]