Last month the government announced that it was extending the Household Support Fund (HSF) for a further six months until the end of March next year. Since the launch of the grant in October 2021, Hertfordshire County Council have been using this funding to support residents to deal with the rising cost of living. On […]
Flood Action Week is taking place from Monday 14 to Sunday 20 October and with recent localised flooding seen across parts of Hertfordshire, the county council has repeated its call to residents who have a property that has been or is at risk of flooding. The county council is specifically interested in hearing from those […]
Naomi MacKay watched Lord of the Dance at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – where the show runs until Thursday 17 October, with two shows on the last day. Can you believe it’s 30 years since Riverdance first appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest, giving Irish dance a whole cool new persona – and turning lead dancer […]
Ten thousand (10,000) free bus tickets are now available to use across Hertfordshire, thanks to Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding. The offer allows residents and visitors to use the new Intalink Connect ticket, exploring Hertfordshire with its All Zone Daily Ticket which provides unlimited all day travel. Intalink Connect offers flexible ticketing using multi-operator […]
Residents in Tring are being reminded that this evening, councillors will be voting on renewed proposals to include 2,050 new homes (a 40 per cent increase in the size of Tring) in the area expansion plan, instead of 250 (a 5 per cent increase). Despite an appeal for planning permission of the Marshcroft development being […]
Dacorum Borough Council, the University of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire Growth Hub were delighted to have partnered with Ideas Fest, at their recent business festival, held at Pendley Manor Hotel, Tring on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 September. Ideas Fest is one of the UK’s most unique and dynamic events focused on business, innovation, and community. […]
The first ever National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy has been published by leading wildlife charities People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS). The strategy has been created in response to trends highlighted in the State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2022 report, also published by BHPS and PTES, which revealed that native […]
Speakers have already been identified and booked for The Arts Society Tring Park lectures in 2025. The intense annual selection process (which we covered in a previous issue) took place once again in March to bring members a wide variety of high-quality speakers and subjects for the programme of 10 talks a year. Next year […]
Dacorum Heritage will hold a reminiscence event for former employees of the Ovaltine factory in Kings Langley on Saturday 26 October 2024. This is an opportunity to see some of the Ovaltine objects that Dacorum Heritage cares for at its museum store. Former workers can recall their time working at the factory, using the objects […]
E-scooters illegally ridden on the streets of Hertfordshire are being confiscated and destroyed by the police, the Chief Constable has assured the Police and Crime Commissioner. PCC Jonathan Ash-Edwards asked the Chief Constable Charlie Hall about the enforcement of the laws around the electronic scooters during his monthly Accountability and Performance meetings. In the discussion, […]
Rabbi Neil Janes from the South Bucks Jewish Community and Fr Stuart Owen, Rector of St Peter’s Church Berkhamsted, are set to embark on a unique four-day pilgrimage. Beginning on Wednesday 16 October 2024, the pair will retrace a historic journey that took place nearly 800 years ago, walking from Wallingford Castle in Oxfordshire to […]
A baby Southern white rhino has been born at Whipsnade Zoo in the heart of Bedfordshire. The male calf, who keepers estimate weighs less than 50kg, was born on 2 October, to parents Fahari and Sizzle. After a 16-month gestation, seven-year old Fahari went into labour in on Wednesday morning, but the calf was not […]