You can now buy a subscription for the 2024 Garden Waste Subscription Service at www.dacorum.gov.uk/garden-waste. The charge for the service is £50 per green-lidded bin. You will need to subscribe if you would like to have your garden waste collected. If you regularly create more waste than you can fit in your green-lidded bin, you can buy […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer any of them a forever home? Raya This little lady is looking for her forever home due to an unfortunate change in her home circumstances. She is 10 years of age and a very content little lady who […]
Congratulations to ‘The Tyre Changers’ who are celebrating the first anniversary of their new garage unit at the Airfield Industrial Estate, Long Marston, near Tring. The Tyre Changers was founded by Jon Gates in March 2015. Jon has been a tyre fitter and technician since 1997, working in the motorsport industry for 18 years. During […]
Funds contributed from Hertfordshire County Councillor Locality Budgets have helped support local organisations with sports activities, outdoor play and safety equipment and physical education lessons. Each of the grants provide much needed funds for a range of initiatives and activities and are in line with the Hertfordshire County Council vision to help make a cleaner, […]
Members of the LGBTQ+ community are being urged to be the difference in a child’s life by becoming a foster carer. Hertfordshire County Council has launched a campaign to dispel the general misconception that LGBTQ+ residents cannot foster. The council is calling on residents from the LGBTQ+ community to apply to foster or simply find […]
The girls are back for 2024! The brand new production of the smash-hit production Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth is ready to bloom on stage at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre from Tue 19-Sat 23 March 2024. With even more laughter, more joy, and considerably bigger buns(!) Calendar Girls the Musical […]
Tring Brewery have declared a local suicide prevention charity their ‘Charity of Choice’ for 2024. Tring Brewery and Hector’s House, a Berkhamsted-based charity, are teaming up to reduce the stigma of talking about mental health in 2024. The brewer will produce monthly special beers to raise awareness for Hector’s House, and plans to host unique […]
Local preserves producers Twee based in Gt Gaddesden, near Berkhamsted have found success at the Artisan Marmalade Awards, receiving two Silver Awards for their Seville Orange Marmalade with a nip of whisky and their Christmas marmalade. Their jars are now amongst the best in the world for Artisanal production. The Christmas marmalade is particularly loved […]
An annual police campaign is under way to target people using their mobile phone whilst driving. This week and next, officers will be carrying out more checks in Hertfordshire to make sure that motorists are not breaking the law. It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving for virtually any use – […]
Tring’s newest care home is asking the community for their help to find a name – and there’s a £250 prize for the winner. Care UK, which is building a new care home on Icknield Way, is calling on local history enthusiasts and Tring residents for a name that will reflect the uniqueness of the […]
Dacorum Borough Council are introducing new ‘bucket bins’ in Hemel Hempstead High Street and Berkhamsted High Street to encourage smokers to bin their butts responsibly. The initiative, funded by Keep Britain Tidy, will see the bins put in place this month (February 2024) in areas where smokers tend to gather. Keep Britain Tidy research has […]
A new project to reduce domestic abuse across the county has already begun helping hundreds of people. More than 230 referrals have been made to the Chrysalis Centre which works across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The centre brings together a range of professionals from health care, criminal justice and behavioural change experts to introduce clinical and […]