Zookeepers at Whipsnade Zoo are celebrating the arrival of two tiny red panda cubs – a double boost for the Endangered species. Born overnight on Thursday 16 July 2026 to five-year-old mum Ruby and six-year-old dad Nilo, the six-week-old cubs are growing bigger and stronger every day under the care of their experienced mum – and the watchful eyes […]
The application process for secondary schools (including upper schools and university technical colleges) is now open. Whether your child starts secondary or upper school next year or wishes to apply for a place at a university technical college, make sure you apply for a place in good time. The easiest way to apply for a […]
Berkhamsted Castle Trust (BCT) is continuing to raise funds to save the historic Castle Fields, adjacent to New Road in Berkhamsted, and, as we went to press in the summer, had nearly reached half-way towards its £500,000 target to save the fields from development. While this is great news, the trust says it means that […]
Hertfordshire primary school pupils are being given a roarsome opportunity to win a free interactive dinosaur experience, in a county-wide T-Rex-traordinary competition. As the schools return for a new term, Giant Journeys, which provides educational immersive workshops for children, has opened a public vote on social media for teachers and parents to put their schools […]
When the Berkhamsted Sporting Excellence Awards were first launched, the ambition was simple: to give local sport the recognition it deserves. Two years on, those awards offer a moment that unites clubs, communities, and supporters from across the area. For the second season, more than 90 people from across the sporting community attended the awards […]
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts has unveiled its Open Day dates this Autumn, offering young performers the chance to discover what life is like at one of the UK’s leading vocational schools. Home to the new CBBC entertainment documentary series Stage Stars, the school welcomes day and boarding students aged 7-19 years, offering […]
Tring School sixth formers recently teamed up with the Tring Local History Society to discover how useful AI is for history research. Every year, the society supports Tring history students in writing articles for its newsletter. This year, 13 students – Beatrice Riley, Bhav Patel, Daisy Haynes, Emmy Brown, Laura McDonald, Lawrie Heaton, Melissa Burnell, […]
Police should be given emergency powers to halt serious unauthorised development before irreversible damage is done to the countryside, Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has said. Jonathan Ash-Edwards has written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Angela Rayner, calling for an urgent strengthening of planning enforcement laws following a series […]
Tring’s Michael Fryer won a bronze medal in judo at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Michael, 26, grew up in the town, and was a pupil at Grove Road Primary and then Tring School. He moved to Birmingham at the age of 18 to train full time at the GB Judo Centre of Excellence […]
Nearly two months on from a serious road traffic collision in Tring, which left a teenager with life-threatening injuries, officers are re-appealing for any outstanding witnesses who stopped at the scene to come forward. The collision happened on Sunday 19 July at around 12.10am. A black BMW travelling northbound on the A41 past Bourne End, […]
September marks the start of the Berkhamsted Local History and Museum Society (BLHMS) 2026/27 programme of talks at Berkhamsted Civic Centre on the second Wednesday of the month. Full details in our What’s On pages. Meanwhile, from 11–20 September, BLHMS will be participating in the Heritage Open Days Festival (HOD), hosting talks, walks, tours and […]
Hamsini Ravindran has been crowned Miss Teen Hertfordshire 2026 and selected from hundreds of applicants across Great Britain to compete in the prestigious Miss Teen Great Britain Grand Final 2026. Representing Hertfordshire, Hamsini will travel to Blackpool this October to compete for the national title alongside finalists from across the UK. Alongside preparing for the […]