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Britain Loves Baking – Win the Ultimate Advent Calendar!

We have teamed up with Britain Loves Baking to bring you the Ultimate Advent Calendar for 2021! We have just one Advent Calendar to give away. Each advent calendar is hand-packed and presented in 20 small daily treat boxes and four larger boxes (to be opened every Friday) and bakers will discover four sharing-size, Christmas-themed […]

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Berkhamsted Fireworks Then and Now

The Annual Fireworks event in Berkhamsted is a long-standing event, traditionally organised and manned over past years by various local service organisations, such as the Round Table, Lions and currently by Berkhamsted Rotary Club – this year celebrating 85 years since its foundation! In its original format and for many years, the event was held […]

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Jess Robinson Announces Christmas Tour

Multi award winning impressionist, singer and podcaster Jess Robinson will tour the UK with her brand new musical comedy show, The 12 Days Of Jessmas, beginning at London’s Crazy Coqs on 25 November and concluding at The Hawth Theatre, Crawley on 19 December. For the majority of the 14 dates, Jess will be joined by […]

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Celebration of Chilterns Food & Drink This October

The Chilterns Walking Festival is back from 16-31 October, this year supplemented with a new and exciting food and drink inspired theme. The festival will include apple fayres, chutney making, cooking workshops, tours and tastings as well as local produce walks, visiting farm shops, cafes and breweries and sampling local specialities. Walks and events can […]

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World Mental Health Day

We asked local mental health charity Hector’s House if they would like to write an article for us for World Mental Health Day, Sunday 10 October 2021. Our thanks to Lotte Stringer for the following. This year, The World Health Organisation is focusing on how to make mental health accessible for everyone – which is […]

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Independent chair sought for Hertfordshire Hate Crime Partnership Board

Hertfordshire’s Hate Crime Partnership Board is seeking an independent chair to lead meetings and hold board members to account. The board, which meets four times a year, is made up of representatives from public sector and voluntary organisations, including Hertfordshire County Council, the Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Beacon and independent […]

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Revamp Your Wardrobe at Hemel Clothes Swap

Dacorum Borough Council is holding three clothes swap events over two days on 15 and 16 October 2021 at The Forum, Hemel Hempstead. Residents can bring items they no longer wear and exchange them for something different, it’s like shopping but at no cost to the individual or the environment. The fashion industry generates 10% […]

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Witness Appeal Following Assault in Tring

Officers investigating an assault in Tring are appealing for information and witnesses. It happened in the car park next to the Nora Grace Hall, off Frogmore Street, between 12.15am and 12.30am on Sunday 26 September. The victim, a man aged in his 20s, was chased from the area near the Black Horse pub by several […]

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Three Charged and Remanded in Connection with Keyless Vehicle Thefts

Three men have been charged and remanded in connection with keyless vehicle thefts after a proactive stop by Dacorum Intervention officers. Vytas Minkeuicus, aged 38, of no fixed address; Deividas Sirtau, aged 32, of Evanston Gardens, Ilford, Greater London; and Piotr Szmanski, aged 29, from Clova Road, Newham, Greater London, have all been charged with […]

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Tree of Remembrance Planted in Gadebridge Park

A remembrance tree was planted on Friday 1 October in Gadebridge Park in memory of Dacorum residents who have lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The red leaf Copper Beech will be the focal point of a garden of reflection to be installed by Dacorum Borough Council next year. Plans for the memorial garden […]

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Dacorum Police Welcome New Chief Inspector

The Dacorum Community Safety Partnership (CSP) has appointed a new Chief Inspector, Jason Keane, who began his role in September. Jason brings with him more than 25 years of policing experience as he takes the reins from the borough’s former Chief Inspector Craig Flint, who has been promoted to Superintendent in the Constabulary’s Digital Transformation […]