World Suicide Prevention Day takes place on Sunday 10 September 2023, and to mark the day Hertfordshire County Council, in partnership with Herts Mind Network, hosted a ‘Festival of Hope and Support’ event (8 September) to raise awareness of suicide prevention and help people get the help they need. Hertfordshire County Council’s Executive Member for […]
Foreign exchange business Swift FX – which has recorded more than £32 million in overseas transactions in its first 18 months – has appointed its first member of staff. The family business, based in Tring, which is run by Michael Vaughan and his stepfather, David Hodgson, was launched in 2021 to help support businesses with […]
Officers and staff from across Hertfordshire Constabulary came together for a conference last week, aimed at tackling rural and wildlife crime. The two-day event was held at Knebworth barns on Monday and Tuesday (4-5 September) and was organised by the Rural Operational Support Team (ROST). Around 40 colleagues attended and heard interesting and insightful presentations […]
Tring and the surrounding villages hit the national headlines in the summer when nesting rodents chewed through Openreach cables and left thousands of homes without internet connection for more than three days. The first residents started to complain about lack of internet on Saturday 29 July – and most were not back online until the […]
Got your exam results and not sure what you’d like to do next? Or are you looking to try something new and earn whilst you learn? These new recruits are doing just that. The 15 degree apprenticeship officers were welcomed to Hertfordshire Constabulary at a passing out parade on Friday 25 August. The cohort of […]
Herts Visual Arts is bringing artists, artisans and art lovers together for inspiration and discovery. Running from 9 September to 1 October, Herts Open Studios is a popular and well-established part of the annual art calendar. Visitors can enjoy everything from classical to contemporary, decorative to functional, figurative to abstract, wall-hung to 3D art. This […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary is launching a campaign to raise awareness and encourage the reporting of suspected cannabis factories located within residential areas. In June a national operation targeting cannabis cultivation going on within communities, resulted in 27 people being arrested and more than 3,200 cannabis plants being seized. During 2023 more than 20 large scale cannabis […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer any of them a forever home? Ginge Ginge is now looking for his new forever home due to changes in his owner’s circumstances. He is a bit nervous of meeting new people and needs some time to gain […]
Ever passed the almshouses on Berkhamsted High Street and wondered what lay behind the front door? Well, now’s your chance… The John Sayer Almshouses are on the corner of the High Street and Cowper Road in Berkhamsted. Berkhamsted residents will have walked past them many times but may not know much about them. Now is […]
The Tring Book Festival, organised by the team at Our Bookshop on the High Street, will run from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 November and will once again feature an extraordinary array of top writers. The Poet Laureate Simon Armitage leads the line-up representing ‘the spoken word’. Joining him is the BAFTA-nominated, award-winning writer and […]
Nadine Brower, a model and mum of two from Tring, will be taking part in this year’s BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday 24 September. She is aiming to complete a six-star award with Abbott World Majors. The Abbott World Marathon Majors is six of the most renowned marathons in the world. They are, London, Berlin, […]
The ways in which new technology can be used to tackle crime have been explained to local businesses. Hertfordshire’s Independent Business Advisory Group (IBAG) ran a free online event to show firms how to use equipment to protect themselves, and how the police are implementing high-tech crime fighting techniques. Topics covered included the use of […]