Connect Dacorum is again organising the Dacorum Dragons’ Apprentice Challenge for 2023/24. The challenge has now been running for ten years and has raised a whopping £108,141 for local charities, and has seen 645 students take part. Not only have these students learnt business-related skills but also very important soft skills such as communication, working […]
The Chilterns MS Centre in Wendover has rebranded as the Chilterns Neuro Centre to reflect the opening up of the charity’s support services to people with neurological conditions other than multiple sclerosis, which currently includes those with Parkinson’s and stroke survivors. Since 1985, thousands of people with MS in the Chilterns and the surrounding area […]
Thrive Homes is proud to announce the launch of a state-of-the-art digital platform to transform how customers access vital safety and maintenance information for their building and enable them to have more of a say. In recent years, the housing industry has been more mindful about providing transparency on how serviced homes are inspected, maintained […]
Cult hit The Rocky Horror Show bursts onto the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre stage this week clad in corsets, fishnets and feather boas. Naomi MacKay joined the audience in doing the Time Warp again – and you can too – until Saturday 8 July. Anyone born in the 60s or 70s and who first encountered The Rocky […]
Over 250 people came together in Rothamsted Park, Harpenden, on Sunday 25 June for the Keech Hospice Care Colour Dash. People of all ages walked or jogged the 5km route while being showered in coloured powder paint by bystanding ‘paint bandits’. The event raised over £17,000 for Keech Hospice Care, which provides specialist care for […]
Police in Hertfordshire will be raising awareness of anti-social behaviour (ASB) this week, including what it is and how to get help if you are being affected by it. ASB Awareness Week 2023 (3-9 July) is aimed at increasing public understanding of ASB and their rights in relation to it. Hertfordshire Constabulary has Safer Neighbourhood […]
How to spend eight hours of your day making the world a better place AND get paid for it! Sounds like the impossible dream, huh? Well, actually no. There are literally hundreds of organisations, right on your doorstep that do just that, 365 days of the year. Their whole aim and purpose is to make […]
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a burglary in Tring. The incident occurred on Friday 23 June between 1.40pm and 3.30pm, at an address on New Road. It is reported that when the occupants of a property returned home, they discovered that the window on the left-hand side of the house had been […]
Police in Hertfordshire are asking people who accidentally dial 999 to remain on the line to confirm they are safe and well. The constabulary, like emergency services nationally, has seen an increased demand in call volume. This is for a number of reasons, but one having a significant impact is an increase in silent and […]
Earlier this month, pupils of Goldfield Infants’ & Nursery School, Christchurch Road, Tring, showed their support for local charity Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research (SMSR) by hosting a disability event to raise awareness of spinal cord injury and the daily health challenges of those affected, currently over 50,000 people in the UK alone. SMSR Ambassador, Kat […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer any of them a forever home? Sookie and Quincy These two lovelies are looking for their forever home, together, due to changes in their owners’ circumstances. Sookie is female white and black and Quincy is male black. They […]
This week Heritage & Sons, part of C.P.J. Field, the UK’s longest running funeral directors, has opened a new funeral home in the heart of Tring. The funeral home, previously occupied by another funeral directors no longer trading, has created several jobs within the local community and has also recruited various members of the community […]