Hertfordshire County Council has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan advising him to ‘go back to the drawing board’ with his plans to expand his Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) due to the detrimental financial impact on the county’s residents and businesses who cross the border into Greater London. As a county with many […]
Survivors of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria will be receiving vital emergency supplies thanks to a £60,000 grant from Hertfordshire Freemasons along with other Freemasons from across the country, to the British Red Cross, UK for UNHCR and UNICEF who are leading the relief effort on the ground. More than 46,000 people are […]
Tring’s Elementary Skin & Body has recently added a new treatment to its offering of options to reverse the signs of ageing. Called HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound), it rejuvenates the skin by stimulating collagen, which reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, improving the look and feel of loose skin. Owner of the […]
Discover Bucks Museum is delighted to invite professional and amateur artists and craftspeople to enter its exciting new Open Art exhibition. The exhibition is open to adult artists based in Buckinghamshire and it will showcase the wide-ranging creative talent that exists locally. The timing means that it also provides a wonderful opportunity to promote artists […]
Naomi MacKay watched An Inspector Calls at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – running until Saturday 18 February. I have a confession to make about An Inspector Calls. With only a vague recollection of the film version, I thought it might be rather dull – a play written in the 1940s, set in the First World War […]
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity has partnered with the magnificent Waddesdon Manor to launch a very special Forever Flowers event to celebrate and remember loved ones this spring. A stunning, temporary display of 1,000 bespoke metal Forget-Me-Not flowers will be installed in the Aviary Gardens at Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury in April. Each flower will represent […]
The Chilterns MS Centre is delighted to have formed a new association with Ashridge Home Care, an award-winning local provider offering personalised one-to-one care to those who need it, so they can remain in the comfort of their own home. As part of the association, Ashridge Home Care will be holding workshops at the Chilterns […]
The country’s most sustainable independent restaurant group*, Lussmanns, is happy to announce that its newest restaurant, in Berkhamsted, has been named as one of the country’s 100 most romantic restaurants, after just one year of being open. The award-winning restaurant, which opened in December 2021, is situated on the High Street in a Grade II […]
Rennie Grove’s popular Daffodil Walk will return to West Wycombe Park on Sunday 12 March 2023. The family day out includes something for everyone – from a leisurely stroll through the daffodils to children’s entertainment and guided tours of the historic 18th-century landscaped parklands. With exclusive access to the grounds of West Wycombe Park for the […]
For the first time, voters will need to show photographic ID to vote in polling stations at this year’s local elections. Residents are being urged to make sure they are ready to vote in May by checking they have an accepted form of ID. Residents voting by postal vote do not need photographic ID. Accepted […]
This spring, volunteers across the UK are being asked to record sightings of mammals spotted in their gardens, local parks and other green spaces, in a bid to understand our changing environment better and encourage urban wildlife to flourish. The annual ‘Living with Mammals’ survey is run by wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species […]
Hertfordshire’s Archives and Local Studies have challenged budding historians to guess items from the county’s archives using just a series of clues. With documents nearly a thousand years old, Hertfordshire’s archives contain over three million items of historical importance from copies of every local newspaper, letters from Dickens and Oscar Wilde, workhouse records, and 17th-century […]