A charity which creates amazing, live interactive music experiences with learning disabled people, has reached its target to secure the donation of 1,000 instruments before Christmas. Electric Umbrella launched a national appeal in October to encourage people with unplayed or unloved instruments to donate them. And the general public did not disappoint, with instruments arriving […]
The local NHS needs your help to ensure that people get the vital health help they need over Christmas and New Year. Top doctors are appealing to the public to use services wisely as the local health system faces the triple challenge of traditional ‘winter pressures’, patients with COVID-19 and speeding up the delivery of […]
On Tuesday 18 January 2022, the SaveTheHighStreet.org team will be visiting Dacorum to offer more businesses the chance to join their free support programme, funded by Dacorum Borough Council. Over the past year, the programme has offered a truly unique and comprehensive package of personalised business support to a wide range of local businesses in […]
Neighbourhood Watch are urging you to check in on your neighbour this Christmas to make sure they are not feeling isolated without family and friends nearby as COVID-19 restrictions may prevent them from enjoying the festivities. Make time to pick up the telephone and call your neighbour to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 – […]
Police and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd is proposing to support a further boost in record officer numbers in Hertfordshire with an average £10-a-year Council Tax increase to make the Constabulary larger, smarter and more responsive. The additional money will see the already record officer numbers rise by another 90 plus another 20 Police Community Support […]
Our thanks to Wendover Active Resistance (W.A.R.) for this press release. On Saturday 6 November between 4pm and 8pm, a vigil was held in support of the incredibly brave tunnellers in Wendover. Local Photographer Michelle Storm of ‘Storm Fresh’ visited the vigil to record the event and has kindly shared her photos with us. 1. Land opposite […]
Conservation campaigners are continuing the fight against a recently proposed development of 1,400 houses on agricultural land in Green Belt. Our thanks to Tom Beeston, Chief Officer at the Chiltern Society, for summarising his response and helping us see through the sales pitch. The development is the brainchild of developers David Lock Associates, Redrow, Harrow […]
Dashcam videos submitted by the public, capturing anti-social driving on the roads of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, have been shared by the police to demonstrate how this footage can help bring offenders to justice. View the dashcam footage. Since 1 January 2021, dashcam videos submitted to the tri-force Cameras, Tickets and Collisions (CTC) team have […]
Essential rail improvement work over Christmas and New Year has been planned to cause the least disruption to passengers travelling between London, the Midlands, North West and Cumbria. This year the bulk of the £30m bank holiday upgrades will take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, when traditionally most of the railway shuts down, […]
The Prince’s Trust’s 12-week TEAM programme is for people aged 16-25 who are not currently in employment or education. TEAM is designed to help young people to get back into employment or further education. Not only is there a qualification at the end, it’s also free! Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is now recruiting for […]
Police leaders in Hertfordshire pledged to stay relentlessly focused on public trust and confidence in policing in an announcement on Wednesday 15 December, with Chief Constable Charlie Hall saying, ‘No woman in Hertfordshire should fear approaching a police officer for help.’ The pledge follows the publication that morning of a new national policing framework to […]
Landmark reforms for victims of crime have been backed by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire David Lloyd. Ministry of Justice plans include consultation on the first ever Victims’ Law that would guarantee greater consultation with them during the criminal justice process to ensure their voices are properly heard. The changes would also hold […]
