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Community Tea Rooms Boosted by Amazon Donation

A charity and honesty café in Hertfordshire has received £2,000 from the Amazon fulfilment centre team in Hemel Hempstead. The award-winning Liberty Tea Rooms is run and staffed by volunteers from the local community and offers free services for those in need via a Community Hub. The charity aims to bring liberty to people in the Hemel […]

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Wheelpower Winter Walk and Push

Walk off the excesses of Christmas, and push away those January blues with this new event from WheelPower, the national charity for Wheelchair Sport. They gave us the following update In January 2021 we are launching the very first ‘WheelPower Winter Walk & Push’ as we all look to start the new year as we […]

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DENS Hostel first to be awarded national pet friendly accreditation

A new national pet friendly hostel accreditation scheme, launched by charity StreetVet was announced on Monday, and Dacorum-based charity DENS are very proud that The Elms, their pet-friendly hostel based in Hemel Hempstead, is the very first hostel to be awarded accreditation. The scheme – which will roll out nationwide – aims to ensure that […]

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Warning as delivery scam hits Christmas shoppers

Hertfordshire Constabulary is warning residents to stay vigilant following reports of scam text and email messages which appeared to be from parcel delivery companies. The messages appear to be from couriers like DPD and Royal Mail, stating that they have tried to deliver a parcel and asking you to click a link to reschedule the […]

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Wrap Up The Bubble And Have A Tr’eat Out’ In Your Personal Weatherproof Pub ‘Pod’

Since 4 July, Peter Borg-Neal, Founder and Chairman of 28-strong local pub group, Oakman Inns, which owns five pubs in Hertfordshire, and his CEO, Dermot King, have provided comfortable yet Covid-safe environments for their guests. With other pub and restaurant operators across the UK, the Tring-headquartered group is bitterly disappointed that the Government has imposed […]

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Masks and Hearing Loss at Christmas

Our thanks for this story go to Molly Berry who teaches ‘Lipreading and Managing Hearing loss’ classes There are estimated to be about 10 million people in the UK with some sort of hearing problem, including tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and about 4 million of these people are hearing aid users, so you are […]

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Hannah Khalil presents Mrs Scrooge

From Sarah Gain Productions, Hannah Khalil presents Mrs Scrooge – a digital interactive story for children aged 4-9 years old – which features in Fly High Stories’ free Winter theatre project: 12 Tiny Plays for children and their grownups. Children will be guided by a delightful cast of characters on screen, with lots of participation […]

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Berkhamsted salon finalists in 8 categories for local industry awards

Berkhamsted-based hair salon, Alchemy & I, has been announced as a finalist in eight categories of the Salon Awards, including Best Salon and Best Salon Team. The Salon Awards showcases the professionalism of the hairdressing industry on a local level, and has revealed Alchemy & I to be finalists in the following categories for the Hertfordshire […]

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Bubble Tea Blows Community Away During MooBoo’s Opening Weekend

Recent restrictions have taken their toll on retail stores across the country but communities are still supporting their local outlets, as can be seen by the recent successful launch of MooBoo at The Marlowes, who have begun to brew a bubble tea trend. For those new to bubble tea, the popular drink originated in the […]

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Help shape Dacorum’s Local Plan

On Friday 27 November Dacorum Borough Council is launching its consultation on the Emerging Strategy for Growth – the next step to creating the new Dacorum Local Plan 2020 – 2038. The consultation will run for 10 weeks, from 5pm on Friday 27 November 2020 and will close at 11:59pm on Sunday 7 February 2021. […]

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Green homes grant extended for extra year

Dacorum Borough Council is encouraging residents to apply for the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme – the deadline has now been extended until March 2022. The initiative helps make homes more energy efficient which can help people to save money on their bills – and it will reduce their carbon footprints too. The grant funds […]

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Dacorum Borough Council supports new joint committee for good growth

Dacorum Borough Council supports new joint committee for good growth and recovery Dacorum Borough Council is the latest of 11 councils on the Hertfordshire Growth Board to officially announce its support for the new statutory joint committee. Building upon the success of the Growth Board collaboration over the last two years, the new committee, made […]