This year has brought us the driest summer in over 50 years. The recent record-breaking hot weather has resulted in droughts being declared throughout many parts of the UK, including Hertfordshire. The effects of climate change will mean that we are likely to experience droughts more often – as such it is important to learn […]
Visit a piece of Hertfordshire’s history: Tring Police Station – the oldest functioning police station is now welcoming visitors to its mini-museum. If local schools, clubs and historical societies would like to enjoy a guided tour, local PC Laz Clark would be delighted! ‘As our oldest working police station, Tring’s police station is a High […]
The film The Wrong Sort Of Grapes has just won Best International Short at the Marietta International Film Festival at the Historic Strand Theatre in Marietta, Georgia, USA. It stars Tring Equity actor Elizabeth May (Liz Rogers who used to own ABC Costume Hire in Berkhamsted High Street but retired to do more on-camera work). Liz […]
Update from Chiltern Countryside Group. Our thanks to the Chiltern Countryside Group for this update on various local issues. Some of the below will be covered in the Autumn magazines, but the below is hot off the press at it were! Summer seems to be progressing quickly and whilst we’ve enjoyed the sunshine, it’s desperately […]
Dacorum Borough Council has submitted a planning application for much-needed social housing in Tring. The application is to build 11 new homes on the Bulbourne Road outside Tring. The development will be subject to Tring Town Council’s final approval to the sale of the land. The 11 new homes will consist of 2 and 3 […]
The Herts Police LGBT+ Network is once again looking forward to hosting a stall at this year’s Herts Pride. The event will be taking place in Watford’s Cassiobury Park on Saturday 20 August between midday and 10pm. The Herts Police LGBT+ Network is a support group that works to help the county’s LGBT+ community. It […]
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is celebrating another successful year with the announcement of this year’s exceptional A level exam results. Over 45 per cent of students attained A*-A grades and 74 per cent A*-B, which is well above the national average (A*-A 36 per cent and A*-B 62 per cent). This demonstrates that the […]
Two days of national strike action this week are expected to cause disruption to rail passengers on the West Coast main line, Chiltern main line, and all routes in the West Midlands, North West and in Cumbria. Passengers considering using the railway on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August are being advised to only travel […]
Tring’s Repair Café has been operating since January this year. Here’s an update on what they’ve been getting up to. In the first 6 months, they fixed over 100 objects and gave advice on spare parts etc. on more than 30 items. The café’s band of over 20 volunteer repairers have done a wonderful job. […]
Police officers across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire are warning of the consequences of drink and drug driving as part of a week-long enforcement campaign this week (Monday 22 August to Sunday 28 August). Officers will be out across the three forces targeting drivers who are breaking the law. The consequences of being caught drink or […]
Three local photographers featured their work in the Tring Local History Museum as part of a competition with Cala Homes to capture ‘Life in Tring’. Locals were asked to share their snapshots illustrating life in the Chiltern Hills in 2022, with the winning entry and two shortlisted entries then displayed at the Tring Local History […]
Dacorum Borough Council has launched a new Zero Waste Map to help residents reduce waste, recycle more and, in many cases, save money. The map shows where different items can be recycled across the borough including the recycling centres (household waste sites), neighbourhood recycling sites as well as Terracycle drop off points and retail take-back […]