Anyone with an interest in the future of South West Hertfordshire is being urged to register to be notified when they can have a say, as a draft vision for the area moves towards public consultation. Members from Dacorum Borough Council’s Cabinet agreed at their meeting on 12 July that the South West Hertfordshire 2050 […]
London Luton Airport, Airport Way Variation of Conditions 8 (passenger throughput cap), 10 (noise contours), 22 (car parking management), 24 (travel plan) and 28 (approved plans and documents) to Planning Permission 15/00950/VARCON (dated 13 October 2017) to accommodate 19 million passengers per annum and to amend the day and night noise contours. On 6 April […]
Construction of a new crematorium at Bunkers Park in Hemel Hempstead is continuing apace. The new facility will be a sister site to the current West Herts Crematorium in Garston, Watford and is being developed to provide additional capacity in the West Hertfordshire region. Featuring a remembrance chapel that sits within extensive landscaped grounds on […]
Passengers planning on travelling during RMT strike action tomorrow (Wednesday 27 July) are being warned not to get caught out with trains finishing much earlier than normal. Only five trains per hour will depart from the station – that’s compared to an average of 17 departures an hour on a non-strike day. Many last trains […]
Cecily Spa, situated on Berkhamsted High Street, has been recognised as one of the leading beauty salons in the country, by winning the Large Salon of the Year award sponsored by Cosmeditech at the Professional Beauty Awards 2022. The Professional Beauty Awards are the most prestigious and established in the country for the beauty, spa, […]
With less than a week to go passengers are being given top travel tips during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The West Coast main line between London Euston and Scotland, Chiltern main line between London Marylebone and Birmingham and all rail routes in the West Midlands, will play a crucial role in transporting games-goers over […]
Toy Hub, a newly-launched children’s charity working across the HP4 and HP23 areas, has announced its plans to support families and carers on low incomes by supplying toys and gifts for their children to unwrap this Christmas. This year, as the cost-of-living numbers continue to rise, some households in the local community will struggle to […]
The inaugural Berkhamsted Medieval Festival will take place at Berkhamsted Cricket Club, and the adjacent Berkhamsted School’s Kitchener Field over two days of the August Bank Holiday weekend – Sunday 28 and Monday 29 August from 12-5pm. Attendance in the thousands is anticipated over the two days of the festivities. There will be entertainment for […]
Recent changes in planning rules mean that a range of commercial premises including shops, cafes, gyms and other services could be converted to houses or flats, without the need for planning permission. Schemes already completed or approved since 2014 under these new rules are likely to result in the loss of up to 3,000 office […]
Tickets are now on sale for Tring Local History Society’s third concert celebrating Nica Rothschild’s significant involvement with the Jazz world of the mid-20th Century. In both earlier concerts, the first one telling the story of Nica in New York, and the second, following her book on ‘Three Wishes’, all the musicians were men. So […]
Sunday 17 July saw a total sell-out for the visit of Chase and Skye from PAW Patrol to the Leighton Buzzard Railway’s PAW Patrol. All five trains carried more than 100 passengers each, who were invited to meet the characters at Stonehenge Works. As is now customary for these character visits, seven-coach, non-stop trains were […]
Green Space Dark Skies, led by Walk the Plank, worked with local partners and artists to create a magical music and dance celebration of the beauty of Dunstable Downs in The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) last weekend. This immense gathering brought together local community groups, many of whom had never visited the […]