We asked local mental health charity Hector’s House if they would like to write an article for us for World Mental Health Day, Sunday 10 October 2021. Our thanks to Lotte Stringer for the following. This year, The World Health Organisation is focusing on how to make mental health accessible for everyone – which is […]
Hertfordshire’s Hate Crime Partnership Board is seeking an independent chair to lead meetings and hold board members to account. The board, which meets four times a year, is made up of representatives from public sector and voluntary organisations, including Hertfordshire County Council, the Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Beacon and independent […]
Dacorum Borough Council is holding three clothes swap events over two days on 15 and 16 October 2021 at The Forum, Hemel Hempstead. Residents can bring items they no longer wear and exchange them for something different, it’s like shopping but at no cost to the individual or the environment. The fashion industry generates 10% […]
Cleaner, greener and healthier priorities will be at the heart of a roadmap to lead the county out of the pandemic and make it fit for the future. From helping pupils catch-up to enabling residents to be fit and healthy to supporting workers and businesses to get back on their feet, the Covid-19 recovery Strategy […]
Officers investigating an assault in Tring are appealing for information and witnesses. It happened in the car park next to the Nora Grace Hall, off Frogmore Street, between 12.15am and 12.30am on Sunday 26 September. The victim, a man aged in his 20s, was chased from the area near the Black Horse pub by several […]
Three men have been charged and remanded in connection with keyless vehicle thefts after a proactive stop by Dacorum Intervention officers. Vytas Minkeuicus, aged 38, of no fixed address; Deividas Sirtau, aged 32, of Evanston Gardens, Ilford, Greater London; and Piotr Szmanski, aged 29, from Clova Road, Newham, Greater London, have all been charged with […]
A remembrance tree was planted on Friday 1 October in Gadebridge Park in memory of Dacorum residents who have lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The red leaf Copper Beech will be the focal point of a garden of reflection to be installed by Dacorum Borough Council next year. Plans for the memorial garden […]
The Dacorum Community Safety Partnership (CSP) has appointed a new Chief Inspector, Jason Keane, who began his role in September. Jason brings with him more than 25 years of policing experience as he takes the reins from the borough’s former Chief Inspector Craig Flint, who has been promoted to Superintendent in the Constabulary’s Digital Transformation […]
Quanta, part of QCS Staffing in Berkhamsted, is now home to a lifesaving device; a ZOLL AED3 fully automatic defibrillator. A defibrillator, also known as an AED (Automated External defibrillator) or PAD (Public Access Defibrillator), gives a high energy electric shock to a person who is in cardiac arrest. There’s no need to undergo training […]
Sable House in Buckinghamshire has been named as the Chilterns Building Design Award winners for 2021. The awards, jointly organised by Chilterns Conservation Board and Chiltern Society, were presented in a ceremony at the winning building on Thursday 23 September 2021. This year, with increased global awareness of climate change, the awards have been adapted […]
Neighbourhood Watch are inviting residents to join their CCTV and Doorbell Video Camera Watches. If a crime or incident happens, the police investigating teams often call on neighbours who have CCTV or doorbell video cameras to see if any images have been captured that could help with their investigations. In some cases this has been very successful and […]
People most at risk from COVID-19 in Hertfordshire and west Essex are being invited by the NHS to have a ‘booster’ vaccine. Following new guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), booster vaccines are being offered to people who had their second dose at least six months ago, starting with people in […]