Wear it Pink is one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events. Each year thousands of people across the UK wear pink and fundraise for Breast Cancer Now. 2021 is its 20th year, with over £36 million raised since 2002. However you Wear it Pink this October, you can help to make sure that life-saving research […]
This September marks a very special occasion for DENS as the charity’s Foodbank celebrates its 10th anniversary. Run in partnership with The Trussell Trust, DENS’ Foodbank offers a vital lifeline for local vulnerable individuals and families facing food poverty. Throughout the 10-year period since the Foodbank first opened its doors in Hemel Hempstead, DENS have […]
Dacorum Climate Action Network is a new initiative that will be bringing together individuals and organisations to ‘think global and act local’ to help tackle the Climate and Ecological Emergency. The network, which is being launched by Dacorum Borough Council, will help to facilitate meaningful change by educating, encouraging and enabling people to make positive […]
A 75-year-old man has been jailed for sexual offences committed against children in the 1970s. Lawrence Burman, of Beck Side, Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire, was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on Friday 10 September. He had pleaded guilty to four counts of gross indecency against a child and two counts of indecent assault against a child […]
Questions can be raised on how the criminal justice system is run in Hertfordshire when its leaders hold a board meeting in public this month. The Hertfordshire Criminal Justice Board will be answering questions from the public during the virtual meeting. The Board is made up of key agencies and individuals within the local Hertfordshire […]
Singing sensation Russell Watson will be on tour in Autumn 2021, celebrating over 20 years since his debut album ‘The Voice’ was released. ‘The Voice’ entered the Official Classical Artist Album Chart at No 1, becoming the biggest selling classical album of 2000 and establishing the tenor as one of the Britain’s most popular classical […]
The Muir Trust Artist in Residence 2022 in collaboration with Bucks County Museum Trust. Applications are now invited from mid-career, UK-based visual artists. The Muir Trust is looking for an established artist-printmaker to respond to the theme of ‘Printing the Museum’ through their choice of print media. The artist will create new artworks inspired by the museum and […]
Officers and staff from across Hertfordshire Constabulary came together for a conference last week, to learn more about the issues facing the rural community and how they can better support them. The two-day course was run by the constabulary’s Rural Operational Support Team (ROST) and featured presentations from policing colleagues and external guest speakers, including […]
Join Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity for an 80-mile charity hike along Britain’s oldest road next summer and experience the breath-taking views and historic sites along the way on this 4-day guided trek. The 80-mile hike follows the Ridgeway, used since prehistoric times by travellers, herdsmen and soldiers, from Swindon back to Aylesbury, walking and being […]
The world’s greatest horticultural event, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is just a week away. Being that this is one of the most exciting events in the gardening calendar, Horatio’s Garden will once again be attending the Show with its bright and beautiful trade stand, situated on stand CW313. With vibrant planting conceptualised by award-winning […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary has been named a Disability Confident Leader by the Department of Work and Pensions in recognition of their efforts to create an equal and inclusive working environment for all their employees. The Disability Confident Leader status was jointly awarded this month to Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire (BCH) police forces by the government’s Disability […]
Slip into Slippers is the Age UK Dacorum inaugural Autumn FUNdraising and Awareness Campaign where they are asking individuals, families, businesses, schools and clubs, to get involved by slipping into their slippers for a day, have some fun and possibly take some photos/videos and make a small donation to Age UK Dacorum. The chosen day […]