Watford FC midfielder Tom Cleverley and the Hornets’ Nigerian international defender Will Troost-Ekong have signed up to the Herts against Hate campaign to mark this week’s Hate Crime Awareness Week. The pair have contributed to a new video asking Hertfordshire schoolchildren to report hate crime – not ignore it. Normally the force’s five hate crime […]
Hertfordshire’s Local Resilience Forum (LRF) is calling on the whole community to act now and ‘Play your Part’ to slow the rapid spread of coronavirus in our county. Hertfordshire, as a whole, has been placed as a medium-risk area in the Government’s new system of local COVID-19 alert levels. ‘Hertfordshire is currently rated in Tier […]
Avoid the queues, ditch the facemasks, leave the hand sanitiser! Just put the kettle on, sink into your sofa and let The Baby Show Live @ Home come to you! Following the huge success of their debut virtual event in May, The Baby Show is excited to announce that The Baby Show Live @ Home […]
In September Dacorum Borough Council’s Clean Safe and Green team cleared 4.5 tonnes of rubbish from the A41 in a nine-day clean-up project. Six months ago, the team cleared 4 tonnes of litter in a clean-up operation on the same stretch of road. Despite the fact that lockdown fell during this six-month period, and many people […]
Tring Radio ran a competition in September on Simon Ellson’s #BusinessDrive in conjunction with The Musical Theatre Factory. The MD of The Musical Theatre Factory, an actor, director and live theatre performer generously gave away a ‘Personal Theme Tune’ prize. The idea is, take your special moment, your favourite artists, favourite musical or theatre production, […]
This little lady is Miss Biscuit. She is approximately 5 years of age. As you can see she is a very laid-back little lady who is now looking for her forever home due to changes in her family circumstances. She is a very loving little lady and loves being in people company and having you […]
Thanks to Joe Roberts of The Plough Pub Potten End Community Interest Company for this update on the campaign Thanks to all those who have already pledged to financially support the campaign to save The Plough for the community. So far we’ve already got £120,000 in terms of loan offers from 30 people (out of […]
Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a wanted Watford man, after he was convicted of attempting to buy grenades over a secret area of the internet, despite not attending his own trial. Mohammed Humza, of Fuller Road, was 26 when, in July 2016, he used the dark web to try and purchase […]
The out-going Deputy Chief Executive of Visit Herts, David Curtis-Brignell, has been awarded an MBE for services to tourism in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List published on 10 October. His nomination for an MBE was in recognition of the ‘decades’ of voluntary work he did in the industry as Chair of Visit England’s English Tourism […]
A 45-year-old sheep farmer was yesterday (October 12) jailed for 14 years after being convicted of blackmail and contaminating specific ranges of baby food. Nigel Wright, a father of two, was unanimously convicted by a jury following a nine-day trial at London’s Old Bailey on August 20. The court had heard how he selected jars […]
The Government has announced the new Three Tier System for Coronavirus Control, which will come into effect from tomorrow. This system aims to standardise and simplify local lockdown measures, with every part of England designated as one of the following three Alert zones: Local COVID Alert Level – Medium Covering most of the country – […]
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is open throughout the autumn Half Term holiday (Monday 26-Friday 30 October 2020) and tickets are now on sale for an immersive adventure, exploring all your favourite stories and characters. Located in the beautiful village of Great Missenden, just an hour from central London, the newly reopened (10 […]