For the first time, wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is running its Living with Mammals survey throughout all of 2021, starting this week. PTES saw record-breaking numbers of volunteers taking part last year, thanks to more people being at home and having the time to watch wildlife in their gardens and/or nearby […]
Visitors to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo this half term are in for a big surprise as two new elephants have joined their cousins. Peanut and Unity are part of a growing herd called The Big Trunk Trail who will be seen all over Luton this summer. It’s the biggest outdoor public art event the town has […]
Seatbelts save lives and those who fail to ‘click it’ risk getting a ticket or worse, warn police at the start of a national seatbelt campaign that starts today (24 May). Wearing a seatbelt is one of the simplest things a person can do to protect themselves on a journey. Failing to do so is […]
Tring-based party decor business, Little Kits, is offering Living readers FREE party games hire with every themed party kit, simply by quoting LIVING at the time of booking. Little Kits aims to help busy parents by providing low-stress, low-waste reusable children’s party kits in a range of modern, fun and stylish themes. Little Kits supplies […]
Network Rail is advising passengers planning rail travel over the late May bank holiday to ‘look before they book’ ahead of major railway upgrades taking place between 29-31 May. Work on the West Coast main line from London to Scotland, and key routes in the West Midlands and North West, will improve future journeys for […]
From Monday 31 May to Sunday 6 June, Active Dacorum and the Healthy Hub Dacorum will be holding a Virtual Wellness Festival to promote health and wellbeing. The week long virtual programme will showcase a variety of free online wellbeing activities throughout the festival that people can join in with and enjoy safely at home. […]
There are a lot of variations of scams, which seem to evolve on a fairly regular basis. The vast majority if not all involve Social Engineering – appealing to emotions, leveraging urgency and authority. It’s crucial that we raise awareness of that ‘well-trodden path’ as OWL call it, because once you are attuned to looking […]
Age UK Dacorum have teamed up with @EnglandNetball to bring you Walking Netball! This club is for over 50s and starts on 31 May, taking place every Monday evening between 6.30-7,30pm up until mid-September. Walking Netball is a great low-impact form of exercise and a brilliant way of staying active and socialising. Walking Netball will […]
In order to make it even easier for eligible people to get protected against COVID-19, a number of walk-in vaccination sessions have opened up for people across Hertfordshire and west Essex. This means you don’t need to make an appointment. Local health boss Dr Jane Halpin (pictured) is encouraging everyone from Hertfordshire and west Essex […]
The return of filming crews to Dacorum has generated great excitement around the borough. In recent weeks, Netflix’s Afterlife and the BBC’s Ladhood have started to film their new series, taking advantage of the many great filming locations that Dacorum has to offer. Both television shows have huge, yet very different, audiences which helps to […]
To celebrate this year’s Biodiversity Day on 22 May Dacorum Borough Council are giving away hundreds of bee-friendly wildflower seeds. The theme of this year’s Biodiversity Day is ‘we are part of the solution’ and the Council want to help and encourage local residents to be a ‘part’ of the solution in Dacorum. To do this, hundreds […]
The Hospice Lottery Partnership has now distributed over £15 million of funding to its partner charities since 1997, thanks to the wonderful supporters who take part in the weekly lottery or biannual Superdraws. David Griffiths, CEO of The Hospice Lottery Partnership, said: ‘We could not have achieved this milestone without our loyal long-term players, whose […]