Harrow Estates is seeking feedback regarding plans for a new garden village suburb in Tring, Hertfordshire, known as Marshcroft. Following a previous planning application and appeal which was concluded in 2024, the Marshcroft site (known as Tr03) has now been included in Dacorum Borough Council’s New Local Plan to 2041. The Plan is in the […]
Sonia Friedman Productions and ATG Productions are delighted to announce that the multi-Olivier Award-winning hit musical Sunny Afternoon will return for a 2025/2026 UK tour, which includes performances at Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 24-Sat 28 Mar 2026. Ray Davies said, ‘In these times of political uncertainties, it is a relief to know that Sunny Afternoon […]
A local woman who raised over £120,000 for the Hospice of St Francis after they cared for her husband in the final months of his life has been named a Heart Hertfordshire Hero. The award recognises ordinary people making an extraordinary difference to their communities in Hertfordshire. Liz Cundale from Tring set a goal to […]
Future Ready is a new FREE Initiative from Community Action Dacorum to empower Young Adult Carers to develop their personal journey to employment. The project is aimed at 18-24-year-olds who live in the Dacorum area and have a caring responsibility. The free opportunity aims to develop a bespoke programme of activities with the young adult […]
Chiltern Open Air Museum is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant of £239,949 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support its Pathways to Heritage project. This four-year initiative is designed to improve accessibility, enhance interpretation, and provide valuable training opportunities in the heritage sector. The Pathways to Heritage project will fund four paid […]
A major project to restore 42 hectares of ancient woodland at Ashridge Estate has reached its next phase. Over the past three years, the National Trust has been carefully removing non-native conifers from some of the most inaccessible and ecologically vulnerable parts of the landscape. This year, work is underway to replant these areas with […]
A Tring mother of two is taking on the London Marathon to help raise funds for her friend’s child. Lauren Deitz, 35, met Moira Rodan, 40, from Hemel Hempstead at an NCT class before their eldest sons, now 5, were born. Rico Haddad, now aged 19 months, was born not breathing and needed six minutes of resuscitation. […]
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is appealing for van drivers and drivers’ mates to support its network of 32 shops across Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The voluntary role is crucial in keeping the charity’s shops running, with the drivers responsible for transporting both new and donated goods between the shops and the charity’s retail support hub. […]
Following a sold-out West End season, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are taking the critically acclaimed Inside No.9 Stage / Fright, to theatres around the UK this autumn, with the tour opening in Milton Keynes Theatre on Tuesday 9 September. Pemberton and Shearsmith will once again star in the ‘Dazzlingly Entertaining’ (The Sunday Times) stage […]
A new live chat service for routine, non-emergency enquiries, launched on Hertfordshire Constabulary’s website this week. The webchat provides answers to commonly asked questions, signposts to online support, and connects to an operator in the Force Communications Room (FCR) if more information is needed. It also offers improved auto-translation functionality – with more than 145 […]
Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards has launched a new Retail Crime Forum to work at pace with retailers across the county to tackle shoplifting and wider retail crime. The Forum will accelerate collaboration between national and independent retailers, business groups, and the police and key partners to address retail crime and improve crime […]
Responding to reports that the Secretary of State for Transport has today approved the expansion of Luton Airport, from 18 million to 32 million passengers per year, despite advice from the Planning Inspectorate to refuse the expansion. Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted, said: ‘Today’s decision is, undoubtedly, a major blow for our local […]
