Hemel Hempstead’s business campus, Breakspear Park, has launched a new photography competition for 2026. The public is invited to submit images for a chance to win £250, with an additional £750 donated to a local charity of their choice. Running quarterly throughout 2026, the competition is built around four defining themes – Community, Sustainability, Wellbeing […]
The Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted is launching ‘Respite for Good’ this February – a new chargeable service offering short-term residential care for people who rely on family carers for help with everyday tasks. This onsite personal care service is designed to give family carers the break they deserve while ensuring their loved ones […]
Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Jonathan Ash-Edwards, is asking residents for their views on the contribution local taxpayers make towards policing in the county. The PCC has set out his priorities in the Police and Crime Plan for Hertfordshire, which will guide his decisions as he prepares to set the council tax policing precept. The […]
Every animal, from mammals and birds to fish and invertebrates, is being counted in Whipsnade Zoo’s Annual Stocktake, as zookeepers kick off ZSL’s – the international conservation charity behind Whipsnade Zoo – 200th anniversary. There are more than 245 species of animals at the UK’s largest zoo, all of which must be accounted for. With […]
Hertfordshire Association of Museums have launched their annual Object of the Year Award, and voting is now open. 23 museums across the county are competing to have their entry chosen by public vote. The Archives has entered a piece of music history: a flyer from one of the most iconic events ever held in Hertfordshire: […]
Budding entrepreneurs have the chance to get a head start in business by pitching for a grant of up to a £1,000 from Dacorum’s Den. The Dacorum Borough Council initiative, based on the popular TV series Dragons’ Den, is a grant giving initiative to help local small businesses develop and grow. Now in its 12th […]
The 2026 Tring School Production of Chicago: Teen Edition comes to the Dembe Theatre, Tring from Tuesday 20 January-Saturday 24 January. Step into the dazzling, jazz-filled world of Chicago: Teen Edition – a sensational story of fame, fortune, and murder set in the roaring 1920s. Set in the dazzling world of 1920s Chicago, Chicago: Teen […]
The producers of the hit production, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, are bringing the first-ever UK and Ireland tour of the West End smash to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 27 Jan-Sat 7 Feb 2026. The cast will be led by Elle Ma-Kinga N’Zuzi (Moulin Rouge! Das Musical, Cologne; Sweet Charity, Nottingham Playhouse) and […]
A charity supporting local groups that address social need across Hertfordshire, including domestic abuse, food and fuel poverty, debt, mental health concerns and social isolation, has been chosen as Hertfordshire Constabulary’s first ever charity of the year. Chief Constable Andy Prophet personally chose Hertfordshire Community Foundation (HCF) as the constabulary’s charity for 2026 having visited […]
With recent overnight temperatures dipping below zero, police are warning motorists against leaving their vehicles unattended while defrosting. Motorists risk their vehicles being stolen if they leave them with the engine running and unattended while the windows defrost. Equally any items left in open, unattended vehicles are also an easy target for thieves. Investigations Detective […]
Membership of Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT) has topped 24,000 for the first time in the charity’s history. Over the past 61 years, HMWT has been relentless in its efforts to look after local wild spaces, protect wildlife, encourage conservation management in the wider countryside, getting local people and their communities engaged with nature […]
Officers are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man who is wanted. Anthony Smith, aged 46, is wanted in connection with grievous bodily harm and other assault offences. He has links to Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted. Anyone who sees Smith is asked to not approach him but to call 999 as soon as […]