A cross-party group of all local District and Borough Council Leaders have united to call for a rethink over Hertfordshire County Council’s plan for one single authority for its 1.2 million residents. Residents in every part of Hertfordshire are opposed to the creation of a large county wide ‘unitary’ council according to an opinion poll […]
Hertfordshire’s Modern Slavery Partnership will join organisations across the country for UK Anti-Slavery Day, on Sunday 18 October to help raise awareness of modern slavery. Anti-Slavery Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery and to also encourage government, local authorities, companies, charities and individuals to do what they […]
A Grade-II listed statue of railway pioneer Robert Stephenson has been removed and put into safe storage while Euston station undergoes its major HS2 redevelopment. The 150-year-old bronze monument to Robert, the son of ‘father of the railways’ George Stephenson, came to Euston in 1871 and has stood in pride of place in its current […]
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 […]