Dacorum Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a housing developer for breaching a tree preservation order. Eric Gadsden (on behalf of W E Black Limited and individually) pleaded guilty at St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 19 August and received a fine of £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,500 as well as the victim […]
Open Door, the community space on Berkhamsted High Street, is sharing local people’s experiences of lockdown through its art exhibition ‘Your World’. Back in June, Open Door asked the Berkhamsted community to send in their art and a few words about their life during lockdown. More than 60 people responded – from children to […]
Our thanks to Rectory Lane Cemetery for this update. We are looking forward to welcoming our first visitors into the Cemetery, on small group guided tours as part of nationwide Heritage Open Days. This is your first opportunity to experience for yourself the results of all the work that has been going on behind the […]
On 14 August, The City and Guilds Group announced that pub group, Oakman Inns, which has its head office in Tring and operates six family-friendly pubs in Hertfordshire (see list below), will be one of just 43 recipients from 39 organisations who will be presented with the annual Princess Royal Training Award in November. This […]
Five men have been sentenced to more than 25 years in prison between them for conspiracy to commit 29 residential burglaries across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, London and Surrey. The initial arrest came about on Monday 6 January 2020 whilst Hertsmere Scorpion officers were on proactive patrol and spotted a vehicle that was believed to be […]
Organisers of Hertfordshire’s annual music festival, Chilfest, who have been running a series of Outdoor Cinema events this summer, now announce a special experience including music from British 70s soul group The Real Thing. This exceptional event takes place on Saturday 29 August at Pendley Meadow in Tring, utilising the current Outdoor Cinema setup. Visitors […]
Highways England yesterday unveiled the details of plans for £27.4 billion investment in the strategic road network across the country. Highways England will deliver £14 billion of projects improving the quality, capacity and safety of the motorways and major A roads that have helped keep the country going during the Covid-19 pandemic. Almost £11 billion […]
Independent shops, restaurants, bars, hairdressers and salons in the cathedral city of St Albans in Hertfordshire have become the first retailers in the UK to trial a revolutionary new technology to help both shops and shoppers in the current challenging climate. The technology is designed to help nervous customers feel safer when they are shopping […]
The staff and volunteers at DENS in Dacorum have received a £4,000 donation from the local Amazon fulfilment centre in Hemel Hempstead. DENS is the first port of call for people in Dacorum who are facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion. The charity empowers the people it supports to take positive steps and works closely […]
A 45-year-old man from Lincolnshire has today, (August 20) been convicted of blackmail and contaminating specific ranges of baby food following a nine-day trial at The Old Bailey. Nigel Wright, was remanded back into custody for sentencing on Monday, September 28 after a jury found him guilty of three counts of blackmail and two counts […]
Artfully designed and cleverly executed, yesterday’s performance of The Three Musketeers was a total joy despite the downpour! Naomi, her son Arron and I, braved the weather on Wednesday afternoon with some other hardy [mad] souls to see an outdoor performance of The Three Musketeers at St Bartholomew’s Church, Wigginton near Tring. You might remember […]
Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead Hockey Club have submitted rigorous plans to Dacorum Borough Council to build an artificial multi-use sporting facility for the community. The project includes a full-size artificial grass pitch (AGP) with fencing and specialist floodlighting at Cow Roast, Tring, which has piqued the interest of South West Hertfordshire MP, Gagan Mohindra, who […]