Although libraries across Hertfordshire may still be closed, children can still take part in the Summer Reading Challenge this year. The Reading Agency and Libraries are encouraging children to join the Silly Squad, an adventurous team of animals, to celebrate books that make us happy and laugh, featuring bespoke artwork from award-winning children’s author and […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary took part in Operation AIDANT, a Europe-wide project carried out between 22 June and 10 July to combat labour exploitation. The project in the UK was coordinated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) working with police forces across the country. Safer neighbourhood teams in Watford, Broxbourne, Hatfield and the […]
Good news for local book lovers. Although BeaconLit, Ivinghoe’s very own book festival, which should have taken place on 11 July, has sadly gone the way of all events involving large gatherings this year, the festival is going online with a series of ‘pop-up’ events, via a shiny new BeaconLit Events YouTube channel. For the […]
The Hertfordshire cathedral city of St Albans is pulling out all the stops to welcome thousands of visitors back this summer with its first-ever TV advert that will illustrate why the historic city is a great day out, and a staycation destination. The advert, which launched on 15 July will be seen across multiple Sky TV […]
Hemel Hempstead MP, Sir Mike Penning, has tabled a motion in Parliament calling on the Government to make all car parking free at hospitals in England and for the devolved administrations to do the same for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Sir Mike said: ‘We all use the NHS at some point in our lives […]
Young people in Hertfordshire are being invited to an online event to listen to the experience of former gang members, victims and police officers recounting their experiences of violent crime. The Lives not Knives event, hosted by Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Children and Young Persons team, will be broadcast on Instagram on Thursday 23 July between 6pm […]
Lockers Park School (Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead) pulled out all the stops to take pupils on a memorable ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ to celebrate Global Beatles Day. The school, which was one of the first in the area to welcome all year groups back full time from Monday 22 June, decided to make the most of Global […]
While the rest of us went into lockdown, 18 new recruits went into the classroom to learn the skills needed to become Hertfordshire Constabulary police officers. And on Friday 10 July, the eight men and 10 women – including a former chef, care worker and engineers – were officially welcomed to the policing family by […]
Ahead of the Chancellor’s introduction of the ‘Eat out to Help Out’ campaign which starts on Monday 3 August, Oakman Inns, the pub group that owns five family-friendly pubs in Hertfordshire – Kings Arms, Berkhamsted, Banyers House in Royston, Beech House, St Albans, Red Lion Water End and The Akeman in Tring – launched an […]
The Government announced last Tuesday that grants for energy-saving home improvements including insulation and double glazing, would be available from September. By Wednesday, scammers had started making phone calls to residents in Bishops Stortford, pretending to be a part of this scheme. Hertfordshire County Council Trading Standards advises that if you receive a call referring […]
In a career marked by longstanding relationships with Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, and having directed videos for Tom Ford, Lady Gaga and Kanye West, Nick Knight’s constant desire to experiment, push boundaries and challenge his audience has led him to take up a new subject, the classic rose – but expressed in an entirely […]
Hemel Hempstead MP, Sir Mike Penning, has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for a new acute hospital on a new site for West Hertfordshire. The Motion reads: ‘That this House notes that the acute hospital in Watford was the first hospital to be built under the reign of Queen Victoria; further notes […]