This February half-term there will be star-filled fun for all the family at Dunstable Downs. Once again Dark Sky Wales are returning with their pop-up Planetarium and Space Show. With a bigger dome and lots more space-themed events and activities, there is something for everyone. Visitor Experience Manager, Stacey Catchpole says: ‘We are really excited to […]
The ever-popular Blues Bar Tring has published its 2019 gig guide. Check out these upcoming events: Thu Feb 7 – Cinelli Brothers Thu Feb 21 – Headhunters Blues Band Thu Mar 7 – East West Maxwell Street Band (pictured) Thu Mar 21 – The Mighty Boss Cats Thu Apr 4 – Krissy Mathews Band Thu […]
Back in September we reported on an initiative to tackle loneliness and social exclusion in Tring, after which a steering group was set up. It was anticipated that the plan would be implemented in January, and that time is now here. The steering group is now starting to create a printed Directory and Website listing […]
You may remember we featured news of The Olde Kings Arms landlord, Ben Satchfield, doing a charity job swap with local vicar John Williams in December. So we were delighted when the Hemel Hempstead pub contacted us again to let us know they’d won their brewery’s Best Newcomer award. On 10th January, Bedford-based brewer Charles Wells […]
Tring’s Safer Neighbourhood Team is looking for helpers to grow the OWL (Online Watch Link) membership. OWL is a free online messaging service which sends Neighbourhood Watch members email alerts about crimes in their area along with the latest crime prevention advice. They’re also appealing for Neighbourhood Watch street co-ordinators and volunteers to get involved […]
On New Year’s Day in 1986, the Vale of Aylesbury Hospice Appeal founder Mrs Barbara Lucas (pictured) launched what became a huge local effort to raise money for a new Hospice to serve Aylesbury Vale. On Monday 7th January 2019 at 8.30am, Barbara rewound the clock and was back once again at Champneys Tring to […]
Garden waste collections will start again from the fortnight beginning 25 February. Find out when your next green-lidded bin collection is using your Waste Collection Calendar or the council’s online postcode checking tool: www.dacorum.gov.uk/mybins. The 2019 Additional Garden Waste Subscription Service offers you the opportunity to buy additional 240-litre green-lidded bins for £25 each (or […]
After the refugee crisis hit our TV screens in the autumn of 2015, a small group of Berkhamsted mums started appealing for items they could send to refugees, mostly in France, Greece and Syria. They also began fundraising. Now they are a registered charity, People Not Borders, which is still run by a few volunteers. […]
Independent research commissioned by Visit Herts has revealed an impressive picture of tourism across the county, with 27,785,000 visitors making day trips and overnight stays in Hertfordshire. Tourism supports over 40,000 jobs for both residents, and those living nearby to the county, with the industry now accounting for 8% of Hertfordshire’s total employment. Deputy Chief […]
Dacorum Borough Council’s Licensing Team cracked down on unlicensed taxi drivers resulting in two convictions at St Albans Magistrates’ Court. Theresa Clegg, whilst operating for Sarratt Cars, was convicted of not holding a current licence to drive private hire vehicles and for using a vehicle without a valid policy of insurance. Mitchell MacPherson, who ran […]
The Alternative Cup Co. is a Berkhamsted School Young Enterprise business – a school business project where a student can manage and run a business. The company is aiming to reduce plastic waste, which causes damage to the environment, by changing habits of using disposable cups by selling high quality ceramic coffee cups which can […]
More than 70 residents took part in Dacorum Borough Council’s Love Food, Hate Waste challenge before Christmas, becoming food champions as they learned how to get food waste savvy in the kitchen. Most people took part in the challenge because they wanted to help the environment. Some knew that they wasted too much food already, whilst […]