The gas works, which have caused so much upheaval since May, will finally be coming to an end this autumn. The final phase is due to start on Monday 9 September and will see the closure of the High Street from the junction with Akeman Street/Frogmore Lane, to the roundabout at Christchurch Lane/Western Road. The […]
Springwell Vets has opened the doors of its long-awaited new premises at Dunsley Orchard – and owner Patrick and the team are delighted! ‘The architectural design isn’t very orthodox for a vets’,’ said Patrick, ‘but it’s far more fun, and provides a light and spacious environment, which is exactly what we asked the architect to […]
According to findings from a new survey panel, calling for Hertfordshire residents to sign up to help shape the future of the energy sector, almost half of the respondents aren’t aware that gas boilers are one of the main ways households contribute to climate change. The Home Truths panel revealed that 47% of people surveyed […]
After the chaos of the high street gas work closures, you’d be forgiven for not having noticed that work on the 20mph zone on Christchurch Road has been delayed – much to the frustration of Tring councillor Nick Hollinghurst. After five years of fighting for the 20mph zone, work began earlier this summer, only to […]
Dacorum Borough Council’s Big Painting Challenge was held on Monday 2 September in the Jellicoe Water Gardens, Hemel Hempstead. The event was open to amateur artists who had some experience. The eight participants were supported by a professional art tutor Niki Bell. Their challenge was to capture the spirit of Susan Jellicoe’s colourful planting scheme […]
After a long time in the planning, the Tring Neighbourhood Watch card protector is finally available to buy! ‘Most credit and debit cards have a built-in contactless payment technology called RFID, where physical contact with your card is not required to take a payment and can be scanned from a few centimetres away by anyone,’ […]
Hemel Food Garden will be buzzing with life on Saturday 7 September, 11am-3pm. Join the Sunnyside Rural Trust team, the Mayor of Dacorum and friends from the bee-loving community to celebrate bees at ‘Give Bees a Chance’ Family Fun Day. Bring the whole family to enjoy a fun day of Bee-themed activities; make a Bee […]
As we’ve mentioned previously, a brand new book festival is coming to Tring this autumn – and it looks set to be a stellar event. Running from 8-17 November, it will include authors, actors, politicians, poets and opinion formers including poet Carol-Ann Duffy (pictured), actor Ben Miller and TV anthropologist Dr Alice Roberts, who will appear […]
WheelPower, the National Charity for Wheelchair Sport are hosting their annual National Junior Games (NJG) 2019 from 30 September – 3 October at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. The primary focus of the National Junior Games is to encourage the disabled children who take part in the Games to lead a […]
The temporary car park on the Moor seems to have been closed more often than it’s been open. Meanwhile, work on the new multistorey continues. Originally it was due to be completed in November, but this is now forecast to be February 2020. ‘The construction period was agreed to be 32 weeks once all of […]
Wille Edwards; Cornwall based musician, eclectic songwriter, and front man of internationally acclaimed band Wille and the Bandits will embark on a solo tour of the UK in November. In the lead-up to Christmas, he hopes to use the tour to raise awareness of homelessness in the UK and help raise money through a charity […]
Last Sunday, 1 September, marked one of the most important dates in the Bletchley Park calendar. The Annual Veterans’ Reunion welcomed over 75 former wartime staff back to Bletchley Park, the once top-secret World War Two base, exactly 80 years to the day since Hitler invaded Poland, marking the start of World War Two. Two […]