Visit www.dacorum.gov.uk/mybins and enter your postcode to find out when your bins are next collected and get your personalised calendar. To help the service become more environmentally friendly, calendars will no longer be delivered as bin-hangers, as these were non-recyclable and also carried a risk of becoming littered during deliveries. A generic version of the […]
Local charity, The Pepper Foundation, are asking the community to donate what they can to help fund children’s hospice at home care in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire this Christmas. This small charity is helping to fund this vital nursing service for over 50 children in the area with complex conditions. Without this care, families face Christmas […]
Network Rail are urging passengers to check before they travel over the holiday period. The operator says that passengers will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year. The work in the North West and Central region – which runs from […]
Giving or using internet-connected devices this Christmas? Here are some safety tips from the experts at OWL. Out and About Keep your devices secure – they are attractive targets for thieves. If your’re out socialising or at a hotel, don’t use public Wi-Fi hotspots to do anything confidential, as you can’t assume they’re secure.Posting that […]
Junior pupils at Lockers Park Preparatory School in Hemel Hempstead have dazzled audiences with this year’s Christmas performance of the ‘Pied Piper of Hamelin’, an adaptation based on the traditional tale of the Pied Piper. The musical re-telling brought the story up to date in a fun and entertaining way and featured beautiful melodies and […]
Stewart Marks, Chief Executive at Rennie Grove Hospice Care, is sending a special Christmas message to the charity’s supporters and volunteers to thank every one of them for helping the charity throughout 2019. He said: ‘It is thanks to our incredible supporters and volunteers that our nurses and healthcare assistants in West Herts were able […]
During the festive period, the amount of waste we produce in the UK goes up by a third! These habits can be bad news for the environment, as food and packaging waste reaches its peak. Dacorum Borough Council’s top tips for having a green Christmas will help you to enjoy the festive season, and spoil […]
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity’s annual Midnight Walk is back for 2020 on Saturday 27 June. The Midnight Walk sees hundreds of men and women walk through the night around the streets of Aylesbury to raise money for the Hospice, which provides support to terminally ill patients and their families across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire. ‘The […]
The Winter Solstice this year takes place in the Northern Hemisphere at 04:19 on Sunday 22 December. The date marks the day with the fewest hours of daylight during the year – that’s why its often referred to as the shortest day or sometimes the longest night of the year. It’s celebrated by a number […]
Twixmas – the period between Christmas and New Year, typically 27-30 December With a diverse range of wonderful Christmas activities on until 5 January 2020 (closed 24, 25 and 26 December) you won’t need to crack a code to get into the festive spirit at Bletchley Park this Twixmas. Free for the under-12s, the former […]
Breakspear Park in Hemel Hempstead has held a Christmas gift fair to help staff at this frantic time of year. The event was a great opportunity for local companies to showcase their crafts, and for staff to complete their Christmas shopping. From Christmas cards to cosmetics, and festive foods to crafty candles, the fair offered […]
The 2020 Herts Big Weekend will take place on 4 & 5 April and Visit Herts are once again inviting the county’s tourist attractions, venues and destinations to be part of this hugely successful campaign by offering free entry to attractions or experiences – such as an afternoon tea or a guided tour. The Big Weekend […]