With 2019 marking the Florence Nightingale Hospice’s 30th anniversary, Aylesbury’s local stockbroker, The Share Centre, helped celebrate the milestone by organising a charity cycle challenge around Aylesbury Vale raising over £750 in sponsorship. Nine people, including seven Share Centre employees, braved the elements on Saturday 12 October to take part in the 33-mile ride. Setting […]
Joe Dempsie, best known as Gendry in Game of Thrones, Chris in E4 teen-comedy drama Skins and dramas such as Peak Practice, is very excited about his new role. ‘I’m proud to be an Ambassador for DENS and do my bit to raise awareness of this awesome local charity, as well as highlight the issues […]
This October half term come along to Bucks County Museum and enjoy some creepy Halloween crafts from Monday 28 October to Thursday 31 October. Have a go at making pom-pom spiders to hang around the house or disgusting googly-eyed mugs to boggle your eyes. If you’re planning to go trick-or-treating design your own Halloween tote […]
A new free crèche facility is set to open later this month for shoppers at The Marlowes. Tinies Daycare will offer shoppers two hours of free childcare with any spend over £1 at the centre for children between two and ten years of age. Launching on 26 October, the new crèche will be open between […]
The prestigious Tring Park School for the Performing Arts has officially opened its new £8 million boarding block. The new Elizabeth House building consists of three floors and a lower ground floor, which contains a state-of-the art boarding house for 70 pupils, six academic and vocational teaching spaces, a theatre workshop, two staff apartments and […]
Berkhamsted Library can now be accessed for up to 13 hours, three days a week thanks to the launch of Open+ swipe card access. The Library is accessible from 7am Monday to Saturday and until 8pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday – it was previously closed on Thursdays. Open+ enables users to gain access to […]
Sir Mike Penning welcomes news that all Hertfordshire schools will get budget increases for next year following a £14 billion Government funding commitment. The Government has confirmed schools in Hertfordshire will receive 4.27% more funding per pupil next year as part of the recent multi-billion investment in primary and secondary education. Sir Mike has welcomed […]
David Evans MBE is continuing his philanthropic efforts, with two of his exciting new brands – The Home Office and FundStar – delighted to have signed significant and exciting sponsorship contracts with Tring Tornadoes Junior Sports Club and Tring Athletic Football Club. These are ground-breaking partnerships for both Tornadoes and Tring Athletic – the biggest […]
Swimmers from Tring Swimming Club enjoyed their annual Club Champs recently to celebrate progress made over the year, and set new swim times in a series of 25m, 50m and 100m races. Everyone from the Club took part, from youngest members aged just 6, to the coaches themselves. It proved a brilliant showcase of the […]
Berkhamsted Town Council is pleased to announce that Berkhamsted High Street will be preparing for Christmas in the month of November with many retailers hoping to win the coveted, Berkhamsted Citizens Association, Best Dressed Christmas Window Display. Judging will take place the week before the Festival of Light, which takes place on Sunday 24 November. […]
As the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Britain’s most secret intelligence agency, prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, a new display at Bletchley Park will reveal never-before-displayed items relating to its transition to peacetime at the end of World War Two. The new display, opening at the former top-secret wartime home of GCHQ on 19 October, […]
Forget dodgy home fireworks – keep yourself and your pets safe and enjoy bonfire night at a communal display. Berkhamsted Rotary’s annual fireworks event will take place at Berkhamsted Cricket Club on Saturday 2 November 2019. Gates open at 6pm, and the show starts at 7pm. It features a huge professional display to music by […]