Kelly Wright, a pre-school teaching assistant from Berkhamsted, has written her first picture book, ‘The Bluebell Wood’. It is about a little girl who loves exploring and her favourite place to go is in the bluebell wood she has many friends there: a Badger, a Hedgehog, a Mole and a Robin. She explores with them in […]
Hemel Hempstead MP, Sir Mike Penning, has added his voice for Earth Hour, the world’s largest annual event to protect the planet, and joined a movement to safeguard nature and set it on the path to recovery. Mike made a pledge for the environment; joining over 100 MPs who showed their support for Earth Hour […]
Dacorum Borough Council regularly reviews the programme of services offered to its local business community, and if you run a local business, they want to hear from you. Your participation in the short survey is your opportunity to tell the Council what is important to your business and it also helps shape future service provision. […]
We’re delighted to share the news of a new café and bar opening in Tring and Thame – COLUCO. Taking over the sites of Jack & Alice in both towns, COLUCO is a new all-day casual dining concept, with the name deriving from Coffee Lunch and Cocktails. Coluco Tring opened yesterday following a full refurbishment […]
Children Heard and Seen is a charity set up in 2014 to provide targeted support to children of prisoners. (Registered Charity Number 1157879). The charity’s aim is to mitigate the effects of parental imprisonment on children, young people and their families. An important way to support these children is through mentoring activities with a suitable adult. The […]
Herts Environmental Records Centre has partnered with Hertfordshire Natural History Society in an ambitious project to digitise nearly 150 years’ worth of records – and they need your help! Herts Environmental Records Centre (HERC) has begun a project in partnership with Hertfordshire Natural History Society (HNHS) to digitise historic journals that date back to the […]
Do you know a business in the borough which really goes the extra mile to contribute to the community? Dacorum Borough Council’s Business Heroes awards recognises the unsung heroes who go above and beyond in giving back to the borough. Last year Beechwood Fine Foods in Tring won the inaugural Retail Hero award. You can […]
Is your business involved in the tourist industry? Each year, VisitEngland invites all English visitor attractions to take part in their annual survey, the Business Barometer, recording visitor numbers alongside key information including entrance fees and visitor profiles. The survey is an official statistic and generates considerable media interest, both local and national, when published. […]
Dacorum Borough Council has recognised the borough’s most inspirational community projects with its annual Community Grant Awards evening. Charities, voluntary organisations and sports groups came together on Tuesday 12 March at a ceremony to award the winning projects. Leader of the Council Cllr Andrew Williams, Chief Executive Sally Marshall and the Mayor Cllr Rosie Sutton […]
The Marlowes Shopping Centre in Hemel Hempstead has announced that a new Empire Cinema will be coming to the town, after signing a 25-year lease with the UK’s leading independent cinema chain. The agreement comes after The Marlowes secured planning permission in 2018 from Dacorum Borough Council to add an extension above the existing centre […]
Right Guard is helping Dacorum’s residents ‘start their day right’ with the donation of a fresh outdoor community gym in Gadebridge Park. The gym is the second of its kind in the UK following the huge success of the first ever community gym made of recycled aerosols which was donated to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park […]
‘Thank you for adopting me’, words one mum will never forget With Mother’s Day approaching, one of Barnardo’s adoptive mums has shared her inspiring story in the hopes of encouraging other families to welcome a vulnerable child into their lives. Louisa, 47, from Birmingham, works in a school and had seen how children in care […]