DogFest is delighted to announce a raft of fantastic new features for its 2019 festival taking place at Knebworth this weekend. Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday will be hosting a show-stopping parade of four-legged record-breakers and their owners. They include Lynne Land and her poodle Mojo (most pirouettes by a dog in 30 seconds), […]
Berkhamsted and Disctrict Chamber of Commerce have received several comments regarding the High Street. There was a suggestion that Berkhamsted is promoted more widely in London; this is something that the Chamber may look at, but it also ties up with the recent report on our heritage received by the Town’s Heritage Hub committee. The […]
In 2018, Adam Hollier photographed over 400 people in Tring. He produced Tring People: Portraits of a Town – a beautiful coffee table book – which includes some local landmarks and lovely stories from those featured in its pages. He is now delighted to announce that he is to repeat the exercise in the town […]
WheelPower, the National Charity for wheelchair sport are delighted to announce that those who sign up for the Charity bike ride will be offered a free bike safety check on 2 June 2019, in advance of the main event, courtesy of their main partner, Mountain Mania in Tring. With a new 100k route planned for this […]
The results are in for Dacorum’s borough, parish and town elections, which were held last Thursday, 2 May. Following the borough election, the total number of seats held by each party on Dacorum Borough Council is: Conservative: 31 Labour: 0 Liberal Democrats: 19 UKIP: 0 Green: 0 Independent: 1 The overall percentage turnout in Dacorum […]
Lockers Park School in Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead is opening its doors for a School Open Morning on Saturday 11 May – 10:30am-12:30pm. The morning’s theme will be ‘On Safari’, a topic the school’s Pre-Prep pupils have enjoyed learning about. There will be a selection of jungle-inspired crafting activities to keep little ones engaged and entertained […]
Hemel Hempstead MP Sir Mike Penning led local hospital campaigners to meet with Minister of State for Health, Stephen Hammond MP, to discuss options for the future of hospital services in West Hertfordshire. Sir Mike said: ‘I am delighted to have secured the meeting last week. It was very constructive, and the Minister was fully […]
Throughout March and April volunteers have been heading out into their communities to take part in the annual Great British Spring Clean. This national campaign run by Keep Britain Tidy empowers people to help clean up the country. In Dacorum, around 700 residents took part over the two month period. 40 different groups spruced up […]
As well as being a venue for the forthcoming BerkoFest Book Festival on Sunday 12 May, the Rectory Lane Cemetery Project is also launching a children’s writing competition that day! Are you aged between 4 and 16? Do you like stories from the past, ghostly stories, adventure stories, wildlife stories, poetry or true tales? Come […]
Last month we brought you news of the inaugural BerkoFest Book Festival taking place on Sunday 12 May. We can now share the full programme for the event, which will take place at Berkhamsted Town Hall and Rectory Lane Cemetery from 9.30am-6pm. The Mayor of Berkhamsted is officially opening the Book Festival – 9.30am at […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer them their forever homes? Two beauties The two lovely girls are bonded mother and daughter. Unfortunately, they are now having to look for their forever home as their owners’ circumstances have changed. Mum is three years old and […]
To celebrate International Compost Awareness Week (5-11 May), Dacorum Borough Council is giving away free compost to residents to use on their gardens. Anyone who lives in Dacorum can come to Cupid Green Depot, Redbourn Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7BA, on Sunday 12 May between 9am – 12am to pick up some free compost. You […]