If you were at The Olde Kings Arms pub in Hemel Hampstead recently, you may have been momentarily confused. As part of a charity initiative the local vicar John Williams agreed to job swap on the morning of Sunday 2nd December with the pub’s landlord Ben Satchfield, with John serving pints to beer-loving punters and […]
The A41 has received a spruce up just in time for Christmas. Dacorum Borough Council’s Clean, Safe and Green teams spent six days in challenging weather conditions litter-picking on the main verges and slip roads, collecting six tonnes of rubbish altogether. The litter collected was mainly made up of fast food items such as coffee cups, […]
As the colder and darker nights continue to draw in and Christmas approaches, this time of year can be especially lonely for older people who live alone. Ashridge Home Care, a care agency based in Buckinghamshire, specialise in care that allows older individuals to stay in the comfort of their own homes. Offering not only […]
Local long-time supporter of The Hospice Lottery, Mr Berry, thought Christmas had come early when he received a call to say that he had won the top prize of £2,500 in The Hospice Lottery’s Christmas Superdraw. Mr Berry from Hazlemere knows first-hand about the wonderful care that hospices provide after they helped to care for […]
Junior pupils at Lockers Park Preparatory School in Hemel Hempstead dazzled audiences last weekend with this year’s Christmas performance of ‘Wind in the Willows’, an adaptation based on Kenneth Grahame’s much-loved classic. The story tells the tale of Mr Toad who falls uncontrollably in love with motoring, but keeps crashing his car. Meanwhile Toad Hall […]
Local British award-winning sculpture company, Elliott of London, have illuminated their Berkhamsted sculpture studio alongside the A41 with a 40ft Christmas Tree and festive display. Whilst travelling to see friends and family over the festive season, you can enjoy their festive lights illuminated from 4pm onwards between Berkhamsted and Tring alongside the A41 main road. […]
People travelling between London, the West Midlands, the North West and Cumbria are being advised to plan ahead with Network Rail’s busy period of Christmas engineering work less than a week away. As part of the national Railway Upgrade Plan, a 25,000-strong workforce will be working across Britain to carry out more than £148m of […]
Employees at Breakspear Park in Hemel Hempstead were inspired recently by an early morning talk from former Royal Marine Commando and Special Forces officer Neil Laughton. Neil shared his exhilarating life experiences which have included climbing Mount Everest with Bear Grylls and hosting a black tie event for his climbing team as they managed the […]
The Florence Nightingale Hospice Midnight Walk is celebrating its tenth year in 2019. The first event in 2010 saw 550 ladies walk up to 12 miles and raised £65,000 for the hospice. In the intervening 9 years, the walk has opened up to men too, and has raised more than £500,000 to help the Hospice provide […]
Most bin collection dates over Christmas and New Year will be one day later than usual, or two days later if your usual collection day would be Tuesday 25th December. You can check which day bins are being collected on the Dacorum Borough Council website or download the collection calendar.
Age UK Hertfordshire are helping to support local older people facing the challenges of later life alone. The charity launched its No one should have no one to turn to campaign recently, as new YouGov research for the national charity found that 2.65 million older people in the UK feel they have no one to turn to […]
Herts County Council are sharing health tips for the winter and asking people to think now about how the arrival of colder weather could affect them. Lower temperatures can impact on vulnerable groups such as older people, the very young and those who have pre-existing medical conditions. How to keep warm and well is mostly […]