A group of Ashlyns old scholars held a reunion in the summer for pupils who started at the school in 1966. The event also raised £590 for The Hospice of St Francis, including a donation from the Londis store in Greenway, Chesham. This was the fourth reunion so far, and numbers have been steadily growing […]
Hertfordshire County Council has completed significant maintenance works on the A41 route linking the M25 to Hemel, Berkhamsted and Tring, ensuring this vital route continues to serve residents, businesses and visitors safely and efficiently. Bad weather last winter meant that some substantial sections of this route had started to wear out faster than normal. In […]
The UK government is testing the Emergency Alert system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm. Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. You will not need to take any action. The Emergency Alert system is used to warn if there’s a danger to life nearby, […]
Hertfordshire’s 11 councils have launched a second phase of engagement on the future of local government in the county. Residents, community groups, businesses and wider stakeholders are invited to share their views on how services will be delivered in Hertfordshire in the years ahead. This is a once in a generation opportunity to help shape […]
Naomi MacKay watched The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at Milton Keynes Theatre – on until Sunday 7 September. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Rick Riordan first introduced readers to Percy Jackson – a reluctant hero with ADHD, dyslexia, and a knack for getting into trouble. Two decades, 180 million […]
Summer ended on a high at the Leighton Buzzard Railway with really popular events on the last two weekends of the summer holidays. August Bank Holiday weekend saw the return of the popular Pirates Days. Pages Park station became Treasure Island and Stonehenge was overtaken by a band of cutthroat pirates. Volunteers from the Leighton […]
Berkhamsted Poetry Society is launching the town’s first Festival of Verse this September in the canal-side gardens of The Old Mill pub. The headline show features award-winning performers John Hegley and Paul Cookson in An Evening Without George and Ringo. The festival is a celebration of creativity, language, and community. As well as live performances, […]
The new school year may just be about to start but it’s already time for parents and carers in Hertfordshire to start planning for next year as the application process for transfer to secondary schools opened yesterday (Monday 1 September). If your child starts secondary or upper school next year, or wishes to apply for […]
A young dancer has been going head over heels to raise funds in a bid to perform at Disneyland Paris. Isabella King, seven, has been training at HW Dance based at Victoria Hall in Tring for two years. The dance school has been invited by its sister school APPAS (Adele Peters Performing Arts School) to […]
The Hospice of St Francis’s filthiest fundraiser of the year, The Mud Pack Challenge, is celebrating its tenth year in October. The seven or fourteen kilometre obstacle course through the beautiful but very muddy grounds of Ashridge House takes place on Sunday 12 October and is open to anyone who wants to step out of […]
The Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, Victoria Collins, has criticised ‘profiteering’ by many private special educational needs providers, as the party calls for a cap on their profits to end the scandal. House of Commons Library research, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, has revealed that the top private equity companies providing SEND schooling […]
Wading through the calm waters of Lake Chichancanab in Mexico, aquarists from ZSL’s Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire were looking for any signs of tiny Mexican pupfish – but sadly, their surveys confirmed their worst fears; six of seven unique pupfish, including the boxer pupfish (Cyprinodon simus), are likely extinct in the wild. Following the frightening […]
