Recent changes in planning rules mean that a range of commercial premises including offices, shops and cafes, and other services could be converted to houses or flats without the need for planning permission. Such schemes already completed or approved since 2014 under these new rules are likely to result in the loss up to 3,000 […]
Last Friday, over 100 local people endured a winter’s night outside on the cold, hard ground for the DENS Sponsored Sleepout. Friends, families, businesses and groups from around the community came together at Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School, or their homes and offices, to share the experience of sleeping rough in support of the charity. […]
Passengers will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2023 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year. The work in Network Rail’s North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London, to Scotland via the West Midlands and North West – has been carefully planned […]
Every day, countless people in the UK receive scam mail through their door. Criminals often target people who are aged over 65 in particular. Throughout December, the National Trading Standards Scams Team are running a SCAMnesty campaign to ask everyone in the UK to look out for any scam mail and send it in for […]
As part of its waste services transformation programme, Dacorum Borough Council is modernising its services in line with industry practice. This will include actions such as route optimisation to support its goal to reach net-zero emissions as an organisation by 2030. As part of this transformation, the Council’s garden waste collection service will change from […]
It’s back for the 3rd year – the Tring Radio Christmas Toybox appeal will be supporting the Pepper Foundation, Herts Young Carers, Toy Hub and Home Start Herts. And once again Tring Living Magazines is proud to be an official partner of this wonderful venture. Please help us to help a child this Christmas […]
Fully-funded holiday activity camps return for the Christmas break, giving eligible children and young people a chance to meet friends, learn new skills and enjoy nutritious food. The HAPpy programme, funded by Hertfordshire County Council via the government’s Holiday Activity and Food programme and coordinated by Herts Sports Partnership and the Hertfordshire Community Foundation, is […]
Bakerloo line and London Overground passengers are being advised of essential railway upgrades which will impact journeys in the run-up to Christmas. Between Saturday 17 and Friday 23 December Network Rail engineers will carry out major improvements to a 20-mile stretch of railway in north London. The scale of the work means the Bakerloo line […]
Dacorum Borough Council brought together local individuals and organisations to ‘think global and act local’ with their annual Climate Action Network event. Over 130 people attended the Dacorum Climate Action Network (Dacorum CAN) annual networking event held on Thursday 3 November 2022 at The Forum, Hemel Hempstead. The evening event ran from 6pm until 9pm […]
Next week, Open Door launches Berkhamsted’s first ‘Community Fridge’, with the support of environmental charity Hubbub UK & Herts Community Foundation, in a growing effort to tackle food waste. Community fridges are open to everyone in communities – without any need to be referred or having to prove eligibility – to access fresh food that […]
Dacorum Borough Council has published a Mitigation Strategy to help protect Ashridge Commons and Woods. This follows a report in March this year by ecology consultants, Footprint Ecology which provided scientific evidence that harm was occurring to the special features of the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC (Special Area of Conservation) at Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI […]
Santa’s already planning his route to visit as many streets in Berkhamsted as he can this December. His elves have been scouting around and are putting it all together. You will be able to find out more on Berkhamsted Rotary Club’s website (berkorotary.org) towards the end of November. There will be a list of streets […]