After three years on the Berkhamsted canal, the little library that raised over £4,000 pounds for The Hospice of St Francis was about to disappear permanently. Geoff Wiggett and his partner Sandra built and maintained Brig Lend library at the end of their garden, but following a robbery this March, the couple made the difficult […]
Nearly 90 percent of Hertfordshire children have been allocated a place at their preferred primary school. Of the 13,198 applications for reception places received for Hertfordshire children, 11,763 have been allocated their first ranked primary school. Over 98 per cent (12,973) were allocated one of their preferred schools. Including allocations to junior and middle schools, […]
‘Here be dragons,’ Medieval fun for all the family this St George’s weekend at Chiltern Open Air Museum. Chiltern Open Air Museum is celebrating the patron saint of England this weekend with knights in shining armour, mounted combat demonstrations, and battles with ferocious fire breathing beasts. Expert medieval reenactors will show visitors just how knights […]
The M25 will be shut for a full weekend for the second time this year as work on the £317m Junction 10 improvement scheme continues. National Highways made the unprecedented move of closing the motorway in March and made good progress by demolishing a bridge and installing a gantry. Work was completed eight hours ahead […]
As part of its commitment to supporting rural communities, Hertfordshire Constabulary has launched a new section on its website dedicated to rural and wildlife crime. The web pages contain a wealth of advice and information around the different types of crimes that affect these communities, as well as guidance on how to prevent them. There […]
Help is needed across the country to protect Britain’s fastest declining mammal, before it’s too late – especially in Hertfordshire. Wildlife conservation charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers in all corners of England, Scotland and Wales to survey endangered water voles, whose populations have plummeted by a staggering 90% since […]
Staff from a Berkhamsted business are gearing up to take in the popular DENS Hillbuster charity cycling event for a fifth consecutive year. A team of seven from Quanta, an award-winning recruitment consultancy based in Berkhamsted, will join hundreds of passionate cyclists at the event in Hemel Hempstead’s Gadebridge Park on Sunday 28 April. Open […]
The Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway proudly curates one of the largest collections of two-foot gauge heritage diesel locomotives in the UK. On Monday 27 May (the Late Spring Bank Holiday), they will be showcasing them in a new event for 2024: a ‘Diesel Gala with a Hint of Steam!’ The day will feature no […]
Residents of Dacorum are being encouraged to get active in the run-up to the Olympic Games, by participating in a virtual marathon. Starting from when the Olympic Flame arrives in France on 8 May and finishing in time for the Opening Ceremony in July, the idea is to run, cycle, scoot, wheel, walk or swim […]
The Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden & Berkhamsted has featured on a national election broadcast, to air on BBC One and ITV throughout April. Victoria Collins, who is standing to be the next local MP, takes part in the party political broadcast for the Liberal Democrats, to air four times on the prime time […]
Whipsnade Zoo transports visitors to the forests of southeast Asia – with its new Monkey Forest which was unveiled on Good Friday. It was the first chance for visitors to the conservation zoo to see Francois Langurs and Sulawesi crested macaques, the latter of which have moved to Bedfordshire from zoos around the UK to […]
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an altercation in Berkhamsted recently. The incident occurred at around 5.30pm on Friday 5 April outside and inside of Tesco on the High Street. It is reported that three men were involved in an altercation that started outside of the Tesco and then continued inside of the […]