Over 1,100 highway schemes have been given the go ahead by Hertfordshire County Council, after councillors approved a £106m capital budget for highways and transport. Between April 2024 and March 2025 more than 1,100 maintenance and improvement schemes will be delivered across Hertfordshire’s 3,200 miles of roads and pavements. Planned works include repairs and maintenance […]
• Last year, almost 800 sites across the country were surveyed • Last year, rare red squirrels, hazel dormice and water voles were spotted in parts of the UK • 2023’s results also show an ongoing decline in records of rabbits, whose numbers have fallen by up to 50% since the survey began in 2003 […]
The King’s Arms in Tring has been crowned ‘Champion Pub of the Year’ by the Mid-Chilterns branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. CAMRA is thought to be the biggest consumer organisation in Europe and was set up in the early 70’s to protect cask beer and British pubs. Each year, the local Mid-Chilterns branch […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary has signed up to a new community messaging system to replace OWL (Online Watch Link) from 1 April, 2024. Over 30 police forces already use Neighbourhood Alerts and our local system will be called Herts Connected. Chief Superintendent Dean Patient said: ‘We know that being part of a community messaging system helps prevent […]
The Chilterns Neuro Centre’s Pop-Up Art Weekend in Wendover just wrapped up its most successful year yet with over a thousand art enthusiasts venturing into a realm of creativity, as the usually clinical space was transformed into an art gallery for the weekend with record-breaking sales. The exhibition, held in partnership with the Clare Foundation, […]
Local practice manager, Chloe Round at Farr and Pursey Equine Veterinary Services Limited in Tring has been shortlisted for the esteemed Practice Manager of the Year in the prestigious 2024 Petplan Veterinary Awards. Now in its 25th year, these awards recognise the nation’s most outstanding veterinary professionals and practices for their hard work and dedication […]
Berkhamsted Citizens Association (BCA) will celebrate its centenary this July: 100 years of serving and promoting the town of Berkhamsted – not forgetting Northchurch. This year, specifically for the Centenary, the Association has restored the Town Shield (outside the Civic Centre), which it originally donated to the Town in 1953 to mark the late Queen […]
Gaddesden Place is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and is encouraging supporters to help raise funds. The organisation’s 50 for 50 fundraising campaign challenges you/your team to accomplish and get sponsorship for 50 things, no matter how big or small, to fundraise for its 50th anniversary. From small acts of kindness to daring feats […]
Luton Rising, the owner of London Luton Airport, has for a number of years now been progressing its ambition to grow the Airport from a currently consented throughput of 19 million passengers per annum (mppa) to 32 mppa. In February 2023 it submitted its application to Government for permission to do so. The application will […]
The consultation period for the updated Dacorum Local Plan closed in December. The next version of the plan is due in October, after Dacorum Borough Council has finished reviewing all the responses. According to the timeline, it should go for government approval in February 2025, with adoption slated for one year later in February 2026. […]
Calling all litter-pickers in Dacorum! Volunteers urged to back Great British Spring Clean Dacorum Borough Council is once again supporting the Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean, the largest mass environmental action campaign in the UK. Now in its ninth consecutive year, the Great British Spring Clean will take place between 15 and 31 […]
You can now buy a subscription for the 2024 Garden Waste Subscription Service at www.dacorum.gov.uk/garden-waste. The charge for the service is £50 per green-lidded bin. You will need to subscribe if you would like to have your garden waste collected. If you regularly create more waste than you can fit in your green-lidded bin, you can buy […]