Hertfordshire County Council has published their draft budget for the next financial year. The Integrated Plan details how the council will continue to spend more than £1 billion on services that touch the lives of all residents and protect the most vulnerable while tackling expected shortfalls in funding. To maintain, improve and protect services the […]
As we enter 2024, your New Year’s resolution might be to see what job opportunities are out there and look for a new career. If so pop along on Saturday 20 January, from 1pm to 5pm, for a Herts police recruitment event at Gosling Sports Centre in Welwyn Garden City. The constabulary is recruiting police […]
The Herts Visual Arts Forum is THE arts-based community in the county with over 320 members. Its annual calendar boasts many exciting events. The first date for artists’ 2024 diaries is HVAF’s annual conference on Monday 15 January. With a theme of ‘Inclusivity in Art’, this event promises to be both inspiring and empowering! The […]
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts has announced the dates for its January Open Days, giving talented youngsters and their parents from across the UK, an opportunity to visit and experience what the dynamic co-educational school has to offer. The Open Days will take place across three days; Years 7 to 10 on 11 January […]
Across England and Wales, around 1.85 million people had reported they had previously served in the UK armed forces as of March 2021. However, the needs of our veterans are not widely known and have become a governmental issue in recent years. While the government released an action plan for veterans in 2018, there is […]
2024 marks the 145th year of Montague Pianos continuous operation, marking a significant milestone in its storied history. The business was established in 1879 – the same year as the invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas Edison – changing hands from Tom Montague to Heckscher Pianos in the 1990’s. In 2014, musician Lee […]
Pets are more than just animals, they’re members of our family. Their unconditional love and companionship improve our lives immeasurably with their pawsitive vibes! So here at Berkhamsted and Tring Living Magazines, we want to celebrate our local pets with a new quarterly feature starting with our Spring 2024 magazines. Send in the most adorable […]
Retired Tring Independent Financial Adviser, Malcolm Baxter, now manufactures Wholefood Dog Food. Having been Director and founder of Baxter & Lindley Financial Services in the High Street for more than 30 years, he has now started to sell his own brand of dog food, called Dogs Dinner Delight. Malcolm became concerned over the low quality […]
David Lloyd, Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has decided to stand down from the role at the next election in May this year. Mr Lloyd is one of the longest-serving Commissioners in the country after being elected to the post when it was created in 2012. He was re-elected in 2016 and again 2021. He […]
Hertfordshire County Council’s Highways teams have been working hard to clear fallen trees and blocked drains following the high winds and heavy rain caused by Storm Henk. In total the council received more than 600 reports of flooding and fallen trees, significantly more than during the Storm Ciaran which impacted the county at the beginning […]
Dacorum residents are encouraged to bring their real Christmas tree to one of Dacorum Borough Council’s Christmas tree chipping points on Sunday 7 January 2024 so it can be turned into plant bedding: Berkhamsted: Canal Fields car park (over the canal behind Waitrose), HP4 2AL. 8am to 3pm. Hemel Hempstead: Dacorum Borough Council, Cupid Green Depot, […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary welcomed seven new Special Constables on Wednesday 20 December. The cohort includes a retail manager, a translator, a university student, a construction site manager, an electrician, a head of department for an NHS Trust and a victim care officer. Hertfordshire’s Special Constabulary are volunteer police officers. They come from all walks of life […]