Discount supermarket Lidl has lodged an appeal against the rejection of its application to build a store on land at Icknield Way and Sears Drive. The application was refused by Dacorum Borough Council last September, with Tring Council adding its voice to the refusal with concerns including unsuitable access on a shared residential road, increased […]
Hertfordshire’s award-winning sustainable restaurant group has been selected to be the official restaurant partner of National Salad Week, taking place between 1-7 June. Unbeleafable, the first salad range grown in a vertical farm to be available in Tesco and other major UK supermarkets, has launched National Salad Week for the UK to encourage the UK […]
Now that the General Election campaign is underway, the Berkhamsted Citizens Association is planning its traditional Hustings for the residents of Berkhamsted to question and challenge their candidates for the election on 4 July. The event will be on Thursday 20 June 2024 at 8pm in the Great Hall of Berkhamsted Town Hall, the same […]
Win Top Trumps World Football Stars Starter Kits with Berkhamsted and Tring Living Magazines. Look out for the Summer issues to find out how to enter the competition – P40 in the Berkhamsted Living Magazine and P41 in Tring Living Magazine or visit our Competitions page. 20 Starter Kits are up for grabs! Jude Bellingham […]
Much-loved conductor, Colin Stevens, will be celebrating his 50th anniversary as musical director of Tring Choral Society, the Hertfordshire-based classical choir. Colin was only 27 when he took over the baton in 1974 from his father who had been the previous conductor of the choir. Colin’s formal musical training had taken place at Trinity College […]
In a bid to collectively recruit more foster carers to look after some of the region’s most vulnerable children, Hertfordshire County Council has joined forces with ten other local authorities in the East of England, in a new initiative for fostering under the banner Foster East. There is an urgent need for foster carers in […]
TV personality Robbie Cumming – presenter of ‘Canal Boat, Diaries’ – is to officially open the upgraded canal towpath from Wendover to Halton. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 1pm on Friday 28 June at the entrance from the towpath to Walnut Tree Meadow, and a host of other activities are planned to […]
Berkhamsted Golf Club reintroduces cattle grazing on its estate. If you’re a habitual visitor to Berkhamsted Common – and why wouldn’t you be? It’s so beautiful up there – then you may see something new this summer. Up until World War II, cattle grazing on the Common were a regular sight, but they didn’t return […]
Mayor of Dacorum, Councillor Brenda Link, cut the red ribbon at the official opening ceremony of ‘The Denton’, a new retirement community in Berkhamsted, on Friday 17 May. The Denton is the latest development to open from specialist retirement developer and operator Elysian Residences and sets a new standard for retirement living in Hertfordshire, available […]
BAFTA has recently unveiled their talented finalists, aged between 12 and 18, who have been selected as part of this year’s BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) competition, which has been running since 2010. Seven of this year’s finalists for the Game Concept 15-18 category hail from the South East of England, including Charlie Gray (17) […]
County Councillors and colleagues who have worked for Hertfordshire County Council for 50 years were recently invited to a special exhibition to celebrate the anniversary of the first County Council meeting that took place on 21 May 1974 after the Local Government Act was passed. Attendees had the chance to take a look at historical […]
Full Fibre is heading to 20,000 additional homes and businesses – including in Berkhamsted, Much Hadham and Tring. Openreach has announced that it is upgrading a further 20 towns and villages in Hertfordshire as part of its commercial investment in digital infrastructure across the UK. Residents living in Berkhamsted, Much Hadham, Tring and 17 other […]