Construction of the new West Herts Crematorium which will serve the residents of West Hertfordshire was marked with a ground breaking ceremony earlier this month. The ceremony was attended by members of the West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee (WHCJC) and Council Leaders, all representing the five local authorities involved in delivering the project. The facility […]
On Monday 28 March, Tring-based pub company, The Oakman Group, unveiled the much-anticipated restoration of Tring’s Victorian canal-side pub, The Grand Junction Arms, following a six-month, £1.2 extensive redesign and renovation. It is a year since The Oakman Group acquired Joycelyn Neve’s six North-West seafood pubs to form their new Seafood PubCo division and The […]
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab chose a visit to Hertfordshire’s Beacon victim services team to launch a range of new measures to help support victims across the country. The Secretary of State for Justice was welcomed to the Safeguarding Hub at the Domestic Abuse Investigation and Safeguarding Unit (DAISU Hatfield Police Station on Wednesday 23 […]
On Red Nose Day, Friday 18 March 2022, the Monkey Puzzle Head Office team held a bake sale to fundraise for a wonderful cause, Comic Relief. On the week leading up to Red Nose Day, an internal email was sent to the Monkey Puzzle team with the initial plans for the MP fundraiser. As always, […]
Discover Bucks Museum is proud to present its new Discover Bucks Galleries launching on 2 April from 11am. These five brand new galleries tell the story of Bucks people and landscapes from 200 million years ago to today featuring star objects from the Museum collections. Your journey starts 200 million years ago in the Discover […]
Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust is launching an ambitious fundraising challenge to visit 30 wild places across Hertfordshire and Middlesex in 30 hours, travelling by eBike. The Ride Wild Challenge will take place over 29 and 30 June and will see a single cyclist, travelling only by eBike, visit some of the best wild places […]
A letter to our editor from Rachael Franklin, Director of Fundraising, Communications and Engagement, Breast Cancer Now. In the UK, 1,000 people die from breast cancer every month – that’s 1,000 too many. Most of those deaths are from secondary breast cancer, which occurs when breast cancer cells spread from the first (primary) cancer in […]
Berkhamsted has always enjoyed a vibrant musical scene, especially with many classical musicians living locally. Now there is a new kid on the block! Echor Music is the brainchild of three internationally celebrated musicians living in the Chilterns. During lockdown, their idea of forming an ‘Orchestra for the Chilterns’ became a reality, with an inaugural […]
The team at Tring Brewery have been ecstatic to present Chilterns Dog Rescue Society, their charity of choice for 2021, with a cheque for £3,000. The team’s relationship with the amazing people (and canines) over at the Wendover-based centre originally began in 2020, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic until 2021. Though this was a tough […]
Naomi MacKay watched the English Youth Ballet’s Swan Lake at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – it is also on this evening, Wednesday 23 March. The production at Aylesbury was memorable, both for the audience and for the young dancers who shared the stage with six talented international principal dancers. The English Youth Ballet has produced the […]
The independent Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is calling on the UK Government to act decisively on the growing problems of unsafe and illegal e-scooter use. In a report, it points out that: Fifteen people have now died (11 in 2021). All involved illegal use of private e-scooters In 20% of crashes, other […]
With the finalisation of Brexit at the end of 2020, followed almost simultaneously by the pandemic, UK businesses have certainly been through a rapid period of change and uncertainty. However, there are encouraging signs on many fronts that things are improving. Dacorum Borough Council believes that exporting is essential to building the UK economy, securing […]