Hertfordshire County Council is encouraging residents to apply now for street parties to celebrate the King’s coronation. Anyone wanting to close a road for a street party will need to apply to the county council at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/streetparties by 26 March 2023. Recognising the social and community benefits of celebrating this historic event, the county council […]
New Chilterns Women festival will celebrate work done by women of the Chilterns with exhibitions, a conference, videos, accompanying book and events. Chalk, Cherries and Chairs presents ‘Chilterns Women’ – a conference on International Women’s Day Wednesday 8 March 2023 taking place at Missenden Abbey, featuring keynote speakers, craft demonstrations, exhibition of ‘exceptional invisible’ Chilterns […]
The Marlowes Shopping Centre in Hemel Hempstead has presented it’s chosen charity for 2022, DENS, with a cheque for £3,874.42 after the success of their Magical Christmas Experience. The grotto, which ran for six weekends and the full week leading up to Christmas, was based at The Marlowes and themed around a magical post office, […]
The Rose and Crown in Kings Langley is set to reopen in February after undergoing a significant investment that will give the much-loved eating and drinking destination a spectacular new look. Upon reopening, The Rose and Crown will continue to offer a top-quality menu, serving fresh flavours inspired by the seasons and modern world-food trends […]
Robbie Cumming, TV personality, vlogger and patron of the Wendover Canal Trust (WCT) has chosen the three winners of the Trust’s photography competition. The competition was launched to entice people to the Wendover Canal during the autumn and winter. The Trust invited pictures that capture the different scenes of the Wendover Canal whether wildlife, the […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary is hosting a careers open day on Saturday 18 February at its training centre at Gosling Sports Park, in Welwyn Garden City, between 2pm and 8pm. The Constabulary is recruiting for police officers and other roles and the event will be a good opportunity to learn more about policing and the different jobs […]
Naomi MacKay watched The Commitments at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – running until Saturday 4 February. If you’ve enjoyed the original film of The Commitments, you’ll already be expecting a line-up of fabulous soul music from this stage musical version. There’s more than 20 soul classics included on stage including: Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, […]
Anyone who hasn’t had their COVID booster is being urged to do so now, before the current scheme ends on Sunday 12 February. More than 3.7 million COVID vaccination doses have been delivered in Hertfordshire since vaccinations began in December 2020, with 63% of eligible residents getting the additional protection offered to them by the […]
Sunnyside Rural Trust’s three 6-acre gardens in Hemel Hempstead, Northchurch and Berkhamsted will open for the National Garden Scheme for the first time in 2023, as a group on Saturday 13 May, 11am-4pm. Sunnyside Rural Trust is a therapeutic horticultural charity and social enterprise, which supports young people and adults with learning disabilities with training and […]
A new book will be published on the reintroduction of red kites, ‘the biggest species success in UK conservation history’, for UN World Wildlife Day on 3 March. The book describes the story of the successful reintroduction of red kites to the UK in 1990s. It details how the Chilterns was selected as the initial […]
Award-winning opera producer Ellen Kent is returning to Aylesbury Waterside Theatre this spring with opera classics La Bohéme (Mon 13 Mar) and Madama Butterfly (Thu 27 Apr); both performed by the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv. One of the most romantic operas ever written, La Bohème is traditionally staged featuring beautiful sets and costumes. […]
Tring Brewery is proud to announce that it has joined forces with Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital – its charity of choice for 2023. The team at Tring Brewery will collaborate with the local wildlife hospital, brewing twelve monthly specials named after our favourite furry and feathered friends. In return for the beer’s namesake and imagery, Tring […]
