Dacorum businesses will have a unique opportunity next month to hear from the nation’s favourite furniture up-cycler and star of The Repair Shop, Jay Blades MBE. Jay has teamed up with all local authorities in Hertfordshire, including Dacorum Borough Council, to talk about his experiences as a business owner and his unconventional path to success. […]
Our Bookshop in Tring have got some wonderful virtual events for schools on Thursday 3 March: 9am – Kieran Larwood – Carnival of the Lost (for Key Stage 2)10am – Polly Faber – The Book Cat (for Key Stage 1)11am – Derek Landy – Skulduggery Pleasant (for Key Stage 2)For more information, click here. Schools […]
Yesterday The Government published a new plan for living with Covid-19. This plan is based on four major principles: 1. Living with COVID-19 Removing domestic restrictions while encouraging safer behaviours through public health advice, in common with longstanding ways of managing most other respiratory illnesses. 2. Protecting people most vulnerable to COVID-19 Vaccination guided by […]
Police are warning residents about reports of scam text messages claiming individuals have been in contact with someone who has the Omicron COVID variant. Seven people have reported the scam in Herts, with several clicking a link in the text to apply for a test kit and have been duped into giving personal information, with […]
Dacorum Borough Council is supporting residents who pledge to pick one bag of litter for the Great British Spring Clean campaign. The council is proud to be backing the Keep Britain Tidy charity campaign and is encouraging people to pledge to do their bit to clear up the litter that blights the borough. This year’s […]
Get involved with your Community Group or Charity! Spring Fayre is a two-week period dedicated to welcoming Spring to Tring, supporting the good causes of our local community groups and charities as well as highlighting the beauty of our surrounding countryside and promoting related activities. For this fortnight, following launch day on Saturday 23 April, […]
Officers from the Road Policing Unit are once again running the popular BikeSafe events this year, aimed to help keep bikers safe on the roads of Hertfordshire. BikeSafe is a national police-led motorcycle initiative, aimed at working with motorcycle riders in a relaxed environment to raise awareness of the importance and value of progressing on […]
Dacorum Borough Council has been awarded £300,000 of Government funding to carry out energy efficiency upgrades to its council homes. The funding is part of the £3.8 billion Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund which aims to bring social housing stock currently below Energy Performance Certificate of C, up to a higher standard. The grant will be […]
Two people have been arrested after officers discovered a cannabis factory in Bovingdon near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire. On Monday morning (14 February), officers from the constabulary’s Operational Support Group (OSG) attended an address in Chipperfield Road, acting on intelligence regarding possible drug production. Inside the property, police found a total of 851 cannabis plants – […]
Over the last 12 months, Dacorum Borough Council has been investigating the potential of replacing Berkhamsted Leisure Centre with a new, modern leisure facility within the existing site. The Council is launching a public consultation to find out residents’ views on the proposals for the new leisure centre, which runs from Wednesday 16 February until […]
Berkhamsted’s Rectory Lane Cemetery have created a memorial to enable the local community to commemorate loved ones in life and death. The memorial which is called ‘A Celebration of Life’ is a vibrant wall of glass tiles, situated in the cemetery’s Garden of Remembrance. Individuals can purchase one or more glass tiles to be hung […]
Hertfordshire Special Constabulary is hosting an information evening for those looking to take on this exciting and rewarding volunteering opportunity. A Special Constable is a part-time, voluntary police officer with all the same powers as a regular police officer, including the power to arrest. Specials come from all walks of life and volunteer their spare […]