Local preserves producers Twee based in Gt Gaddesden, near Berkhamsted have found success at the Artisan Marmalade Awards, receiving two Silver Awards for their Seville Orange Marmalade with a nip of whisky and their Christmas marmalade. Their jars are now amongst the best in the world for Artisanal production. The Christmas marmalade is particularly loved […]
An annual police campaign is under way to target people using their mobile phone whilst driving. This week and next, officers will be carrying out more checks in Hertfordshire to make sure that motorists are not breaking the law. It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving for virtually any use – […]
Tring’s newest care home is asking the community for their help to find a name – and there’s a £250 prize for the winner. Care UK, which is building a new care home on Icknield Way, is calling on local history enthusiasts and Tring residents for a name that will reflect the uniqueness of the […]
Dacorum Borough Council are introducing new ‘bucket bins’ in Hemel Hempstead High Street and Berkhamsted High Street to encourage smokers to bin their butts responsibly. The initiative, funded by Keep Britain Tidy, will see the bins put in place this month (February 2024) in areas where smokers tend to gather. Keep Britain Tidy research has […]
A new project to reduce domestic abuse across the county has already begun helping hundreds of people. More than 230 referrals have been made to the Chrysalis Centre which works across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The centre brings together a range of professionals from health care, criminal justice and behavioural change experts to introduce clinical and […]
What do you want Berkhamsted and the surrounding area to be like in a decade or two? Most people are concerned about climate change and how nature is being depleted in England. A lot of people worry about what needs to happen to combat both issues, and a lot of people feel helpless. Is the […]
The Rectory Lane Cemetery in Berkhamsted will hold an Easter Discovery Trail perfect for families on Saturday 30 March 2024, 10am-1pm. Children can follow the trail using a clue card specially illustrated by the artist Lizzie Martell. On completion of the trail, which will take in the first signs of spring and the cemetery’s intriguing […]
Ahoy panto lovers, or should we say lubbers! Aylesbury Waterside Theatre’s piratical pantomime The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook is on sale now, and the first message is out of the bottle! Panto favourite Andy Collins will return for his 13th year to play the hilariously silly, playfully loveable shipmate, […]
Hertfordshire County Council has launched a pilot scheme in partnership with local vape shops in Borehamwood, Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin, Letchworth, St Albans and Watford to help people switch from cigarettes to vaping as part of their quit smoking journey. Evidence shows that people are three times more likely to quit successfully with support, so the […]
Hemel Garden Communities, in partnership with Dacorum Borough Council and other local councils in the Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership, are pleased to announce the Solar Together Hertfordshire programme has led to residents investing £2.6 million in solar energy. Solar Together Hertfordshire is a group-buying solar panel and battery storage scheme, which launched in […]
The Marlowes Shopping Centre will be hosting an event to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Tuesday 20 February. The event, free for families to attend in the Half Term, will be running from 11am-4pm in Centre Court and feature lots of activities for little ones to get involved with. Make a coloured in hat […]
Dacorum Borough Council has published a Mitigation Strategy, which includes cash injections from homes developers, and plans to make other green spaces more attractive to visitors, in a bid to help to protect Ashridge Commons and Woods. Following an ecology report last spring, which showed that special features of the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC (Special Area […]