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 […]
There will be waggy tails and wet noses in abundance at the Munden Estate near Watford on 24 March, when hundreds of dog walkers gather to raise money for national charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The walk, which is supported by Specsavers Audiologists, is the first of 13 similar events to be held in […]
On Sunday 17 March Aylesbury Vale Concert Orchestra is performing an afternoon of classical music favourites at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre from 4pm-6.30pm. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. Appassionata allows the audience to experience live orchestral music. Talented young Spanish Pianist Juanjo Blázquez will play Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto […]
Local patients with severe tooth pain now have improved access to urgent dental appointments thanks to a service being piloted by Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB). The appointments, which are available every day of the year, are being offered to local patients who contact NHS111 with an urgent dental problem and are […]
The Dacorum Community Safety Partnership invites residents, businesses, and visitors to share their perspectives and experiences in the 2024 Community Safety Survey. This concise online survey aims to understand residents’ concerns and priorities regarding safety, crime, and anti-social behaviour in the borough. Respondents’ valuable feedback will be crucial for the Partnership to develop effective strategies […]
Hertfordshire County Council has on Tuesday 13 February 2024 agreed its budget for the next financial year. The Integrated Plan, approved at a meeting of the full County Council, details how the council will continue to spend more than £1 billion on services that touch the lives of all residents and protect the most vulnerable while tackling […]
Ben and Kate Marston, founders of Puddingstone Distillery, are thrilled to have picked up Country Winner Gold at the World Gin Awards for their Campfire Cask Aged Gin. ‘Over 500 bronze, silver and gold medals were presented to distilleries across the globe for recognising excellence in many different gin categories. Distilleries in England picked up […]
A ‘legendary’ event in the South East’s cycling calendar will take place on Sunday 28 April at Hemel Hempstead’s Gadebridge Park. The DENS Hillbuster, in partnership with British Cycling, boasts a selection of routes that take riders over the rolling Chiltern Hills and through the stunning countryside of Herts, Beds and Bucks. The charity sportive […]
Almost half of the people who took part in a new study were unaware that fruit peel and apple cores – which lure wildlife to their death – count as litter, research by National Highways has revealed. The study, revealed as National Highways launches a new campaign, offers an eye-opening insight into road users’ confusion about […]
Look out for some greenfingered walkers on 15 March as a special charity fundraising walk returns to Tring. 15 March is Garden Re-Leaf Day. This special annual fundraising day is the work of the Wendover-based Greenfingers Charity, who every year create magical and therapeutic garden spaces at children’s hospices across the country. With almost 70 […]
As measles cases continue to rise across the country, parents, guardians and carers are being urged to make sure their children are up to date with their Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccinations. The call is coming from the local NHS and Hertfordshire County Council, as the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine is the most effective […]
At a design selection event last month, 75 artists from across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and beyond exhibited their proposed designs for the animal sculptures which will brighten up Luton this summer during Keech Hospice Care’s 10-week animal art trail. This year’s trail has a tortoise and hare theme and is entitled ‘The Short Tail Trail’. […]