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Pendley Manor Hotel Launches Consultation on Expansion Plans

Pendley Manor Hotel is seeking feedback on proposals to deliver a multi-million-pound investment in enhanced facilities and open space at the hotel in Tring. The proposals include a new and permanent flexible events space which would accommodate weddings, corporate events, and private functions, to meet growing demand. This building, connecting to the hotel’s Harcourt Wing, […]

Veteran Nick with Assistance Dog Benji

Service Dogs UK Call for Veterans with PTSD

Service Dogs UK, a charity dedicated to supporting Armed Forces and Emergency Services Veterans with PTSD, is excited to announce the opening of a new training hub in the Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire area this Spring. This expansion marks a significant step forward in providing life-changing PTSD Assistance Dogs to Veterans in need, helping them regain confidence, independence, […]

Euston - New cubicles installed in Euston women's toilets

Tracks and Toilets Transformed at Euston

Drone footage has been released of significant West Coast Main Line track upgrades alongside photos of Euston’s new loos after major improvements for passengers this Easter. Hundreds of engineers from Network Rail and its supply chain worked night and day at multiple locations along one of the country’s crucial rail routes over the bank holiday […]

Christine and Dan

A Long Walk for Hospice Care

A local woman has undertaken an impressive walking challenge to raise funds for the Hospice that cared for her husband at the end of his life. Christine Zammit of Pitstone has been training to walk the entire eighty-seven miles of the Ridgeway National Trail, starting in Avebury and ending in Ivinghoe Beacon over five days […]

VE Day, Thursday 8 May 2025

On Thursday 8 May (10.45am), the Council will be holding a joint commemorative service with the Royal British Legion (RBL) at Boxmoor War Memorial, to honour and pay tribute to the Second World War generation from across the UK and Commonwealth. All are welcome to join in commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The […]

Berkhamsted Bowls Club Clubhouse & Green

Berkhamsted Bowls Club Joins BSG

Berkhamsted Sports Grounds Charitable Association is delighted to welcome Berkhamsted Bowls Club to its membership, joining the other premier sports clubs of the town. The club is a flat lawn bowls club situated in the centre of Berkhamsted next to the tennis and football clubs. They are celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year, and over […]

River Mimram (c) Peter Tatton

Fundraising to Put the Wiggle Back in our Rivers

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is taking part in the Big Give Green Match Fund to fundraise for the conservation and restoration of the area’s globally rare chalk rivers, to improve their health, increase flood resistance and support local wildlife. The Big Give’s Green Match Fund campaign has given local wildlife charity Herts and Middlesex […]

Jewellery Donations at Rennie Grove Bainbridge House

Golden Opportunity

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is appealing for donations of gold and silver jewellery, coins, watches and silverware to raise money to fund local hospice care. Barrie has been volunteering with the charity for around 15 years. After starting as a volunteer in one of the charity’s shops, he later offered to share his 30 […]

Nicola Catling and Andy Selemba running for Keech Hospice

Ten Run for Keech Hospice in London Marathon

This year, 10 people will be running the London Marathon on Sunday 27 April in aid of Keech Hospice, the charity which provides free, specialist care and support for adults in Bedfordshire and children in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. Between them, they hope to raise a minimum total sum of £20,000 for Keech, which only […]

Dunstable Downs Beacon, Bedfordshire's highest point (c) Peter Adams

VE Day at Dunstable Downs

The National Trust will join communities across the country in marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day by lighting the beacon at Dunstable Downs. The beacon will be lit at 9.30pm on Thursday 8 May 2025 alongside others across the UK, Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, symbolising the ‘light of […]

Footballing legend and Heineken 0.0 Ambassador Gareth Bale celebrates Heineken 0.0 and 114 pubs and breweries setting a new Guinness World Records™ title for the largest simultaneous pint pour. Photography credit: Nigel Davies.

Berkhamsted Local Helps Make World Record History

Local pub, The Lamb has made history and become a new Guinness World Records™ title holder – joining Heineken and 114 pubs and breweries across the UK to set a unique world record for the most people pulling a pint at exactly the same time. The nationwide ‘The Big Pour’ event took place on 7 April […]