Chiltern Open Air Museum is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant of £239,949 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support its Pathways to Heritage project. This four-year initiative is designed to improve accessibility, enhance interpretation, and provide valuable training opportunities in the heritage sector. The Pathways to Heritage project will fund four paid […]
A major project to restore 42 hectares of ancient woodland at Ashridge Estate has reached its next phase. Over the past three years, the National Trust has been carefully removing non-native conifers from some of the most inaccessible and ecologically vulnerable parts of the landscape. This year, work is underway to replant these areas with […]
A Tring mother of two is taking on the London Marathon to help raise funds for her friend’s child. Lauren Deitz, 35, met Moira Rodan, 40, from Hemel Hempstead at an NCT class before their eldest sons, now 5, were born. Rico Haddad, now aged 19 months, was born not breathing and needed six minutes of resuscitation. […]
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is appealing for van drivers and drivers’ mates to support its network of 32 shops across Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The voluntary role is crucial in keeping the charity’s shops running, with the drivers responsible for transporting both new and donated goods between the shops and the charity’s retail support hub. […]
Following a sold-out West End season, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are taking the critically acclaimed Inside No.9 Stage / Fright, to theatres around the UK this autumn, with the tour opening in Milton Keynes Theatre on Tuesday 9 September. Pemberton and Shearsmith will once again star in the ‘Dazzlingly Entertaining’ (The Sunday Times) stage […]
A new live chat service for routine, non-emergency enquiries, launched on Hertfordshire Constabulary’s website this week. The webchat provides answers to commonly asked questions, signposts to online support, and connects to an operator in the Force Communications Room (FCR) if more information is needed. It also offers improved auto-translation functionality – with more than 145 […]
Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards has launched a new Retail Crime Forum to work at pace with retailers across the county to tackle shoplifting and wider retail crime. The Forum will accelerate collaboration between national and independent retailers, business groups, and the police and key partners to address retail crime and improve crime […]
Responding to reports that the Secretary of State for Transport has today approved the expansion of Luton Airport, from 18 million to 32 million passengers per year, despite advice from the Planning Inspectorate to refuse the expansion. Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted, said: ‘Today’s decision is, undoubtedly, a major blow for our local […]
Between April 2025 and March 2026 more than 1,100 maintenance and improvement schemes will be delivered across Hertfordshire’s 3,200 miles of roads and pavements. Hertfordshire Council’s Integrated Works Programme includes a comprehensive range of highway maintenance and improvement projects, all aimed at improving your everyday journeys. The planned works include repairs and maintenance to pavements, […]
Passengers travelling between London Euston and Scotland over the Easter bank holiday are being advised to travel either side of the long weekend while railway upgrades take place on the West Coast Main Line. Between Friday 18 April and Monday 21 April, Network Rail will carry out major engineering work to improve the reliability of […]
Naomi MacKay watched &Juliet at Milton Keynes Theatre – running until Saturday 12 April. Even if you’re no Shakespeare scholar, you’ll know the story of Romeo & Juliet. Well expect that story to get turned upside down in this fabulous, cheesy pop musical. In this version, created by the Emmy-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, Juliet […]
Kerry-Anne Cooper, 62, founder of Liberty Tea Rooms & Community Hub in Hemel Hempstead, has been honoured with the Community Award at the Heart Hertfordshire Hero Awards 2025, recognising over a decade of dedication to supporting vulnerable individuals. Kerry-Anne, who co-founded the charity with her husband Owen, received the award at a glittering ceremony at […]
