Following the elections in May, when a third of our seats (18) were contested, changes to the council’s cabinet were announced last night (26 May) at the council’s annual general meeting.
North Herts Council has issued more than 80% of eligible households with their ‘council tax energy rebate’, meaning around 34,000 households have received a £150 payment, totalling £5,113,350.
Garden House Hospice and Tilehouse Counselling will each get around £500 as the council’s Chair, Cllr Val Bryant, comes to the end of her civic year.
North Herts Council is supporting The Wildlife Trusts’ 30 Days Wild campaign which starts on Wednesday, 1 June.
Struggling with the rising cost of your weekly shop? Do you want help with cooking healthy meals that don’t cost the earth? Stressed at cooking various meals to suit the whole family’s tastes?
The popular outdoor swimming pools in Hitchin and Letchworth are set to open on May 28, in time for half term and hopefully plenty of warm sunny weather.
The Hitchin gardening group of the University of the Third Age (u3a) has transformed a planter in Waitrose car park in partnership with the council.
New trees have been planted at Bancroft in Hitchin, to form an avenue across the park, thanks to sponsorship from the Rotary Club of Hitchin Tilehouse.
Bees don’t just provide honey, we rely on bees and other insects to pollinate most of our fruit and vegetables – help celebrate World Bee Day on Friday, 20 May.
With spring in the air, and as the weather starts to get warmer, you may start to notice that some highway grass verges are being left to grow a bit longer and may look wilder than usual.