Hemel Hempstead Liberal Democrats

Hertfordshire Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs)

In line with Government advice, all of the county's HWRCs closed on Tuesday, 24th March 2020. HWRCs are still experiencing attempted visits by residents. Please DO NOT VISIT any HWRCs until further notice. Keep the items you were planning to take until the centres reopen. Bin collections are a district and borough council service. Please DO NOT put things like DIY waste or recycling into your kerbside general rubbish collection. Please don't bring things like cleaning cloths and tissues to your recycling centre. If you think there's a chance it could be contaminated with coronavirus:

31 Mar 2020

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Herts County Council Highways Update on the COVID 19 Impact from Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst.

I am grateful for the following bulletin from my colleague, County Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst, Leader of the Lib Dem group on Herts County Council. HCC Highways are continuing to monitor and adapt to the current situation and are keeping the highway safe and operational while working to government safe working guidelines, including those relating to construction works. This essential work enables emergency services to get around the county, food to be delivered and key and essential workers to get to their places of work. A number of their staff have suffered abuse from the public in recent days so please be as supportive of them as possible. If you have any issues over any works or want more information about this posting, please email on sgm@cix.co.uk or on nickholl1945@btinternet.com CATEGORY 1 REPAIRS (Pot holes, trip hazards, street lighting outages etc.) HCC Highways will try to work to normal intervention levels and repair timeframes during this period. However, given the impacts of covi

31 Mar 2020

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Hardly the green shoots of recovery, but a cheering sight just the same!

After some time of being neglected I was pleased to discover last week that the greenhouse has all the time been living up to its name, unnoticed. These are the remains of the self-sown spinach after rest was picked and cooked last week. That produced 8 portions to go with our home cooking - and what you can see will provide at least another 2. Then the greenhouse will be cleaned, the beds cleared out and replaced with a mix of fresh ericaceous compost mixed with richer material from our own compost bin - ready for tomatoes once the seedlings have grown. This years spinach and chard will be going straight into the garden in a muntjac-proof enclosure - and a second patch of garden is being fettled up ready for the seed potatoes we bought just before lockdown. I know not everyone has the space to grown vegetables, but if you can, you'll find it good, healthy exercise and very satisfying.

30 Mar 2020

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Hertfordshire Council - new phone line for care needs

Shielding constituents - new HCC phone line for care needs

26 Mar 2020

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Are Buzzards Reclaiming their Habitats in Hertfordshire's hills?

We've always had buzzards up in the Chilterns where we live. But as when larger, elegant kites arrived, our plumper friends, the buzzards, seemed to gradually get fewer in numbers.

26 Mar 2020

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Something to Look Forward to... when Normal Service is Resumed at Tring Farmers Market

Tring Farmers Market has been in need of a regular vegetable stall for some time - which is a pity since vegetables are an important attraction is any market. In the case of Tring Farmers Market would provide a good complement to goods offered at the other stalls.

24 Mar 2020

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