East Herts Council opened a new activity space at Thorley Wedge in Bishop’s Stortford today (Friday 12 May). The wide range of new equipment allows young teenagers and adults to meet and socialise outdoors while staying active and keeping fit.

East Herts Council welcomed Ukrainian refugee, Yaroslav Barkov, to its Hertford head-quarters this week to raise the Ukrainian flag and mark the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion.

East Herts Council has remembered victims of genocide at an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

With temperatures set to stay low in the coming days we've put together a helpful guide with advice for bin collections and staying warm.

The growth and legacy development of Hertford Theatre entered its main phase of construction earlier this month and work has been on-going behind the scenes to ensure the new facades are in keeping and sympathetic to the local area.

East Herts Council is delivering a new activity space at Thorley Wedge. Ready for the New Year fitness resolutions, a range of equipment will be ready early in the new year aimed at young teenagers and adults wanting to exercise, keep fit or socialise.

Local sports organisation, Bengeo Tigers Football Club – who signed up to the East Herts Lottery in 2019 – have so far raised £3.033.50* and used the funds to help increase the number of girls joining their development group (age 4-6 years), make improvements to the clubhouse and keep membership fees down.

Work on the growth and legacy development of Hertford Theatre - to transform it into a thriving hub for arts and culture - is progressing well with enabling works and archaeological assessments complete and first phase of construction now underway.

East Herts Council licensing and enforcement officers jointly co-ordinated an operation with Sergeant Terry Alcock from Hertfordshire Police’s East Herts Rural Safer Neighbourhood Team last week (Wednesday, 26 October) specifically targeted at companies without the necessary licences to dispose of waste safely and individuals using dangerous, unroadworthy vehicles in the district.

Opportunities to create new wildflower meadows have been identified across the district to help boost habitats for a variety of wildlife - including pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies, flies, moths and beetles that are in decline.