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Watch as cute shelter dogs get spoilt at Christmas dinner party

Christmas at The Galleria

Festive fun galore at the Galleria

Emergency foster carers Lisa and Tony

Carers needed to help a child in an emergency

According to Carers UK, an estimated 12,000 people across the UK become carers every day, often without realising it

Are you a carer? Try this new tool to find out

Geoff and Jo Smith.

Watch: Dad walks again after having part of skull removed after stroke

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Giant pill box reminder for meals

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low

(Photos: Pexels)

Kids Club cinema - your guide to Kids Clubs and discounts this summer

Boy, 3, is rescued from railway track by man at Newark Northgate Station.

Watch: Boy, 3, rescued from railway track seconds before train passes

School classroom.

Watch: How to appeal if you don’t get your first choice primary school

Watch the video to hear James Bowen, NAHT, and Dr. Jonathan Doherty, Leeds Trinity University, discuss the primary school offers appeal process.

Jessica Martin

Ambulance explodes and bursts into flames in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.

Watch: Ambulance explodes into a fireball after dropping off patient

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

Top things carers wish they'd known

The top 14 things unpaid carers wish they'd known at the start

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government

Dreamboys fulfil 92-year-old woman’s dream of seeing male striptease

92-year-old woman fulfils life-long dream of seeing male striptease

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

They are the kind of vivid blue sapphires whose lustre has been lusted over for centuries. Yet these wondrous stones have lain unseen for years – and may even have ended up in the bin.

Jewellery hoard worth thousands found wrapped in carrier bags

Club members prepare for their third photography exhibition

Dacorum unpaid carers feature in photography exhibition

Hertfordshire County Council has agreed its budget

Carers set to get a pay rise as Herts County Council agrees its budget plans

There are the charities on this year’s shortlist

Dacorum charities in the running for share of £10,000

The government is belatedly recognising that lack of funds for social care is short-sighted.

Why social care is facing a crisis - a letter by Carol Broom

The selection of Carers in Hertfordshire’s charity Christmas Cards featuring pictures or photos produced by unpaid family and friend carers

Hertfordshire carers' creations feature on charity Christmas cards

NHS staff and care workers given free access to live events as Concerts for Care...

Amanda Hopgood

Bluebird Care celebrate exceptional Dacorum team member during Carers Week

Making caring visible and valued in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire charity wants to make carers visible and valued during national aw...

Carers in Hertfordshire urges carers to get their caring role counted in Census 2021

Carers are being urged to get their caring role counted in Census 2021

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio... Claire Schofield

Carers’ charity helps provide free PPE to unpaid carers in Hertfordshire

Charity helps provide free PPE to unpaid carers in Hemel Hempstead

The Old Town Hall (C) Google Maps

Vaccine minister's update makes grim reading for Hemel's Old Town Hall and club ...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

Councillors to scrutinise Hertfordshire County Council’s response to Covid-19

Councillors to scrutinise Hertfordshire County Council’s response to Covid-19

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

Kate Garraway talked about her husband's condition on Good Morning Britain via a video call from her back garden in North London (Credit: ITV Good Morning Britain)

TV presenter Kate Garraway has revealed that her husband may never fully recover...

People in England who were shielding can now leave their homes as lockdown eases...

To thank the NHS workers who are working tirelessly throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Thursday 26 March will see a #ClapForOurCarers event dedicated to them (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to take part in tonight's national applause to thank key workers

Captain Tom Moore raised a huge £12.5 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden (Photo: PA)

Here’s what you need to know about NHS Charities Together as Captain Tom raises ...

This is how you can help your elderly relatives and friends during the coronavir...

The changes have seen state pensions rise, but many are faced with having their benefits frozen for the fourth year in a row (Photo: Shutterstock)

Benefit and state pension rates changed yesterday - here's what you need to know

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Do you care for somebody unpaid?

Carers support advisor Calvinder Mandair talks to a carer

Find out about breaks for unpaid carers

Foster carer Patrick Denney

Foster carers needed for teens and siblings

Halloween fun in Hemel Hempstead's old town area

Dress up for spooky event

Clare Campbell, of Carers in Hertfordshire, gets ready for the young carers' sports sessions

Free sports sessions for young carers

Young carers are being given the chance to have some fun and get active during their school summer holidays, thanks to charity Carers in Herfordshire and Dacorum Sports Trust.

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Ron Tindall, Liberal Democrat

Alarm bells over plans to cut day service cash

Carers' Pamper Day at the Hospice of St Francis

'˜Me time' for carers at hospice pamper day

Advice is on offer to carers during National Carers Week

Advice for carers at information event

Flu jabs at your local pharmacy

Flu jabs at your pharmacy for ‘at risk’ patients

Delays continue following the serious collision

Could you be a Carers trustee?

Winter flu jab

Don’t miss out on your flu jab, say doctors

Mental health patients being sent out of Herts

From left to right: Jacqui Torris, Caroline Bell and Jayne Turney at Hemel Hempstead's XC Centre

Carers enjoy ‘me’ time at new exercise sessions

Hemel Hempstead carers at the new support hub services launch

Carers can access new support ‘hub’

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