Kelly Pells

1 week ago | mynewsmag.co.uk | Kelly Pells

Croxley Guild Bowls Club (CGBC) kicked off the new season on Saturday, April 19, in their 99th anniversary year. Members have continued with indoor shortmat bowls at the clubhouse on The Green over the winter, but were glad to step out into the sunshine for the first session of the 2025 season. The club posted on Facebook: “Kicked off the season at Croxley Guild Bowls in style — dusted off our bowls and hit the green! Great to be back with the team, sunshine, and a few good ends.

1 week ago | mynewsmag.co.uk | Kelly Pells

A teacher from Rickmansworth School has been nominated for a prestigious national award. Mrs Drake is a finalist for Teaching Assistant of the Year in the Tes Schools Awards 2025, dubbed the ‘Oscars of education’. The shortlist was announced on Friday, April 25. This is the fourth year in a row that Rickmansworth School has been nominated in the awards, which aim to celebrate individuals’ and schools’ achievements.

3 weeks ago | mynewsmag.co.uk | Kelly Pells

Plans have been submitted to build two new flats in the car park of a Rickmansworth pub. The Western on Rickmansworth High Street would be retained, but the existing outbuilding would be demolished to make way for the erection of a two-storey detached building containing one one-bedroom flat and one two-bedroom flat. The revised car park would contain six parking spaces, including one disabled parking space. The development itself is car-free and so no car parking spaces are provided.

3 weeks ago | mynewsmag.co.uk | Kelly Pells

A Croxley tattoo shop helped to raise awareness of suicide prevention by offering semicolon tattoos. On April 4 and 5, Taylor-Made Tattoos on Watford Road offered semicolon tattoos from £20. The symbol is used as a metaphor for mental health and suicide, as it represents when an author could have ended their sentence, but chose not to. Posting on Instagram, the tattoo shop said: “Suicide is a leading cause of death and affects people of all ages.

3 weeks ago | mynewsmag.co.uk | Kelly Pells

Staff at Woodoaks Farm in Rickmansworth have been left disheartened after their “lovingly crafted” Easter Trail was vandalised. The event ran from April 5 to 21 and featured a trail around the farm with wildlife facts and different exercises, as well as a chocolate treat at the end. Sadly, Woodoaks announced on Sunday, April 20, that parts of the trail had been vandalised.