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Protective card minders are coming to Tring T
ring Neighbourhood Watch (TNHW) recently received a generous grant from Tring Town Council, enabling the ‘OWL card minder’ project to launch. The OWL card minder is a low-cost solution to reduce the risk of unauthorised payments being taken from your contactless credit or debit card while you’re out and about. For just £1 you can keep your card safe inside this protective device to prevent it from being scanned and used by thieves. ‘The card inner sleeve has been tested against commercial contactless payment terminals, as well as mobile phones running apps that scan contactless cards,’ explains a spokesperson from TNHW. ‘We can currently take orders directly for 10 or more, and are working on securing high street outlets. So please keep your eyes peeled for more information and if you are an outlet
interested in helping us distribute, please get in contact!’ All profits raised from the card minders will support local community projects. Please send any ideas to help deter crime, or the fear of it, to tringnhw@yahoo.co.uk We are part of your community that works together with you, the police and other organisations to fight crime and the fear of crime. Become a member of Neighbourhood Watch today by signing up at www.owl.co.uk. As a NHW member we ask you to look out for your neighbours, get to know what’s normal activity in your road and report anything you see out of place to the police (call 101 non emergency or report online at www.herts. police.uk/report). Don’t forget to sign up your elderly and vulnerable neighbours that do not have the internet, so you can pass the information on.
David Gauke backs campaign for better hospital provision
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outh West Hertfordshire MP, David Gauke, is backing plans to improve hospital provision in the West Hertfordshire area. It has been a long-held concern that facilities in the area need to be improved and there are various proposals as to how this might be done. A number of local residents have campaigned for a new hospital in the Kings Langley area, but
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this now looks unaffordable. The local Clinical Commissioning Group and Hospital Trust are, however, putting forward a bid for £350 million to improve facilities at Watford, plus either Hemel Hempstead or St Albans. ‘I can appreciate the strength of feeling of those campaigning for a new hospital, especially as Watford Hospital is not well placed for my constituents in Berkhamsted and Tring,’ says David. ‘However, at this stage it looks like the only viable way to improve services is to back this bid. It should result in a tangible improvement – something which is long overdue.’
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