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Jazz and strings have gone other for longer than many people think – and they’ll be back together in Hitchin next weekend.

A Hitchin primary school is to welcome the fun of the circus next weekend for a fundraising day.

One of the world’s most luxurious trains will call at Stevenage and Hitchin next month to take top champagne-sipping punters to Ladies’ Day at Newmarket Racecourse.

The Association for Police and Crime Commissioners has announced today that ‘Finn’s Law’, which will help to protect service animals in the line of duty, has been backed by the Government.

A community fun day is to be held for charity in Hitchin next weekend.

Losing promotion finalists Boreham Wood sign central defender Jamal Fyfield from National League rivals Gateshead.

Housing provision for key workers in Central Bedfordshire is set to be more of a priority following the council’s admission its educational support team was “run down” in recent years.

Fears are being raised about whether Central Bedfordshire Council plans to change the way it runs publicly-owned farms, and possibly sell some of them.

This weekend marks the start of a fortnight of varied events in Letchworth, as part of the town’s annual festival.

A business networking group is moving to a new venue in the heart of Hitchin.

Ray Dare was trying to set a national record for his age when he was killed on a dual carriageway.

Jason Felce, who uses a computer to communicate, says the physicist was an inspiration to him.

Charles Horton is to step down following major disruption for rail passengers.

A man in his 80s who was seriously injured in a crash on an A1(M) slip road at Letchworth Gate has tragically died in hospital – and police have today reappealed for witnesses.

Wycombe Wanderers sign defender Darius Charles after he turned down a new contract at AFC Wimbledon.

The chief executive of troubled rail firm Govia Thameslink, which operates the Great Northern and Thameslinks lines, has resigned.

A preliminary port-mortem examination found the prisoner died from head and facial injuries.

Stevenage will be represented in Russia this summer when Ashley Young pulls on his England shirt at the FIFA World Cup – and a video has been produced about his childhood here.

Cinema under the stars returns to the historic grounds of Knebworth House next month – with one screening already sold out.

A police helicopter was out searching for a missing man from Stevenage in the early hours of this morning.