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Jeremy Corbyn was in Stevenage today – and in a one-on-one interview with the Comet, he gave his views on a range of issues affecting our area.

The balloon bounced twice on landing and had 14 people in its basket.

Stevenage Day returns this Sunday with a line-up which is “bigger and better than ever”.

Poor sales have forced the company to downsize, closing 14 stores with the loss of 100 jobs.

The killers of 17-year-old Kyle Yule may never be released, a judge warns.

The stamps feature director Stanley Kubrick and stills from the 1968 science fiction film.

A woman from Biggleswade has received the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Commuters across the UK will soon be riding on refurbished London Underground stock.

Leyton Orient sign former Stevenage midfielder Dale Gorman on a two-year contract.

A record-breaking gathering of autogyros was held over the weekend at Old Warden, near Biggleswade.

There’ll be great sounds and great taste in Hitchin town centre this evening with the return of Street Food Monthly.

Champions Manchester City will travel to Arsenal on the opening day of the new Premier League season.

Find out your club's full fixture list for the 2018-19 Premier League season.

Emergency crews rescued a motorist from the wreckage after the car he was driving crashed into a Hitchin garage last night.

A 13-year-old girl is giving out sanitary products to youngsters who either cannot afford them, or forgot to take them to school.

The injured bird was nursed back to health and released in a Hertfordshire nature reserve in 2016.

Rowan Morrall, 26, was found hanged two days after being sent home from a mental health unit.

A safety probe has been launched after a dad plummeted to his death at the famous film studio where Harry Potter and Star Wars were shot.

If you were an engineer what would you do? That was the question posed to pupils from across the east of England in a school awards which saw a Stevenage student among the winners.

A much-loved teacher took his own life after struggling with drug addiction and mental health problems, an inquest has heard.