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The latest housing projection figures have emerged as being significantly lower than the proposed number of homes to be built in the North Hertfordshire Local Plan, with the district council criticised for “sweeping the numbers under the carpet”.

The pair were filmed after a Wizz Air flight which landed at Luton Airport.

A Hitchin couple have spoken about their troubles conceiving and IVF success to mark Fertility Awareness Week.

A puppy has died after being chucked from a moving vehicle on the A1(M) by the junction for Welwyn.

A Stevenage teenager suffered stab wounds believed to have been caused by a knife during an attack in the town last night.

More than £2,000 has been raised in memory of a two-year-old girl who lost her battle with leukaemia.

Work to build a new road for construction traffic will now start next year.

“The warm words don’t fit the cold reality” – NHDC Labour Group’s shadow portfolio holder for finance gives his views on the Budget.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is set to have his history-making achievements honoured in his home town, with Stevenage Borough Council announcing plans today to name a building in the town centre after him.

Rail user groups representing commuters from across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and South Cambridgeshire have demanded answers from the government over the rail fare freeze they are pushing for, saying that the points they raised to ministers were “lacking acknowledgement”.

The 20-year-old was found by police in Leven Walk, Bedford on Saturday.

It wasn’t trick or treat but Pumpkin Trail & Treats for excited youngsters in fancy dress at historic Knebworth House.

This Budget was set to be the most difficult any chancellor has had to deliver in living memory, writes Richard Porritt – political editor for this newspaper’s publisher, Archant.

Tickets are on sale for a gala evening to raise funds to help support a 10-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy.

A mum-of-two met her first crush when she got together with stars of the iconic 70s TV show Starsky and Hutch.

A burglar has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after he was forensically linked to a break-in and confessed.

A fatal tower block fire in Stevenage which claimed the lives of three people foretold last year’s Grenfell Tower inferno which led to 72 deaths, but warnings were ignored.

In his latest column, former Renault driver Jolyon Palmer looks at the brilliance of five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

A family with young children have “lost everything” after a devastating house fire in Letchworth last week – and now the community is rallying together to raise money for food and clothes.

Live coverage of Tuesday's National League game between Aldershot Town and Boreham Wood.