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The quick-thinking actions of a man have helped save the life of his friend’s six-year-old daughter, after he recognised she had the onset of meningitis.

Inspired by his sister’s courage when told she had an inoperable brain tumour and only had months to live, a man is calling on readers to support a series of fundraising events to help the fight against the killer disease.

Planning permission for the Power Court stadium was submitted to Luton Council in August 2016.

Police are re-appealing to the public today to help trace a man who is wanted in connection with a serious assault that happened in Letchworth on Friday.

The team at Hitchin Library are thrilled to have turned the page into a new era with a 21st-century revamp of the site.

League Two Wycombe Wanderers say they have rejected an approach from a Championship club to speak to boss Gareth Ainsworth.

A baby’s nanny was jailed for 10 months today after she deliberately made an 18-month-old boy fall three feet to the floor.

A young artist’s work is being showcased on home turf in her first solo exhibition, held at Royston & District Museum and Art Gallery.

The car is believed to have been involved in a number of collisions afterwards, but no-one else was injured.

Nathan Jones says there are comparisons between Luton's Flynn Downes and Ryan Mason, who was forced to retire on Tuesday.

Refurbishment was due to be completed in October and is still not finished.

Letchworth Garden City Eagles FC will be paying tribute to the club’s co-founder in a special match against Hitchin Town next week, which will also celebrate the installation of new floodlights.

An appeal to raise £10,000 to help a 16-year-old girl to walk again, after surgery to remove a tumour left her paralysed, has reached its target just two days after her plight was featured in the Comet.

Jane Humphreys is calling for counsellors in schools after her teenage son took his own life.

The Olney pancake race, which is thought to be the oldest in the world, has taken place.

A scheme to support elderly patients returning home after being discharged from hospital is being piloted in North Herts and Stevenage to help prevent bed-blocking.

Drinkers in a Potton pub were forced to take shelter when a knifeman walked in brandishing an eight-inch blade, a court has heard.

From 620 men and officers to just two soldiers, in 24 hours – such was the impact of a German gas attack on the Hertfordshire Regiment back in 1918.

A 16-year-old boy who stabbed a man with a machete in Stevenage town centre narrowly avoided puncturing his heart, a court has heard.

Five car washes were searched as part of the operation which involved 180 officers.