Local News

A inquest finds that "systematic failures" at HMP Woodhill led to the death of a vulnerable inmate.

Entries for this year’s 13.1-mile Greenway Challenge in Letchworth are now open.

A former Stevenage FC footballer and two of his brothers have been jailed for fraud after siphoning off money from a charity they set up for poor African children.

A report on the future of Thrift Farm will be published by Buckinghamshire County Council on Friday.

Taxi drivers across Herts were invited to a training session in Letchworth to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Thames Valley Police was alerted to the discovery by a member of the public.

High streets minister Jake Berry was given a guided tour of Hitchin yesterday as he discussed North Herts District Council’s plans for the regeneration of Churchgate.

Pro-Europe campaigners are calling on Harpenden and Hitchin MP Bim Afolami to honour his pledge not to support a No Deal Brexit.

The sale of Hitchin’s 14/15 Brand Street – the entrance to the North Hertfordshire Museum – to North Herts District Council has finally been completed after a two-year stand off.

Police are investigating after two men used distraction tactics to steal a purse from a woman in a coffee shop.

The future of the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust’s cancer centre – which has a catchment population of almost two million people – is at risk.

A new initiative aimed at supporting independent retailers and encouraging people to shop locally in Stevenage is launching on Saturday.

A Stevenage-based laboratory scientist apprentice is one of the faces of the government’s new campaign to promote apprenticeships.

The drone sightings at Gatwick airport led to flight cancellations and payments to customers.

The prison watchdog says HMP Bedford has a "significant rat infestation".

A prison governor tells an inquest HMP Woodhill was short-staffed at the time of Ryan Harvey's death.

Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua's credibility in the US has been "damaged" by fighting "no-hopers", says legendary promoter Bob Arum.

Jamie Woolf had been with Hertfordshire Constabulary for just 19 days when he lashed out.

A rogue landlord has been fined for breaching a prohibition order and allowing an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard to be lived in.

Barclay School staff who are members of the National Education Union are set to strike for three days this week in opposition to the planned takeover of the Stevenage school by an academy trust.