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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.

The drizzle didn’t get anybody’s spirits down at the annual Hitchin pancake races this lunchtime, with thousands raised for good causes.

Live coverage of Tuesday's League Two game between Wycombe Wanderers and Swindon Town.

Live coverage of Tuesday's League Two game between Luton Town and Crawley Town.

Live coverage of Tuesday's League Two game between Forest Green Rovers and Stevenage.

Live coverage of Tuesday's League One game between Oldham Athletic and Milton Keynes Dons.

A man has been charged with burglary after an electrical goods theft in Biggleswade.

A woman in her 70s had her cash stolen from her handbag at the Tesco Extra in Stevenage town centre on Saturday.

A Hitchin nursery manager has saluted the dedication of a team member who has helped educate hundreds of youngsters over 20 years of service.

The line-up for this summer’s Cool Britannia Festival at Knebworth Park has just got bigger.

Marking the 100th anniversary year of women getting the vote, feminist campaigner Dr Helen Pankhurst will be visiting Letchworth to discuss her new book at The Settlement on February 27.

Hitchin is to lose another fixture of the town centre this month, as a family-run electronics shop set up in 1982 is bid farewell.

Concerns about whether roads in Letchworth and Baldock can cope with a dramatic increase in traffic if thousands of new homes are built dominated hearings of North Herts District Council’s Local Plan this week.

Engineering graduate Jamil Sarki, 23, was stabbed to death in January.

Nicholas Keeler was on his way home from his shift at a Just Eat call centre when he was struck.

Police are appealing to the public for help to find a teenage girl from Henlow who has been missing from her home since yesterday evening.