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Barclay School’s governing body has responsed to comments from the Future Academies Trust about its planned takeover of the Stevenage school – saying the FAT “could have responded to questions from staff at any time”.

The trial of a pilot from Sandon who is accused of causing the death of 11 people – who were killed when his vintage aircraft crashed into stationary traffic – started at the Old Bailey on Monday.

HMYOI Aylesbury house young males with some of the longest sentences in England.

A Stevenage man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stabbing a taxi driver at the rank outside the town’s railway station.

Hitchin and Harpenden MP Bim Afolami believes Theresa May’s Conservative government surviving the vote of no confidence has “cleared the air” – with the date for the UK to leave the EU looming.

Luz Margory Isaza Villegas was last seen by neighbours in Hemel Hempstead on Saturday, police say.

Jason Lawrance is facing four counts of rape between 2009 and 2014 in three counties.

Non-league Aylesbury say relegation is "unavoidable" as they cannot make their changing rooms bigger in time to meet new FA rules.

Eleven men were killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into the A27 during Shoreham Airshow

A Hitchin-based haulage company have been fined more than £500,000 for illegally storing thousands of tonnes of waste in Royston.

The Comet Community Awards is back for another year – and it’s down to you, the readers, to ensure the many heroes in our midst receive the recognition they deserve.

The League One club said the 23,000-seat stadium would be 'something the town can be proud of'.

The Met Office has told people to beware of possible icy stretches tonight and tomorrow in Stevenage and Hitchin.

Police are using an unmarked lorry rigged with cameras to target crash hotspots in Hatfield, Stevenage and St Albans.

The animal had been living under wooden decking in a garden for months before being lured out.

Billy Hicks and Jay Edmunds perished in the fire thought to have been set by Ashley Martin.

Andy Hill's "negligence" led him to crash, causing a "massive fireball" which killed 11, a jury hears.

Teachers at Stevenage’s Barclay School have gone on strike for a second time over the imminent takeover of the school by an academy trust.

Debenhams in Stevenage had the strongest sales increase of all its stores across the UK, the retailer has confirmed.

A 16-year-old who stabbed his sister's secret boyfriend in the heart is found guilty of manslaughter.