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Arlesey’s Women’s Institute has marked its 100th birthday, with two former presidents on hand to help celebrate the occasion.

Central Bedfordshire Council is encouraging people in the county to foster as part of a national campaign.

It’s good news for a Hitchin primary school, as a new zebra crossing has opened – but a mum has launched a petition for her kids’ school to get another one further up the same road.

The Mayor of Biggleswade joined retirees to celebrate the opening of a new retirement living developement in the town last week.

An iconic Hitchin pub that closed last year is back with a bang under the team behind one of the town’s favourite coffeehouses.

A prolific thief from Stevenage who stole items including electronics, razors and a charity box during a spate of shoplifting has been jailed.

A 92-year-old woman from Letchworth is taking on a section of the Greenway route for the second consecutive year tomorrow.

Dramatic photographs taken by emergency personnel and the public show how firefighters from across Hertfordshire today tackled a 100-tonne scrapyard blaze on Hitchin’s industrial estate.

The chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council will remain in her post for another year after being re-elected last night.

Emergency crews have successfully put out a 100-tonne electrical goods fire on the town’s industrial estate.

The new chairman of North Herts District Council was announced last night – along with the Labour chairmen for two of the authority’s area committees.

Schools across Hitchin are on lockdown today as emergency crews tackle a 100-tonne electrical goods fire on the town’s industrial estate.

A suspected burglar has appeared in court charged with offences including firearm possession and making threats to kill after an overnight siege in Hitchin.

The full 77-seater bus was on a trip from a Luton school to Milton Keynes.

Electrical goods create a plume of smoke and residents are advised to close doors and windows.

The massive electrical goods fire in Hitchin’s industrial estate is being tackled by crews from as far away as St Albans.

A woman in her 50s been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a fire in Letchworth yesterday evening.

Nobody has been injured in the massive electrical fire in Hitchin’s industrial area, police have confirmed to the Comet.

Stevenage say they will listen to offers for striker Matt Godden after he rejected a second offer of a new contract.

An electrical fire in Hitchin’s industrial area has sent massive plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky above North Herts.