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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.

Three British tourists died and four others, including the pilot, were injured in the helicopter crash.

An inspector is suspended from duties while the investigation continues.

Police are appealing for the the public’s help to trace a man who is wanted in connection with an assault that happened in Letchworth on Friday.

A car caught fire on the A505 between Baldock and Royston at the weekend, with two crews sent to extinguish the flames.

The judge tells a 16-year-old boy he could "so easily" have been facing a murder charge.

Keira Puddefoot, 13, who is transgender, was previously known as Lucas.

One man was left with a fractured jaw and another knocked unconscious after a brawl outside a Hitchin nightspot at the weekend.

A witness appeal has been launched today after an alleged fight outside a Hitchin bar.

A mum-of-two who is battling with cancer that has spread to her bones and cannot be cured is calling on local ladies to rally together and sign up for this year’s Stevenage Race for Life.

A four-hour Clubbercise Clubbathon has raised more than £11,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust - nearly double the original target of £6,000.

Councillor Lynda Needham, leader of North Herts District Council, reflects on the role of women in society – the progress that’s been made in striving for equality, and the work that still needs to be done.