The Comet

A man who devoted much of his life to charity, the community and helping others has died at the age of 84.

An air ambulance has landed in Stevenage after a man received a serious electric shock causing burns to his face.

Tributes have been paid to a GP and pillar of the Hitchin community ahead of a public memorial service.

Central Bedfordshire Council has slashed the timetable for putting together its Local Plan so that it can avoid higher targets for building houses which the Government says it could bring in.

Hitchin-based charity Animal Free Research UK is to hold a charity dog walk next weekend.

Two cars have been involved in a crash on the A602 in Hitchin this morning.

Emergency services remain at the scene after a car crash in Stevenage this morning.

A dad with motor neurone disease has had stem cell treatment in a desperate bid to see his young daughters grow up, after Comet readers helped raise the £30,000 needed to pay the medical bill.

A young couple with three small children escaped tragedy after their kitchen caught fire, quickly turning into a blaze.

North Herts District Council has confirmed that residents paying a £40 ‘bin tax’ for collecting garden waste will not be subsidising similar collections in East Herts.

A victim was hit with a beer bottle and stabbed repeatedly in a late-night attack at a Stevenage flat, a jury heard today.

Up to 1,400 jobs could come to Biggleswade after planning permission was granted for 560,000 sq ft of new industrial space in the town.

Figures released ahead of an autumn Government review into fixed odds betting terminals show that gamblers in Central Beds are staking nearly £6 million a year on machines - dubbed the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’.

A country road near Hitchin is closed in both directions after a crash involving four vehicles.

North Herts District Council’s decision to introduce a £40 annual charge for garden waste collection has not been matched by East Herts Council – partners in the joint waste disposal contract set to start in May.

Two cars were involved in a crash near Walkern this morning, with the road closed afterwards.

An internet personality with almost three million YouTube subscribers returned to his childhood home near Hitchin yesterday to meet kids at his old primary school.

A country road near Hitchin is partially blocked this morning after a car came off the carriageway while going around a bend amid the heavy fog.

Two lanes are closed on the A1(M) after a three-car crash near Welwyn, and traffic is solid all the way back past Stevenage to Letchworth Gate.

A bishop who once worked in Hertfordshire and died in the 1980s has been accused of sex abuse.