The Comet

A Stotfold family are fundraising so they can make their son and brother’s wishes come true after doctors tell them they cannot go ahead with an operation that would save his life.

If there’s one thing that amazes people more than the remarkable work done by the Doctors and Paramedics of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT), it’s the way the organisation is funded.

A Christian support service has seen a rise in demand from Great Northern rail workers facing public abuse since the company’s botched timetable rollout of May 20.

A 36-year-old man has been jailed for walking through Stevenage town centre with a snooker ball tied in a sock.

A Stevenage teenager is to stand trial after pleading not guilty to GBH in a Letchworth stabbing case.

A 21-year-old Stevenage man has appeared in court charged with GBH after a stabbing outside the town’s railway station last weekend.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a motorcyclist from Letchworth received serious injuries in a crash on the A505 near Royston on Wednesday.

Garden House Hospice Care’s Starlight Walk in Letchworth has been cancelled – in what would have been its 10th year.

Plans for large-scale future housing growth in parts of Central Bedfordshire have not been shelved and are set to remain in the Local Plan for the area, it has been revealed.

A 32-year-old paedophile is in custody after he today pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl in Stevenage.

Young book-lovers in North Herts and Stevenage have been receiving their medals and certificates after the annual Summer Reading Challenge.

A day nursery in Hitchin has celebrated its 25th birthday.

Biggleswade and Clifton citizens decorated in the Queen’s Birthday Honours have received their medals from Her Majesty’s representative in Bedfordshire.

Hitchin Girls’ School has become the first school in Hertfordshire to offer only compostable food packaging, as part of a drive to reduce its carbon footprint.

Sandy Photography Club has completed a new exhibition called 53 Faces of Potton, and is now looking for a venue.

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is asking patients to nominate their hospital heroes for this year’s staff awards, which are designed to recognise good practice and compassionate care.

Fast evening services calling at Letchworth and Royston on the Great Northern line are to be restored, it has been announced today.

Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice is inviting people to take part in its 10th annual Starlight Hike on September 22, to remember loved ones and raise money.

A Stevenage mum has arranged a special heart day celebration for her son who needed life support and open-heart surgery as a newborn.

A Biggleswade school lacks a school crossing warden because a recruit pulled out just before term started, Central Bedfordshire Council has said.