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Garden House Hospice Care’s Christmas Fayre is set to bring festive cheer, with more than 35 independent stall holders selling a variety of gifts.

A Letchworth-based MS Therapy centre has changed the life of a woman who discovered her cancer had returned after testing positive for COVID-19.

Electricals retailer AO has announced that its in-store experience has opened at Tesco Extra in Stevenage.

Christmas will be very different this year affecting many seasonal activities - including religious services.

Community heroes who volunteer to help those in need can now be nominated at the North Herts District Council Chair’s Volunteer Achievement Awards.

The Market Theatre in Hitchin is open for Christmas with the venue’s popular annual adult panto kicking off tonight (Friday).

Willow’s annual charity Christmas Carol Concert has gone online this year.

A yellow weather warning has been put in place for our areas, as temperatures are expected to hit freezing overnight.

Dancers in Codicote have been out getting their Thriller on pre-lockdown and hope people enjoy their performance in these crazy times.

A Stevenage resident who served in the army for more than 20 years has shared his own experience of homelessness, ahead of the launch of his global challenge that is trying to raise awareness for rough sleeping.

A number of our town’s businesses have teamed up with drop-in charity Feed Up Warm Up on separate schemes to help the homeless this Christmas.

Hopes for a return to more normal lives for all have soared with news of the vaccine roll-out. Here, medical experts unite in their reassurance to the public that vaccines meet strict standards of safety and effectiveness.

Herts police have issued a warning to all van owners in the Stevenage area, after a spate of thefts in car parks in recent days.

Coronavirus cases in Stevenage and North Herts have continued their steady decline, as the county now enters Tier Two restrictions.

A special light switch-on ceremony was held at Lister Hospital earlier this week, to remember loved ones and thank NHS staff for their work during an unprecedented year.

A Letchworth gift range has gone on sale just in time for Christmas, encouraging the Shop Local message as well as forming part of a national campaign.

A Baldock woman, along with 20 friends, will be donning their best Christmas outfits for a 5k run in aid of a cancer charity following her diagnosis.

Christmas has certainly come early for one man this year, as he will suit up for a special fundraiser for Age UK and North Herts and Stevenage Samaritans.

A long-awaited coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, and people can begin getting the jab as early as next week.

A coronavirus vaccine centre is to be set-up in Stevenage, where the recently approved Pfizer/BioNTech shots could be available as early as next week.