The Comet

Parkrun celebrated its 13th birthday on Saturday – but it was no bad omen.

Dance music will meet classical at a concert coming to Hatfield for the first time next year.

Biggleswade Athletic Club has paid tribute to a much-loved member who passed away suddenly a year after taking up running as part of an inspirational lifestyle change.

A dog died on the side of the A1(M) near Stevenage yesterday after being hit by traffic.

Someone tried to burn down the former headquarters of Hitchin’s Royal British Legion branch at the weekend – and police have today appealed for witnesses.

A masquerade ball is to be held in Hitchin to raise funds to help return an open-air theatre to its former glory.

A 28-year-old who uses the surname of a notorious gangster family has just been released from prison, with the woman he beat up and tried to suffocate speaking out to warn others of what he is capable of.

A Biggleswade man came across a needle filled bag in a car park in Hitchin Street on Saturday.

Parents and children at St Christopher School in Letchworth have raised £5,358 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Father Christmas and live reindeer will be arriving at a Hertfordshire stately home for an annual festive fair next month.

Two women were seriously injured on Saturday night when a car left the road in Stevenage and ended up on its roof – and police have today appealed for witnesses.

A village store near Hitchin was robbed on Friday by a thief allegedly brandishing a knife – and detectives have today appealed for witnesses.

Hero police dog Finn, who beat the odds to survive horrific knife wounds suffered in the line of duty, will pick up a special Animal of the Year award at the House of Lords next week.

The owners of Ashwell’s Three Tuns pub and hotel have slammed its erstwhile landlady after she suddenly closed it and left without informing them.

An 47-year-old is set to return to his Stevenage roots to take part in the town’s half marathon – the 11th and final leg of a charity challenge inspired by his grandson who suffered a serious dog bite.

A North Herts hair salon marked National Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the weekend by raising £190 to help end the disease.

A Hitchin businesswoman who had her house burgled and car stolen at the weekend has thanked the community for rallying round – and appealed for help tracking down her belongings.

Police and ambulance crews have been called to a crash involving a car and a motor scooter in Stevenage this afternoon.

A bag snatched from an 82-year-old widow in a Hitchin alleyway yesterday contained a watch given to her by her late husband, the Comet has been told.

Hitchin’s Priory School and youth charity Phase hosted nearly 200 students and staff at their second annual mental health and wellbeing conference on Friday.