The Comet

The cause of the blaze at Bedfordshire Growers in Biggleswade was accidental, the county’s fire service has concluded today.

A dramatic comedy full of twists, turns, strained relationships, scandal, gossip, secrets and dark humour opens in Stevenage next week.

A man was pushed over and attacked with his own umbrella in Hitchin by a robber who then walked off with the brolly at the weekend.

A three-day garden show returns to the grounds of Knebworth House over the May bank holiday weekend.

Thieves targeted the plants from the UK’s first roundabout in Letchworth on Friday and North Herts District Council are now working to have new flowers planted.

Police are appealing for information to trace a man wanted in connection with a collision in Sandy last week.

Baldock and Letchworth firefighters are inviting the public to visit the station for an open day on Saturday.

Judges have spent hours pouring over nominations for this year’s Comet Community Awards, praising the high quality of the entries.

The Letchworth History Group will welcome Lord Matthew Taylor to speak at the Ebenezer Howard memorial lecture, being held on Tuesday to commemorate the 90th anniversary of his death.

Splash parks in North Herts are to spring into action for the summer months next weekend.

A Letchworth business is one of only six companies across the UK that has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

The North Herts Beekeeping Association has teamed up with Letchworth’s Heritage Foundation to improve bees habitats in Willian.

An exhibition celebrating the life and works of architect Barry Parker will be on display at Letchworth’s Broadway Gallery from next week.

A new dementia club has been launched in Letchworth by a housing association in a bid to tackle poor nutritional intake and social isolation, and to offer well-deserved breaks to carers.

NHS trusts across England have bought more than 600 million disposable cups since 2013, with the East and North Herts NHS Trust purchasing 11,139,673 – the most in the East of England.

With a House of Commons debate focused on the serious complications now associated with the use of surgical mesh implants, a Stevenage woman has spoken out about how the procedure has ruined her life.

The future of Central Bedfordshire is beginning to take shape after the district’s Local Plan was approved at a full council meeting last night.

Herts County Council has been explaining why it has stopped accepting rigid plastics at recycling centres.

We’re three weeks away from the new Great Northern timetable being rolled out – which operator Govia Thameslink Railway is hailing as the “biggest timetable shake-up in UK rail history.”

An air ambulance landed in Hitchin yesterday afternoon to attended to an injured person.