The Comet

A former midwife at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital has been struck off after she admitted stealing more than £5,000 from patients and colleagues to pay for items including Florida holidays and clothes.

A Letchworth school for children with learning difficulties celebrated its 40th anniversary on Friday, with former headteachers on hand to join the party.

A young ramblers group celebrated their 10th anniversary with a special birthday walk on Saturday.

Two co-workers from a Letchworth bar are to trek all the way to Brighton next week to raise funds to help fight Parkinson’s disease.

The family of film critic Barry Norman have paid tribute to his remarkable life, which came to a much-lamented end on Friday night after 60 years in Datchworth.

There is heavy congestion on the A1(M) southbound between Baldock Services and Stevenage this morning after a crash and a van breakdown.

Great Northern and Thameslink rail passengers who use a key smartcard now get automatic compensation for delays of more than 15 minutes, the line operator has announced.

The opening date for the hotly-anticipated Stevenage Debenhams store has been revealed, and the search is now on for a community hero to receive a personal styling session with celebrity fashion designer Julien Macdonald on the day.

The headteacher of a Biggleswade school has praised the prompt actions of staff and firefighters yesterday for preventing a large blaze from turning into a “disaster”.

Hundreds of young people gathered in Hitchin town centre at the weekend in a tremendous show of support for the scouting movement in North Herts.

Pupils from a Hitchin school have been busy helping out in the community.

Award-winning blog Muddy Stilettos has just celebrated the best of Herts with the Muddy Herts Awards, designed to support, encourage and celebrate the very best lifestyle businesses in the county.

Staff and pupils at Almond Hill Primary School in Stevenage have been celebrating their new building reaching its highest point.

A suspected drunk driver was arrested in Arlesey last night after a police chase starting on the A507.

Former light-heavyweight champion boxer John Conteh – awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to boxing and charity – paid a visit to Stevenage last week to inspire a new generation.

A motorist led police on a car chase through Stevenage, Hitchin and Luton last night before crashing into a bollard.

A doctors’ surgery has issued a warning to its patients after a blade from a Stanley knife was found attached to a door handle, seemingly put there with the malicious intent of hurting somebody.

Firefighters raced to a blaze at a school in Biggleswade this afternoon.