The Comet

Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day tomorrow, an awareness event has been held at Stevenage Central Library.

A detective constable from the British Transport Police has said there is “no excuse” to carry a knife after a 20-year-old Stevenage man was jailed for seven years for stabbing a taxi driver.

The author of a book on a infamous unsolved Hitchin murder is appearing on the UK’s most successful history podcast today – exactly 100 years after the crime took place.

Officers from Herts police’s Operation Mantis team were supported by the National Crime Agency and the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit to carry out raids at addresses across the county.

With the chance to gain valuable qualifications from the comfort of your own home, it’s easy to understand why online learning is becoming increasingly popular. Client partner Phil Lambton from vision2learn, an online platform offering nationally accredited courses, shares some key information about e-learning.

Letchworth’s Heritage Foundation has launched its three-year strategy which aims to make the town “a great place for everyone”.

A Hitchin man has been jailed for three years after subjecting his ex-partner to a “year of terror”.

It may only have been a week since the official launch of the Comet Community Awards 2019, but entries are already coming in thick and fast from readers.

Campaigners protesting against the forced takeover of a secondary school by an academy trust will march through the streets of Stevenage on Saturday.

Airbus boss Tom Enders has said the business may have to make “harmful decisions for the UK” should there be a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, potentially affecting 1,200 employees in Stevenage.

Stevenage and Baldock’s Patisserie Valerie stores have both closed after the cafe chain went into administration on Tuesday.

Muddy Mayhem is back for 2019, and is calling on all those looking to get fit and enjoy themselves to take part and help meet the overall fundraising target of £60,000 for Garden House Hospice Care.

A Porsche driver has been banned after he was clocked doing 123mph on the A1(M) in Hertfordshire.

Dog lovers in Baldock have come together and been on the look out for missing terrior cross dog Ernie, who vanished on Saturday, leaving his family devastated.

Stevenage FC Foundation is putting on community-based football sessions at Hertfordshire FA’s state-of-the-art pitch.

Entries for this year’s 13.1-mile Greenway Challenge in Letchworth are now open.

A former Stevenage FC footballer and two of his brothers have been jailed for fraud after siphoning off money from a charity they set up for poor African children.

Taxi drivers across Herts were invited to a training session in Letchworth to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.

High streets minister Jake Berry was given a guided tour of Hitchin yesterday as he discussed North Herts District Council’s plans for the regeneration of Churchgate.

Pro-Europe campaigners are calling on Harpenden and Hitchin MP Bim Afolami to honour his pledge not to support a No Deal Brexit.