The Comet

It may be a while until the kids go back to school, but pupils across Biggleswade will be all kitted out thanks to a uniform drive that has received a huge number of donations.

The family of a Sandon farmer – who became county vice lord lieutenant, high Sheriff, North Herts District councillor and a Stevenage vicar – have spoken about his eventful life following his death aged 71.

Herts County Council is sending more and more waste to be burnt by incinerators.

Teenagers involved in the National Citizen Service in Letchworth have organised a charity quiz and raffle night for Carers in Hertfordshire.

A Biggleswade Athletic Club high jumper has won a silver medal while representing England at the SIAB Schools’ International competition.

The July 31 deadline set by North Herts council’s cabinet for a deal over the would-be district museum entrance in Hitchin has passed without an agreement.

A Letchworth woman says she faces being moved from her home after repeatedly asking her housing association to install a ramp, to no avail.

With an appeal launched to help raise £338,000 to expand the neonatal family room at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital, a dad whose son was born 12 weeks prematurely has spoken of the desperate need for this improved facility.

Babies and toddlers have brought joy and laughter to elderly residents living in a care home, through a special event held on Friday.

A debt of £3 million has been run up by a firm managing Central Bedfordshire’s legal affairs.

A crackdown on housing fraud is underway in Central Bedfordshire.

A benefit fraudster from Stevenage who falsely claimed more than £9,000 has been ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid community work.

Brandles School in Baldock has welcomed the arrival of a new skills centre that will allow students to learn decorating, carpentry, plastering, plumbing and bricklaying.

There were goals galore as friends played a charity football match in memory of Stevenage’s Mike Quinlan, who tragically took his own life earlier this year.

Hundreds of people came together in Sandy at the weekend for the community church’s Party in the Park event.

Garden waste collections were not completed on time in Baldock, Royston and many North Herts villages this week.

A 20-year-old Stevenage woman who gave her boyfriend a literal kiss of life when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest has been hailed “a true hero”.

Developers proposing to revamp a Stevenage office building and add a six-storey extension last week had to present accounts after their firm was threatened with liquidation.

A motorist was cut free from his car and taken to hospital after a crash on a major Stevenage road yesterday afternoon.

A man who felt suicidal due to his crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol has spoken of how a rehabilitation charity - which has been given a funding boost to expand its work - has helped save his life.