Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir Charles Kao, whose work formed the basis for the 1977 Hitchin-to-Stevenage fibre optic trial, has died at the age of 84.
Hitchin Ladies First XV made it two consecutive wins and climbed to the top the league after a battling 12-0 win over Stockwood Park on Sunday afternoon.
Stevenage boss Dino Maamria has been speaking with Layth Yousif after his side beat Grimsby Town 1-0 at the Lamex to move up to ninth place in the League Two table.
Dino Maamria’s Stevenage side host visitors Grimsby Town at the Lamex on Saturday as they bid to build on their encouraging form since the disappointing 1-0 defeat to Cambridge at the start of September.
An a capella group of women from Herts, Beds and Cambs are stopping off in Stevenage for a show, before flying off to the USA for an international event.
An online scrapbook documenting photographs and reminiscences of Wymondley parish, near Hitchin, has gone from strength to strength since being featured in the Comet.
This year, in recognition of the centenary of women’s suffrage, Jordans Mill near Biggleswade is celebrating extraordinary women – and one particular woman whose dedication to her family’s business has been paramount to its success.
