http://www.thecomet.net The latest news from across Comet Country http://www.thecomet.net/herts24/thecomet/assets/images/logorss.gif http://www.thecomet.net http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2016%3A41%3A04%3A920 JEWELLERY was stolen during a burglary at a house in Hitchin over the weekend. It happened sometime between Friday morning and Sunday evening in Hampden Road. Various electrical items, cash and items of jewellery were taken. These included a ladies solid... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2016%3A41%3A04%3A920 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2017%3A11%3A46%3A547 Traffic is moving smoothly on the A1 (M) through Comet country on Monday night during rush hour. The only problems are around junction 3 and 4 both ways either side of the Hatfield Tunnel because of the roadworks and a 40mph speed limit. Motorists are als... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2017%3A11%3A46%3A547 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2016%3A18%3A10%3A963 PLANS for fashion guru Gok Wan and his team to come to Stevenage to film an episode of Gok s Fashion Fix for Channel 4 have been ditched. A spokesman for Channel 4 said the team, who had been canvassing for support in the town centre last week, made the d... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2016%3A18%3A10%3A963 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2013%3A53%3A01%3A260 AN internet safety talk is being held in Letchworth GC tomorrow (February 9) by the North Herts Crime Prevention Panel. The event, which is in support of Safer Internet Day, will take place at Howard Hall from 7pm. Parents, teaching staff, youth group lea... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2013%3A53%3A01%3A260 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2015%3A12%3A50%3A260 A LODGER stabbed to death another man at the house where they lived after being asked to keep the bathroom clean. Emmanuel Igwegby, 41, stabbed Antonio Samuels with a kitchen knife 45 times during the attack. Today (Monday) a court heard that Mr Samuels,... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2015%3A12%3A50%3A260 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2014%3A10%3A35%3A867 A DOCTOR who grew up in Comet country is organising an airlift of medical supplies to Afghanistan, where she is setting up a clinic in a women s prison. Karen Woo, who grew up in Brixham Close in Stevenage, is part of Bridge Afghanistan – a not-for-profit... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2014%3A10%3A35%3A867 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2014%3A06%3A41%3A970 A clothing retailer that has shops in Letchworth GC and Stevenage went into administration today. Ethel Austin, with shops in Eastcheap, Letchworth GC, and Queensway, Stevenage, has gone into administration for the second time in two years. Administrators... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2014%3A06%3A41%3A970 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2010%3A37%3A38%3A133 A MAN has been deported after being caught working illegally in Comet country. A 22-year-old man from Pakistan, who had overstayed his visa, was arrested working at McDonald s on the Monkswood Retail Park in Stevenage on Thursday, as part of a raid by the... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2010%3A37%3A38%3A133 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2010%3A20%3A19%3A357 A MAN in his sixties who fell down a staircase at a snooker club in Hitchin on Friday has died. Herts Air Ambulance landed in Market Place at about 2.20pm to treat the patient, who had sustained serious head injuries after falling down the stairs at Hitch... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2010%3A20%3A19%3A357 http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2009%3A10%3A16%3A500 Heavy traffic is reported southbound on the A1 (M) between junction 8 and 7 around Stevenage on Monday morning and further south there is slow moving traffic between junction 6 at Welwyn and 4 Hertford as well as either side of the Hatfield Tunnel. On the... http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED08%20Feb%202010%2009%3A10%3A16%3A500