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Stevenage man sentenced for racist assault and criminal damage

A young man who kicked his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, broke into his parents house and stol

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A Stevenage vandal has been sentenced after damaging a car and committing a racially aggravated assault in Letchworth.

St Albans Crown Court. Picture: DANNY LOO

Trial date set after pair charged with detaining people against their will

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A small dog was attacked and bitten in two places by a larger dog at Paul Mallagan Playing Fields, Stevenage on May 7

Dog bitten in two places at attack in playing fields

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Robertson House vaccination centre in Stevenage

Drop-in COVID vaccine sessions available this week

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The launch of the da Vinci Xi robot at Lister Hospital in Stevenage

Robot assists with cancer operations at Lister Hospital

Akshay Raja

North Road police

Road closed as emergency services attend crash in Stevenage

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Matalan store front Stevenage

Planning and Development

Matalan store confirms closure date ahead of demolition for flats

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Ian Rogerson and his wife Jacqui celebrating the Comet's 50th anniversary from their home in Spain

Comet turns 50

Comet 50: 'I am proud to say I was there at the birth'

Ian Rogerson

File photo dated 14/09/17 of a man withdrawing money from an ATM. Cash machine use has jumped as loc

Community rallies to help couple after pension money goes missing

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Hollywood Bowl Group confirms the reopening of its centres across England and Wales on 17th May

Lockdown Easing

May 17: Newly refurbed Hollywood Bowl to reopen on Monday

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The Comet is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month

Comet 50: Celebrating five decades of your local newspaper

Bianca Wild

Govia Thameslink railway station improvements

Govia Thameslink makes railway station accessibility improvements

Dan Mountney

Shoppers out in force wearing masks in Norwich city centre on the first day it became mandatory for

Coronavirus

Masks scrapped 'as early as next month' and over 35s jabs 'soon'

Donna-Louise Bishop

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street

Coronavirus

Boris Johnson - Time between Covid jabs cut in response to Indian variant

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An aerial view of Chells Park, Stevenage

Council calls on 'litter heroes' for the Great British Spring Clean

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Mental Health Awareness Week - photo of 'mental health' written on a laptop

Mental Health

Serious attempts at suicide rocket in pandemic grip

Louise McEvoy

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The coronavirus lockdown will give you plenty of time to come up with a fundraising idea to support

Man dies after falling ill in town centre

Maya Derrick

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A woman walks past the shops in Porthcawl, Wales, during a heavy downpour. Picture date: Saturday Ma

Lockdown Easing | Video

What will the weather be like when lockdown lifts?

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Comet mastheads through the decades

Comet turns 50

Celebrating five decades of the Comet: A look back at 1971

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Mama Baby Play, located on Sun Street in Hitchin, will reopen its doors once more on May 17 as lockdown restrictions ease

Lockdown Easing

Play area 'can't wait' to welcome back families as lockdown eases

Maya Derrick

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Schools across Herts miss out on £1.9 million of free school meal funding

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Boradway Cinema in letchworth

Lockdown Easing

Broadway Cinema ready to welcome back movie lovers

Georgia Barrow

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North Herts Museum will finally reopen its doors on Tuesday, May 18

Lockdown Easing

North Herts Museum announces reopening date

Maya Derrick

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North Herts District Council offices in Gernon Road, Letchworth. Picture: North Herts District Counc

Local Election

Party leaders respond to election result in North Herts

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A young man who kicked his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, broke into his parents house and stol

Stevenage man sentenced for racist assault and criminal damage

Maya Derrick

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Matalan store front Stevenage

Planning and Development

Matalan store confirms closure date ahead of demolition for flats

Georgia Barrow

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Robertson House vaccination centre in Stevenage

Drop-in COVID vaccine sessions available this week

Georgia Barrow

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Hollywood Bowl Group confirms the reopening of its centres across England and Wales on 17th May

Lockdown Easing

May 17: Newly refurbed Hollywood Bowl to reopen on Monday

Maya Derrick

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A Stevenage Council meeting was told that total job losses in Herts, due to Covid-19, were expected

Local Elections 2021

Full list of Stevenage results for Local Elections 2021

Maya Derrick

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There is a by-election in Hitchin's Oughton ward.

Local Elections 2021

Local Elections 2021: Stevenage Borough Council

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Police officers reported to the Chevronic Centre on Wilbury Way, Hitchin, after the owner found a suspected grenade

Updated

Bomb squad called after suspected grenade found in Hitchin

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New zebra crossing on Chells Way in Stevenage

Hertfordshire County Council

Pedestrians 'dicing with death' on new zebra crossing

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News

Robot assists with cancer operations at Lister Hospital

The launch of the da Vinci Xi robot at Lister Hospital in Stevenage

Akshay Raja

A robot is already making a difference to patients undergoing cancer treatment at Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street

Coronavirus

Boris Johnson - Time between Covid jabs cut in response to Indian variant

Aaron McMillan

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A young man who kicked his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, broke into his parents house and stol

Stevenage man sentenced for racist assault and criminal damage

Maya Derrick

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Schools across Herts miss out on £1.9 million of free school meal funding

Maya Derrick

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Govia Thameslink railway station improvements

Govia Thameslink makes railway station accessibility improvements

Dan Mountney

Things to do

North Herts Museum announces reopening date

North Herts Museum will finally reopen its doors on Tuesday, May 18

Lockdown Easing

Maya Derrick

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After being forced to close its doors since the third national lockdown, Hitchin's North Hertfordshire Museum will finally reopen its doors on Tuesday, May 18.

Boradway Cinema in letchworth

Lockdown Easing

Broadway Cinema ready to welcome back movie lovers

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Strictly favourites Anton and Giovanni set for star-studded show in Peterborough and Stevenage.

Theatre | Video

Strictly favourites Anton and Giovanni set for star-studded show

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Musicians ensured the Baldock Fleadh took place again this year.

Arts & Culture

Baldock Fleadh keeps going for 12th year

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The Abbey Theatre auditorium in St Albans adapted for a COVID-19 safe audience.

Arts & Culture

5 venues and leisure attractions that can reopen from Monday, May 17

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Sport

Hitchin's bowling effort cost Broxbourne batsmen momentum

Hitchin Cricket Club 1st XI v Broxbourne Cricket Club 1st XI

Cricket

Chris Maylin

As expected for cricket in England, the weather gods intervened in the first competitive weekend of cricket in 2021. At 10.30am it looked doubtful any game would be played at all but thanks to the rain stopping and a drying wind a...

Spartans Ken Jude and Jim Brown at Bovingdon.

Running

Squirrels and Spartans at Hatfield Five

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Letchworth Rugby Club Colts

Rugby

Letchworth triumph over Royston in inaugural match

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Letchworth RFC Senior Men vs Shelford

Feisty fight to the finish for Letchworth

Brian Burke

Stevenage FC manager Alex Revell

Stevenage FC

Alex Revell delighted with Boro's improvement from relegation favourites

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Lifestyle

Comet 50: Celebrating five decades of your local newspaper

The Comet is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month

Bianca Wild

It's May 1971. Currency has just been decimalised, The Two Ronnies have made their BBC debut, and the first edition of this newspaper is soon to hit the printing press and land on doormats across Stevenage and North Herts - but not as you know it.

The Abbey Theatre auditorium in St Albans adapted for a COVID-19 safe audience.

Arts & Culture

5 venues and leisure attractions that can reopen from Monday, May 17

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Hitchin Festival is set to make its triumphant return this July, with events across the town for the entire month

Arts & Culture

Hitchin Festival to make triumphant return this summer

Maya Derrick

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This week's series 12 of Great British Railway Journeys brings Michael Portillo to Hertfordshire.

TV | Updated

Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys visits Hertfordshire

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on COVID-19.

Lockdown Easing | Updated

Your guide to what can open when COVID lockdown rules ease on May 17

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