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Matalan store confirms closure date ahead of demolition for flats

Matalan store front Stevenage

Planning and Development

Georgia Barrow

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Stevenage's Matalan store is set for closure and the building will be demolished to make way for 526 apartments.

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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North Road police

Road closed as emergency services attend crash in Stevenage

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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The Comet is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month

Comet 50: Celebrating five decades of your local newspaper

Bianca Wild

New zebra crossing on Chells Way in Stevenage

Hertfordshire County Council

Pedestrians 'dicing with death' on new zebra crossing

Louise McEvoy

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A new Co-op regional distribution centre is coming to Symmetry Park in Biggleswade. Picture: Inform

Couple appeals to public to help find missing pension money

Maya Derrick

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Boradway Cinema in letchworth

Lockdown Easing

Broadway Cinema ready to welcome back movie lovers

Georgia Barrow

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Missing teen found safe and well

Dan Mountney

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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

Liz Whitelock trips over in Hitchin due to dim streetlighting

'A lot more needs to be done' - Hitchin resident's petition for better...

Maya Derrick

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Musicians ensured the Baldock Fleadh took place again this year.

Arts & Culture

Baldock Fleadh keeps going for 12th year

Alan Davies

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

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Bomb squad called after suspected grenade found in Hitchin

Maya Derrick

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Amoré Salon's director and massage therapist Laurence René is offering free massages for NHS staff in April and May

Salon gives more than 100 free massages to NHS staff

Maya Derrick

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Hitchin Boys' School's head Fergal Moane with one of the eight week old puppies that visited the school this week

Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: Students benefit from puppy power

Maya Derrick

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Local Elections 2021

County council elections round-up for Stevenage and North Herts

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

County councillor Richard Roberts

Local Elections 2021

Richard Roberts set to become leader of Herts County Council

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

Stevenage doctor Karen Woo sitting outside with children in Afghanistan

Health

Legacy of doctor killed by Taliban helps Afghan school

Louise McEvoy

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Roebuck Nursing Home threw a VE Day street party to commemorate the occasion

'A great day had by all' - care home celebrates VE Day

Maya Derrick

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Best Employers

Best Employers grow with shared insights

Simon Weir

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Coronavirus

Prime minister to give green light for May 17 Covid-19 lockdown easing

Dan Grimmer

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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

Alan Davies

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David Lloyd - Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Elections

David Lloyd 'delighted' to be re-elected as Police and Crime Commissioner

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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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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North Road police

Road closed as emergency services attend crash in Stevenage

Georgia Barrow

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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

Alan Davies

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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

Maya Derrick

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Police were called at 10.26am yesterday (Thursday, May 6) to reports of two people being held against their will

Three arrested after two people held against their will

Maya Derrick

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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

Maya Derrick

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News

Drop-in COVID vaccine sessions available this week

Robertson House vaccination centre in Stevenage

Georgia Barrow

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For this week only, anyone over 40 can walk into a number of vaccination centres across Hertfordshire and west Essex without an appointment.

Matalan store front Stevenage

Planning and Development

Matalan store confirms closure date ahead of demolition for flats

Georgia Barrow

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Hitchin Boys' School's head Fergal Moane with one of the eight week old puppies that visited the school this week

Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: Students benefit from puppy power

Maya Derrick

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Boradway Cinema in letchworth

Lockdown Easing

Broadway Cinema ready to welcome back movie lovers

Georgia Barrow

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Liz Whitelock trips over in Hitchin due to dim streetlighting

'A lot more needs to be done' - Hitchin resident's petition for better...

Maya Derrick

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Things to do

Broadway Cinema ready to welcome back movie lovers

Boradway Cinema in letchworth

Lockdown Easing

Georgia Barrow

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Letchworth’s iconic Broadway Cinema is set to re-open on May 17, following months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Clare Butler

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Musicians ensured the Baldock Fleadh took place again this year.

Arts & Culture

Baldock Fleadh keeps going for 12th year

Alan Davies

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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

Alan Davies

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The Luna Cinema at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire

Film

Open-air cinema returns to Knebworth House this summer

Alan Davies

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Sport

Squirrels and Spartans at Hatfield Five

Spartans Ken Jude and Jim Brown at Bovingdon.

Running

Matt Adams

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After being delayed for six months by the pandemic, at the last moment the Hatfield Five mile race was relocated to Bovingdon near Hemel Hempstead. In a last minute and smoothly organised relocation the event took place on the Drift Limits car...

Letchworth Rugby Club Colts

Rugby

Letchworth triumph over Royston in inaugural match

Matt Adams

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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

Neil Metcalfe

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Romain Vincelot of Stevenage FC

Stevenage FC

'Priceless' ending at Stevenage as Romain Vincelot hangs up the boots

Neil Metcalfe

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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

Alan Davies

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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

Alan Davies

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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

Alan Davies

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