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

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Maya Derrick

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More than 1,500 children are hit by the funding changes, most of them of primary school age.
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?

Maya Derrick

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County councillor Richard Roberts

Local Elections 2021

Richard Roberts set to become leader of Herts County Council

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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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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Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner David Lloyd is calling for the withdrawal of digital con

Local Elections 2021

Conservative David Lloyd re-elected as Herts Police and Crime Commissioner

Anne Suslak

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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 Herts Health Ride is taking place this summer to raise money for local hospitals

Get on your bike to support local hospitals

Akshay Raja

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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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Michael Chilvers, medical director at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Hospital reopens all operating theatres as waiting lists get longer

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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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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Herts County Council's party leaders Cllr Judi Billing, Cllr Teresa Heritage and Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst

Councillors' 'disappointment' at High Court judgement on remote council...

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash has been added to the Standon Calling 2021 festival line-up.

Music

Jake Bugg and Grandmaster Flash added to Standon Calling festival line-up

Alan Davies

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Artist Eleanor Breeze in her studio.

Arts & Culture

Artist needs your help for her residency at Letchworth's Broadway Gallery

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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Adult panto cast members Nick Hooton, Carrie Bunyan and Jemma Carlisle in rehearsal at the Market Theatre in Hitchin.

Arts & Culture

Hitchin's Market Theatre set to reopen with return of the adult panto

Alan Davies

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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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The majority of COVID-19 infections in Hertfordshire were contracted in schools and shops, the latest data shows.

COVID marshals to be recruited in Herts amid fears of a third wave

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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A family with the T-Rex at World of Dinosaurs at Paradise Wildlife Park.

What's on this weekend? 9 ideas for things to do this May Bank Holiday

Alan Davies

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A happy housewife woman pictured in a laundry room with washing machine

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Opinion: How much money do you need to be happy?

Peter Sharkey

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David Greaves London Marathon

Could you run the London Marathon to support Herts Community Foundation?

Dan Mountney

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Quentin Baker, Herts County Council chief legal officer 

Hertfordshire County Council

Council hopes of continued remote meetings are dashed by High Court

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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Polling stations are open until 10pm tonight for this year's local elections.

Local Elections 2021

How to vote safely at polling stations on May 6

Anne Suslak

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The candidates for Police and Crime Commissioner in Hertfordshire

Who are the candidates for Police and Crime Commissioner in Herts?

Anne Suslak

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Fiona Curran's The place of our wealth, (2021), a fabric collage on canvas.

Letchworth gallery 'excited' to present work by influential artist

Alan Davies

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