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All the latest news, things to do and community information for Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire.

Lloyds Bank in Letchworth to shut as closures announced across the UK

Lloyds Bank, with white walls and green writing.

Personal Finance

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The Letchworth branch of Lloyds Bank will be one of 28 branches in the Lloyds Banking Group to close its doors for good this year.
Runners in the first actual Midweek Road Race League meeting since 2019.

Athletics

Midweek Road Race League back as Spartans and Squirrels join forces

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Visitors can attend the Letchworth Food and Drink Festival on the last weekend in May.

Taste buds at the ready! Letchworth's Food and Drink Festival is back

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Police officer in hi-visibility jacket

Crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Letchworth and Baldock

Louise McEvoy

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Leona Lee in action during the Three Borders international in France.

International podium place for Letchworth badminton star Leona Lee

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Jack Stevens celebrates taking the final wicket for Preston against Dunstable.

Cricket

Cricket round-up: Preston pick up three wins from three

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Vauxhall Astra flipped onto its roof in Pixmore Way in Letchworth Garden City.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Vauxhall flips onto roof in crash with Mercedes in Letchworth

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People across Hertfordshire are being urged to hand over any unlicensed firearms and ammunition as

Herts police join two-week national firearm surrender campaign

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Food produced by locals, and inspired by cuisine from around the world

Food and Drink | Interview

Foodies queue to try street food sourced, cooked and served in Herts

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Lyndsay Abbott and her neighbours in Letchworth will host a Jubilee Street Party in aid of Garden House Hospice Care

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Neighbours set to host Jubilee street party in aid of hospice

Georgia Barrow

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Letchworth Heritage Foundation is set to mark International Day of Families

Budget-friendly fun for all as Letchworth marks International Day of...

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Letchworth Eagles are leading an inclusive football program for children with disabilities.

Football

New inclusive children's football session launches in Letchworth

Neil Metcalfe

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Saghana Thayaparan added another badminton medal to her impressive haul.

Another medal for young Letchworth badminton star Saghana

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Mike Bullock and his partner Susan, who set up Spider Runners in Fairfield

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Inclusive running club offers lifeline to its members

Louise McEvoy

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Letchworth U14s won the Herts rugby County Shield.

Rugby Union

Pride in defeat for Letchworth Rugby Club's young Legends

Neil Metcalfe

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Google Maps image of Tesco Express, with dark bricks and grass outside.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Letchworth: Man escapes with 'basket full of alcohol' during Tesco break-in

Pearce Bates

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North Herts Road Runners hosted their Greenway Challenge in Letchworth.

Athletics

Athletics round-up: Greenway Challenge proves a delight for runners

Neil Metcalfe

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Sir Oliver Heald in a bubble on the right side, next to the GB flag and Ukraine flag

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Sir Oliver Heald admits five-week visa delays for Ukrainian refugees

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A Google Maps image of Muddy Lane, with trees either side.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Letchworth: Two drivers hospitalised in Muddy Lane crash

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Volunteers have seen an increase in the number of service users at the Letchworth Foodbank centres in North Herts

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Number of foodbank users increases 50 per cent as cost of living crisis...

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An uninsured driver is handcuffed by police for breach of the peace

Bedfordshire Police

Man charged with attempted kidnap in Stotfold and Letchworth

Harry Rutter

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Two police officers study a notebook.

Bedfordshire Police

'Pickaxe-wielding man' told women to enter his car in Letchworth

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North Herts election 2022

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Local Election 2022: LIVE updates from election count in North Herts

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Court of Appeal judges, including Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, will consider the sentences of five killers

Ian Stewart: Bassingbourn murder not 'exceptionally high-seriousness case'

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Adam Depra, aged 30, of no fixed address in Letchworth, was jailed for nine years at St Albans Crown Court on May 3.

St Albans Crown Court

Man jailed for nine years following attempted rapes in Stevenage

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Murderers Ian Stewart (left) and Wayne Couzens (right) are appealing their whole-life orders

Ian Stewart: Court to review Royston murderer's whole-life sentence

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Letchworth skipper Alex Amos lifts the Herts Presidents' Cup.

Rugby Union

Letchworth add county silverware to promotion joy after breathless final

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There was a bumper amount of PBs and events for runners to sink their teeth into over the May Day weekend.

Athletics

Bank holiday fun for North Herts Road Runners and Fairlands Valley Spartans

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A woman in her 20s is in an induced coma after she was struck by a car in Upper Malins, Letchworth

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Woman in her 20s left in induced coma after crash in Letchworth

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settle has launched an online consultation for its redevelopment plans in Pelican Way

Planning and Development

Have your say on proposed redevelopment in Letchworth

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