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Grant Shapps MP: 'We are revolutionising rail travel'

Tom Moran, Thameslink and Great Northern managing director, with Grant Shapps MP

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Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, joined Thameslink crew on board one of the first Welwyn Garden City to Sevenoaks (via central London) trains.

Stevenage former bus station

Stevenage Regeneration

Application submitted for events space on former bus station

Georgia Barrow

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Images show how the new multi-storey car park may look from Lytton Way

Stevenage Regeneration

Year-long closure for car park as work for new multi-storey set to begin

Georgia Barrow

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Hitchin and Harpenden MP Bim Afolami

'I'm listening!' - Hitchin and Harpenden MP responds to Conservative...

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North Herts election 2022

Local Election 2022

Election 2022: Gains made for Labour and Lib Dems in North Herts

Georgia Barrow

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The Stevenage Borough Council Local Election 2022 took place on Thursday, May 5

Local Election 2022 | Special Report

Stevenage: Political leaders react to the Local Election 2022 results

Will Durrant

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North Herts election 2022

Local Election 2022 | Live

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

Georgia Barrow

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Labour's Anne Wells, who won the Roebuck seat, and Jim Brown, for Old Town, both made gains

Local Election 2022

Stevenage election results: Labour gains in Old Town and Roebuck

Will Durrant

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Join The Comet for LIVE updates from election night in Stevenage

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Local Election 2022: LIVE updates from election night in Stevenage

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North Herts Council bin collection dates will change for the week after the May Bank Holiday.

North Herts Council bin collection dates after May Bank Holiday

Alan Davies

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Rollout of Energy Bills Rebate begins in Central Beds

Louise McEvoy

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Sir Keir Starmer at Co-Space in Stevenage

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INTERVIEW: Labour leader Keir Starmer on cost of living in Stevenage

Will Durrant

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Matylda playing with the new sound and dance arch at Bancroft, Hitchin

More than £200k worth of play equipment to be installed in North Herts

Georgia Barrow

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Proposed phone mast site in Fishers Green in Stevenage

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Appeal allows 5G phone mast to be erected

Louise McEvoy

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Bin collection dates in North Herts will be revised due to the Christmas and New Year holidays.

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Revised North Herts Council Easter bin collection dates

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Premises in Stevenage have the second-highest food hygiene scores in the East of England, but St Albans comes in bottom

Food and Drink

Stevenage and St Albans at opposite ends of food hygiene rating table

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Chez Burton, Baldock was granted a new licence by North Herts Council

Green light for restaurant garden despite noise concerns

Matthew Smith, local democracy reporter

Hitchin Holy Savior Guides helped for the Great British Spring Clean

Environment News

Communities rally together against litter with Great British Spring Clean

Georgia Barrow

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Stevenage Borough Council office

Local Election 2022

Local Election 2022: Who are the candidates for Stevenage?

Georgia Barrow

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The North Herts District Council offices. Picture: DANNY LOO

Local Election 2022

Local Election 2022: North Herts candidates revealed

Georgia Barrow

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Ballot Box

Local Election 2022

When is deadline to register to vote in the local elections?

Matthew Smith, Local Democracy Reporter

Churchgate Shopping Centre, Hitchin. Picture: DANNY LOO

North Herts Council

Council's renewed plans to buy Churchgate after failed bid

Matthew Smith, local democracy reporter

Swingate House, Stevenage, which unexpectedly collapsed on Tuesday, March 22

Stevenage Borough Council

Debris from collapsed Swingate House gone 'by early next week'

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Stevenage Borough Council

Stevenage welcomes refugees from Ukraine

Louise McEvoy

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The Garden Square project for Stevenage town centre has been approved by the council's Executive

Stevenage Regeneration

Green light for three major projects including technology centre

Georgia Barrow

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Hitchin byelection lib dems

Local Election 2022

Hitchin by-election: Lib Dems hold seats for district and county

Deborah Price, local democracy reporter

Hitchin Highbury by-election candidates Deolinda Eltringham, Raj Bhakar and Samuel Forsyth

Local Election 2022

Meet your Hitchin Highbury by-election candidates

Matthew Smith, local democracy reporter

Stevenage Borough Council budget meeting 2022

Stevenage Borough Council

Savings to be made after pandemic cost Stevenage council almost £5m

Matthew Smith, local democracy reporter

Sharon Taylor and Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg have spoken on the unfolding situation in Ukraine

Council leaders address 'attack on democracy' as horror unfolds in Ukraine

Georgia Barrow

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Woolmer Green Village Pond

Parish council ‘disappointed’ as pond clear up threatens countryside

Dan Mountney