A CYCLIST was taken to hospital after colliding with a car last night (Monday).

Emergency services were called to Six Hills Way in Stevenage at the junction with Gunnels Wood Road at about 6.10pm on Monday after reports that a grey Seat Ibiza was in collision with a man riding a bike.

The cyclist, a man in his 40s, was taken to Lister Hospital with minor injuries.

Fifteen minutes earlier there was another crash in the town involving a red Nissan Micra and a blue Ford Fiesta in Grace Way at the junction with Sish Lane

An ambulance spokesman said no one required hospital treatment.