Train fares are set to rise by 1.6 per cent in 2021 in line with inflation, it was announced today.

Two lanes on the A1(M) have been closed by police after a crash near Welwyn Garden City.

GP practices and community pharmacies across East and North Hertfordshire will remain open for people this May Bank Holiday.

Chart-topping singer James Morrison will perform an online concert on Instagram for Welwyn Hatfield-based charity Willow.

A number of places have committed to dropping parking charges for NHS staff and other essential workers for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.

A £2.6 million plan to increase the number of places at SEND schools in our area for the next academic year has been agreed upon by Hertfordshire County Council.

More than 72 per cent of people who phone NHS 111 needing urgent care are helped on the phone, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

Great Northern and Thameslink services between Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage have been disrupted due to a person being taken ill on a train.

The NHS trust which runs Stevenage’s Lister Hospital and Welwyn Garden City’s New QEII Hospital has warned that “there is a very real danger [it] will run out of money and [their] supply of people will dry up”.

A multi-car crash on the A1(M) near Welwyn Garden City has partially blocked traffic along this motorway.

The health watchdog has given East and North Herts NHS Trust a ‘requires improvement’ rating for the second year running.

Two arrests have been made in Welwyn Garden City after a number of warrants relating to aggravated burglaries were carried out in the town, as well as in Hitchin and Watford.

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has launched an independent investigation into harassment and bullying, after three ambulance workers died in the space of 10 days.

Nearly 80 per cent of staff at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust – which serves Lister and the New QEII Hospitals – have reported that they work overtime due to short staffing.

A Lower Stondon lifelong rail enthusiast, who began trainspotting when he was 11, has been honoured for his service to Welwyn Garden City station.

Staff at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital and Welwyn Garden City’s New QEII are taking more and more sick days due to stress.

The government has put reforming the railways at the heart of its legislative agenda known as the Queen’s Speech.