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

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.

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

A body found in woodland near Stevenage has been identified as murdered Hatfield student Joy Morgan, police have confirmed this evening.

One person was taken to Stevenage's Lister Hospital for further care following multiple crashes on the A1(M) yesterday.

A swimming teacher, who works in Hatfield and lives in Stevenage, has been named the best in her area.

A vehicle crashing into a bridge between Hitchin and Stevenage has delayed train services in the area.

A broken down train at Potters Bar is causing delays for travellers between London and Stevenage.

A number of incidents, including broken down trains, are causing hour long waits from London stations.

Roadworks which started on two major Stevenage roads yesterday have been causing heavy traffic in the town - and delays are set to continue.

Police have named the victim of a car crash in Suffolk as a 21-year-old man from Stevenage.

A Stevenage personal trainer will be undertaking a 90-mile walk this week to raise funds for a mental health charity, after improving his fitness helped to turn his life around.

Police officers have thanked the parents of three Stevenage schoolgirls - arrested yesterday on suspicion of causing unnecessary suffering to two kittens - for their co-operation after interviews were carried out with the girls.

Three Stevenage schoolgirls have been arrested on suspicion of causing unnecessary harm to animals after a video showing kittens being thrown was posted on social media.

A Stevenage county councillor will hold an 'emergency demonstration' outside Barclay Academy tomorrow morning in response to the news headteacher Mark Allchorn will be leaving at Easter.

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