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Cost of living crisis: What to do if you can't pay your bills

With the cost of energy rising rapidly, what should you do if you cannot afford to pay your bills?

Cost of Living

Owen Sennitt

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Forecasters have warned that annual energy bills could reach nearly £5,300 by April, according to the bleakest outlook yet for households.

MP Anthony Browne is asking constituents to send in their photos of barren waterways in South Cambs

'Flood the internet' to save waterways in South Cambs

Anne Suslak

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Aslef members on a picket line during strike action earlier in 2022

Greater Anglia

Everything you need to know about the August train driver strike

Will Durrant

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The Birmingham 2022 "Raging Bull of Brum" for the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games | Gallery

Meet Hertfordshire's Birmingham 2022 medal winners

Will Durrant

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MP Anthony Browne hosted a gathering for Ukrainian refugees and their families in South Cambs

Support Ukraine

MP hosts gathering for Ukrainian refugees

Anne Suslak

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Shooting stars over some trees in the dark.

Environment News

Where you can see the Perseid meteor shower in Hertfordshire

Pearce Bates

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Christine from Citizens Advice North Herts' financial health team, in one of the team's workshops

Get prepared to tackle the rising cost of living

Citizens Advice North Herts

Home-Start's Tracy Aggett, Mayor Cllr Mary Antony and Rotary Club president Peter Mitton with the winning kite designs

Children's kite design competition winners announced

Anne Suslak

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The students from Karkiv, who are in their final two years of medical training, will be on placement at the hospital

Addenbrooke's Hospital

20 Ukrainian medical students begin placements at Addenbrooke’s

Katie Woodcock

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

Skygazing

Biggest 'shooting star' meteor shower to peak this week

Owen Sennitt

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Parched grass atop Windmill Hill in Hitchin, Hertfordshire on Saturday, August 6

Hertfordshire Weather

Hertfordshire 'extreme heat' amber warning as temperature set to soar

Will Durrant

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the Royston Kite Festival

Gallery

Let's go fly a kite as festival returns after two years

Anne Suslak

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The field fire in Guilden Morden

Firefighters tackle large blaze in field in Guilden Morden

Anne Suslak

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'Risk of injury' - Aldi recalls product due to safety fears

Owen Sennitt

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AJ Campbell has just launched her fourth novel 'The Phone Call'

Author AJ Campbell to publish fourth novel

Anne Suslak

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A field fire which blocked a railway line in Great Chesterford, Essex, near the Hertfordshire border (July 2022)

Farming

Herts' 'league of extraordinary farmers' come together to fight field fires

Will Durrant

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Thameslink passengers travelling between Peterborough and Horsham face disruption on Saturday, August 6

Thameslink

Thameslink suffers 'staff shortage' with weekend disruption planned

Will Durrant

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A campaign has been launched in South Cambs to encourage businesses and community venues to support public breastfeeding

South Cambridgeshire District Council

South Cambs campaign aims to normalise public breastfeeding

Anne Suslak

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A modern home with an extension being built

Personal Finance | Promotion

OPINION: Using equity release for home improvements

Peter Sharkey

Public sector chiefs have written to the BBC urging the corporation to continue the Look East (West) broadcast

BBC

Public sector chiefs: end to BBC Look East show a 'retrograde step'

Will Durrant

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Simple Minds will play Audley End House & Gardens on Thursday, August 11, 2022.

Music

Simple Minds set times for Heritage Live concert at Audley End

Alan Davies

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Royston Scouts are fundraising to attend the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea

Open air cinema to help fund trip to World Scout Jamboree

Anne Suslak

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Vision of Alan Turing sculpture King's College Cambridge

Cambridge City Council

Alan Turing sculpture wins green light amid location concerns

Hannah Brown, Local Democracy Reporter

North Herts is set to experience 22C heat over the weekend (August 6-7), according to the Met Office

Hertfordshire Weather

North Herts and Stevenage set for scorching 29C by the end of next week

Will Durrant

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The latest round of Local Plan hearings are coming up at the end of this month. Picture: North Herts

North Herts Council

Residents concerned 140 homes plan could cause 'ecological catastrophe'

Anne Suslak

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Citizen Advice North Herts gives information if your luggage goes missing or delayed

Citizens Advice: What to do if your luggage goes missing or is delayed

Citizen Advice North Herts

Emma Reid, from the Royston area, takes home gold in the women's -78kg judo at Birmingham 2022

Commonwealth Games

Judoka Emma Reid from Royston wins Birmingham 2022 gold

Will Durrant

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Scammers stock photo.

'Hello Mum' - WhatsApp scammers posing as children steal over £1.5m

Owen Sennitt

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A hit-and-run took place on the A505 near the A1(M) junction 9 roundabout at Letchworth and Baldock

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Motorist suffers 'GBH-level injuries' in A505 Baldock hit-and-run

Will Durrant

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Howard Park in Letchworth is one of the green spaces in North Herts which has been given a Green Flag Award

North Herts celebrates Love Parks Week with five Green Flag awards

Anne Suslak

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