The face of Govia Thameslink Railway has pledged a return to the service levels which existed before the timetable chaos which kicked off in May.

Today’s announcement of a fare increase of 3.1 per cent has been met with “dismay and fury” by Letchworth and Royston rail users.

The cream of Hertfordshire’s businesses have been celebrated at a glittering awards ceremony.

Garden House Hospice Care held its first Strictly Come Dancing-inspired fundraiser in Letchworth on Saturday, and it was 10s all round on the night.

A report has been written recognising the problems with the North Herts District Council waste contract, with two proposals to be discussed at a cabinet meeting next Tuesday.

A Letchworth-based care provider has been given an ‘outstanding’ rating in its latest Clinical Care Commission inspection which was published on Saturday.

A North Herts vicar will be taking the stage for Garden House Hospice Care’s Strictly Come Jive and Swing on November 17.

Rail user groups representing commuters from across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and South Cambridgeshire have demanded answers from the government over the rail fare freeze they are pushing for, saying that the points they raised to ministers were “lacking acknowledgement”.

Campaigners hoping to stop the 400-year-old Cabinet pub in Reed being turned permanently into a house are urging supporters to turn out in force when the planning appeal is heard in two weeks’ time.

Two Hitchin-based charities are set to benefit from a volunteer amateur dramatics society’s annual show.

Brave volunteers are set to walk over hot coals of up to 538ºC in Little Wymondley to raise money for a Letchworth-based hospice charity.

It takes a very special person to be involved in palliative care, and vicar’s wife Sarah Bell has all the right attributes.

A man frustrated with North Hertfordshire’s waste service left his uncollected brown bin outside the district council’s offices – and received it back the next day, emptied and cleaned.

A transport service which patients rely on to take them to and from hospital appointments could be axed.

There is continued uncertainty over when North Herts residents can expect a ‘business as usual’ standard of waste collection service, following an overview and scrutiny meeting last night.

North Herts councillors will be discussing a report which highlights issues with the waste and recycling contract at an overview and scrutiny meeting tonight.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a motorcyclist from Letchworth received serious injuries in a crash on the A505 near Royston on Wednesday.

Garden House Hospice Care’s Starlight Walk in Letchworth has been cancelled – in what would have been its 10th year.

Fast evening services calling at Letchworth and Royston on the Great Northern line are to be restored, it has been announced today.

Confusion has emerged about whether the partnership between North Herts District Council and waste collectors Urbaser is contractually binding.

Rail users groups representing commuters across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and South Cambridgeshire have joined forces to highlight anger towards proposed fare increases in a letter to various MPs, including Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

Five parks and nature reserves belonging to North Herts District Council have retained their Green Flag Award status, as part of the national scheme.

Plans to build thousands of homes on Green Belt land in North Herts and Stevenage will do nothing to help ease the affordable housing crisis, campaigners have warned.

Drug-related deaths have risen across North Herts, Stevenage and the surrounding districts over the last three years, reflecting a national rise in fatalities over the period.

There has been a spate of van break-ins over the past week in Baldock. Letchworth and Royston.

The North East Herts MP said that Govia Thameslink is in the last chance saloon, while speaking at the rail users group public meeting on Thursday.

Letchworth’s Brotherhood Hall resembled a packed-to-the-rafters train carriage yesterday evening as around 200 people attended the joint Royston, Ashwell and Letchworth rail user groups’ public meeting.

Garden House Hospice Care has raised £4,000 for its children’s bereavement service, and an additional £4,000 for its music therapy service from Tesco’s Bags of Help grant scheme.

The homes of an elderly gentleman and a family of four were damaged after a shed caught fire between the two properties in Royston at the weekend.

The leader of North Herts District Council has apologised for missed bin collections that have left food waste caddies crawling with maggots.