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A dangerous driver from Shefford who led police on a high-speed car chase through five villages has been jailed.

A BMW driver has been fined after attempting to undertake an unmarked police car on the A1(M) at Welwyn.

Bottle caps, batteries, cigarette lighters and other plastic has been ploughed into fields south of Hitchin, prompting an Environment Agency probe.

A driver is stopped by officers on the M25 in Hertfordshire.

Thousands of Hertfordshire children finished primary education without attaining the government standard in their SATs.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has yet again blamed the rail industry for disruption which affected Hitchin and Harpenden’s train services.

A man exposed and touched himself inappropriately in broad daylight on a train near Stevenage – and transport officers have today appealed for witnesses.

John Lewis & Partners, which has a department store in Welwyn Garden City and branches of Waitrose in St Albans, Stevenage and Hitchin, has announced a 99 per cent drop in its profits.

A 25-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving after a car chase through Letchworth yesterday afternoon.

Leon Briggs died in November 2013 after being detained at Luton police station.

A Letchworth boy with autism who says he was told he could not take part in plays or have his picture taken at his first school is now modelling for big brands.

A marketing company has been slapped with a £60,000 fine for sending more than one million emails without consent.

Shahraz Khan's jail term has been reduced after lawyers argued he was not a major player in a drugs gang.

Planning permission was given in June 2006 to build the new railway station.

The prison was placed in "special measures" by the government in May due to safety concerns.

Andrew Mason, 31, died after being stabbed in a communal area of a block of flats.

Independent Potton councillor Adam Zerny has accused Central Bedfordshire Council of “very quietly” dropping a major building pledge as an inspector looks over its Local Plan.

A consultation on the proposed route through Abingdon, Milton Keynes and Winslow will begin next year.

Hitchin youth support charity Phase has been delighted by the response to this year’s Fair in the Square, which has raised almost £4,500 to support its work.

Suspected class-A drugs have been seized during a police raid in Stevenage this morning.