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02/11/2024

Including changes to homes across Welwyn Garden City

Here are a few notices which could impact residents in Welwyn Hatfield over the coming months.

02/11/2024

"We’re underpaid, overworked and deserve respect from our trust."

NHS workers at Lister Hospital and QEII are set to go on strike this month in a dispute over pay.

02/11/2024

Stunning Potters Bar bungalow with garden, parking, and nearby amenities

A four-bedroom semi-detached chalet bungalow in Elmfield Road is on the market for £849,950.

01/11/2024

A vehicle was also seized

A Welwyn Garden City man has been arrested suspicion of going equipped to steal.

01/11/2024

Save £10 on some of the world’s favourite roses - including 'Pascali', 'Queen Elizabeth' and 'Peace' - with You Garden 🌹

The Garden Glamour Rose Collection includes enviable rose varieties, bursting with six months of colour, and each wonderfully fragrant and there’s…

01/11/2024

Congratulations!

Welwyn Garden City restaurant The Don has been nominated for the Asian Curry Awards.

01/11/2024

Have you seen Freya?

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a teenage girl who has gone missing from Welwyn Garden City.

01/11/2024

“Our suspicion is that the thieves responsible wanted the trailer and got more than they bargained for with its specialist content."

An inflatable planetarium belonging to the University of Hertfordshire has been stolen.

01/11/2024

Have you seen him?

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man who has gone missing in Essendon.

01/11/2024

"The rebuilding of our country and my community starts with this Government and this Budget."

Welwyn Hatfield's Labour MP Andrew Lewin has described the Autumn Budget as key to "rebuilding" the UK in a House of Commons speech.

01/11/2024

Police and ambulance crews attended the scene

A woman was rushed to hospital after a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Welwyn Garden City yesterday.

01/11/2024

Congratulations!

Postcodes in Welwyn and St Albans were among the lucky winners in October's People's Postcode Lottery draws.

31/10/2024

"The whole point of the events” was to help pupils learn how to “say no confidently without worrying about the taboo of it”.

Plans for a school in Brookmans Park, near Potters Bar, to serve alcohol to sixth form pupils have been rejected by Welwyn Hatfield Borough…

31/10/2024

"The most recent report from the climate science is really terrifying."

Extinction Rebellion are set to protest against Howden Insurance in Welwyn Garden City this weekend.

31/10/2024

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31/10/2024

Have you seen him?

A man from Hatfield has been found safe and well this morning (October 31).

31/10/2024

The lease was set to run out this month

Welwyn Garden City's B&Q store is set to remain open until late 2025, despite plans to build 151 new homes on the site.

31/10/2024

Yule be sorry if you miss Santa this year! 🎅✨

The Galleria is set to welcome Santa this November.

30/10/2024

Will this affect your SME?

National Minimum Wage increases and an increase in employer National Insurance contributions in the autumn budget may be the final nails in the…

30/10/2024

Draught duty on alcoholic drinks will fall by 1.7%

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the draught duty on alcoholic drinks will fall by 1.7.

30/10/2024

Highlights from today's budget https://trib.al/opvWNXC

30/10/2024

The popular event will not be taking place this year

Hatfield Community Fireworks display will not take place this year after the town council used its budget to put on a community event.

30/10/2024

In today's Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that £11.8bn is being set aside for victims of the infected blood scandal.
Back in August we spoke with the Blake family from Welwyn Garden City, who have been fighting for justice in memory of their son Stuart after he sadly died as a result of the infected blood scandal.

Stuart Blake from Welwyn Garden City died in 2006 at the age of just 27, after a long battle with AIDS and hepatitis C given to him through…

30/10/2024

“Today, for the very first time, we will provide specific funding to compensate those infected and those affected."

In the 2024 Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced billions of pounds compensation for victims of the infected blood and Post Office…

30/10/2024

Benefits including Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will also increase by 1.7 per cent next year,

Rachel Reeves announced that Labour will be lowering the cap on deductions that can be taken from benefit payments by up to £420 a year.

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