Domestic abuser Ben Turner was jailed for 39 months.
Credit: Hertfordshire Police.

Ben Turner, 38, admitted charges of threatening to kill, coercive and controlling behaviour, assault causing grievous bodily harm and strangulation.

Victim jumped from first-floor window to escape abuser

Wallace Way recycling centre fire, Hitchin, Hertfordshire on 8 November 2024.
Credit: Herts Fire and Rescue Service

The fire service received more than 60 calls about the fire, which has forced road closures so that firefighters can access high-volume pumps.

Overnight fire at recycling centre closes roads as MP hits out

Muriel McKay, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1969.
Credit: Family photo

Both the police and other members of Muriel's family have previously gone to Trinidad - her son hopes he can keep up pressure on a search.

Muriel McKay's son to come face-to-face with mother's killer in bid to find body

Patients are being urged to attend appointments as normal at the two hospitals.

Two hospitals hit by widespread overnight power cut

Credit: HERTFORDSHIRE POLICE

University of Hertfordshire planetarium 

The university said the planetarium is used as an educational resource up and down the country, potentially "shaping our astrophysicists of tomorrow".

University 'devastated' by theft of planetarium

Tanya Nasir, 45, was found guilty of nine charges including fraud, using a false instrument with intent, possession of articles for use in fraud, and securing unauthorised access to computer material with intent following a trial.

Tanya Nasir lied about her experience to get a senior nursing position in a unit for sick and prematurely born babies in Bridgend. 

Neonatal nurse jailed for five years after faking qualifications 

African penguin chick Liam was born at Hertfordshire Zoo.

Liam and Noel are the first chicks hatched at Hertfordshire Zoo this year and are proving to be “quite the characters”, according to keepers.

Penguin chicks 'Liam and Noel' take centre stage at zoo

Bharat Gohil, 59, from Luton, who has been jailed for 20 years after he was found guilty of abusing children.
Credit: Hertfordshire Police

Bharat Gohil, 59, was described as "a monster" by the judge who jailed him. 

Paedophile 'inflicted terror' on children jailed for 20 years

Specialist search teams dig for the remains of Muriel McKay at a Hertfordshire farm.

The bid to buy the land is the latest step in a long quest to find the body of murdered Muriel McKay who disappeared in 1969.

Family willing to buy farm to search for murdered mum's body

Police said they were keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident.

Armed police deployed as 'shots fired' in residential street

The police watchdog identified several missed opportunities to catch serial rapist and former police officer David Carrick.

Officers face action for ‘failures’ over serial rapist David Carrick

Parts of the region have had their rainiest month ever. Residents moved out, schools closed and major roads blocked.

Watch: special coverage of the flooding that has impacted the region

45 homes have been affected in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, after heavy rain battered the county last night.

Residents 'heartbroken' after flood water wrecks homes

Hertfordshire County Council said the spiralling costs were due to increased demand for services, higher costs of material and energy prices. 

Council facing £20 million overspend by end of financial year

The restriction zone limits the movement of livestock for farmers.

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