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

Armed police deployed as 'shots fired' in residential street

CCTV showing Myra Coutinho-Lopez being pushed over by Courtney Richman in Lloyds Bank in Welwyn Garden City.
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CCTV footage shows the moment Courtney Richman pushed over Myra Coutinho-Lopez, 82, after losing her temper in a Lloyds Bank branch.

Footage shows woman kill pensioner in 'red mist' bank shove

Myra Coutinho-Lopez, who had Alzheimer's, died after being pushed to the floor by another customer in 2021. This week her killer was convicted of manslaughter.

Daughter describes 'harrowing' pain after pensioner killed in bank push

Police raiding a magic mushroom factory in Welwyn. 
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Officers found petri dishes with spores of different types of mushrooms, and jars of harvested mushrooms.

Magic mushroom factory raided by police

An ambulance waiting outside a hospital in London.

The court heard Stuart Gray used his belief in angels as an excuse for the crimes he carried out.

'Archangel' paramedic convicted of raping teenage girl 

Stuart Gray told his victim that she was an angel too, and that his crimes against her were "saving her life". 

Paramedic who sexually abused young girl tells jury he is an archangel

The incident happened on Ludwick Way in Welwyn Garden City.
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Detectives have released a description of the man who stopped a 10-year-old girl to take her photo as she walked to school.

Police hunt man who took photographs of girl on school run

Olga Khomenko, 37, who admitted taking her daughter to Ukraine against a court order has been spared jail so she can travel to Ukraine to rescue her from the conflict. Picture date: Friday March 11, 2022.

Olga Khomenko, a 37-year-old medical doctor, cried in the dock as she was given a suspended sentence for taking the child out of the UK 5 years ago.

Mum spared jail so she can rescue daughter from war in Ukraine 

Eighty-two-year-old Myra Coutinho-Lopez died after being assaulted in a bank.
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Myra Coutinho-Lopez was attacked in a Lloyds Bank branch in December, and died in hospital 10 days later.

'Unique' woman, 82, died after Lloyds Bank attack

Hertfordshire Police say there has been a sharp rise in the number of cases

Five people taken to hospital as cases of drug overdoses rise

Tesco plans first check-out free stores following successful trial

Tesco plans first check-out free store in Welwyn Garden City

Heather Gallagher, 93, receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at the NHS vaccine centre that has been set up at Robertson House in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The centre is one of the seven mass vaccination centres now opened to the general public as the government continues to ramp up the vaccination programme against Covid-19.

Text messages have been sent to 400,000 people aged 55 or over as the coronavirus vaccine programme is stepped up

Vaccine rollout reaches those aged 55 amid warning about summer surge of Covid

People are being urged to avoid the area surrounding Peartree Lane in Welwyn Garden City due to a ‘large scale incident’. 

Ten fire engines at 'large scale incident’ in Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire Police are appealing for public help in tracking down a wanted man in connection with a breach of licence.

Police want to trace wanted man in connection with breach of licence

David James talks to youngsters at Welwyn Garden City FC.

According to energy firm, Utilita, 10% of grassroots clubs fear they won't be able to make it through the next year.

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