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The Latest Breaking News from Hertfordshire

Huge fire near tracks stops all services to one of London's busiest train stations

Dozens of firefighters battled the blaze on tracks near Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire

Evening Standard

Hertfordshire teacher found guilty of child sex abuse faces jail after tying boy to bed

Deborah Franklin was the boy’s private tutor and subjected him to ‘repeated sexual activity’

The Independent UK

Teacher tied child to bed and blindfolded him before carrying out sex acts

Deborah Franklin, a 65-year-old former preparatory school teacher, has been found guilty of eight counts of gross indecency against a boy she privately tutored in Hertfordshire during the 1990s, when he was aged between nine and 12. Prosecutors at St Albans Crown Court detailed how Franklin, then in her 30s…

The Independent UK

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Police told to reinvestigate suspected Grindr blackmail death after homophobia claims

The police complaints watchdog said Hertfordshire Constabulary made ‘several errors’ after Scott Gough was found dead just one day after a gang appeared at his home

The Independent UK

Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is Turning His £6M Estate Into an Eco-Village: Take a Final Look Inside

Explore Rupert Grint's transformation of his unsold Hertfordshire estate into a sustainable eco-village with planning permission for 15 homes, a public park, and a commitment to carbon neutrality.

International Business Times UK

Former Hertfordshire home of Queen's first manager for sale for £3.5m

Norman Sheffield lived at the house in the 1970s during his short and turbulent time as Queen’s manager

Evening Standard

Crews called to blaze at Hertfordshire play centre as entire exotic zoo collection killed

An entire collection of exotic animals has died in a huge fire at a children’s soft play centre, the fire service has confirmed.

The Independent UK

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Hertfordshire town reopens century-old graves for new burials due to space shortage

Bishop’s Stortford Town Council is reportedly the only authority outside London to be granted such powers by Parliament

The Independent UK

Country diary: Urban peregrines are not fussy eaters

Stevenage, Hertfordshire: Thanks to Andy, who scrabbles around on the pavement, we know that pigeons are just for starters

The Guardian - UK

This country house hotel just outside of London is the perfect rural weekend escape

HOTELS: The Grove is one of the UK’s most Instagrammed hotels, but what is it like in the flesh? Lizzie Edmonds and her family check in to the Hertfordshire hotel to find out

The Independent UK

I’m a wellness writer and this is the UK spa hotel I return to again and again

HOTELS: As a regular at Sopwell House, Emilie Lavinia reveals how she makes the most of the offering at one of her favourite UK spa hotels

The Independent UK

Country diary: The rise of the rare pasqueflower is my Easter miracle

Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire: Soft and felty beyond belief, these springtime tremblers are also highly scarce – yet here are tens of thousands of them

The Guardian - UK

Scott Mills's homes: Everywhere the former Radio 2 presenter has lived

The radio DJ owns a house in Hertfordshire, and has lived in properties around the capital

Evening Standard

Hertfordshire police to reinvestigate Andrew Tate sexual abuse claims

Announcement comes after IOPC said it was examining force’s response to allegations made in 2014 and 2015

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Watchdog investigating how police handled Andrew Tate sexual abuse claims

Independent Office for Police Conduct examining how Hertfordshire police treated three women’s allegations

The Independent UK

Food and drink giant to acquire British meal replacement company Huel

The Hertfordshire-based company founded in 2015 sells powders, snack bars and drinks

Evening Standard

Putin’s ‘hidden hands’ may be behind Iran tactics – John Healey

John Healey visited the Northwood military headquarters in Hertfordshire.

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Orchids, plums and pine cones – all bursting out of cathedral walls

St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire: The chapel here is a wonderful curiosity, thanks to its restoration by a green-fingered Victorian sculptor

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The Independent UK

‘I spent 48 hours in a digital detox cabin. Here’s what happened’

For two days, Sara Keenan had no smartphone and no contact with the online world

The Guardian - UK

A new town for the 21st century? Seven-village build to begin after 20-year journey

Gilston in Hertfordshire aims to be rebuke to cookie-cutter estates with network of 10,000 new homes within country parks and woodland

Evening Standard

GSK cutting jobs in UK and US as part of ongoing R&D changes

It is understood around 50 UK jobs so far are being cut in the group’s main UK R&D hub in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The Independent UK

Drugs giant to axe up to 350 R&D jobs across the US and UK

About 50 jobs will be impacted in the group’s main UK R&D hub in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Evening Standard

PM says ‘hard yards’ of Greenland security ahead as he welcomes Trump shift

The Prime Minister said the US president’s shift in position was ‘good’ news as he spoke with residents on a visit to Hertfordshire on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Man whose body was found after plane crashed into reservoir is named by police

A 66-year-old man is believed to have been the only occupant of the aircraft that crashed into Hanningfield Reservoir in Hertfordshire.

The Independent UK

Teenage girl educated in Britain missing after Swiss ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam, believed to be 15, previously attended Immanuel College in Hertfordshire, according to multiple reports

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