A loud bang heard across Hertfordshire early this morning caused homes to shake, set car alarms off and led to many thinking a bomb had gone off in the county.
A thief swiped a charity box from Hatfield Post Office on Wednesday afternoon - and police are investigating whether the incident is linked to a similar theft in the town earlier this month.
A criminal gang who left a "trail of misery", committing burglaries across Herts - and further afield in Beds, Bucks and Essex - have been jailed for more than 23 years.
The eastbound A414 is closed and two lanes are blocked on the connecting A1(M) roundabout at Junction 4 for Hatfield after a HGV overturned this afternoon.
A woman was seriously injured in a crash on the A1(M) between the two Stevenage junctions this morning - and now police are appealing for witnesses to the incident to come forward.