Surrounded by the medical waste that has kept him alive, four-year-old super-warrior Elliot Harridge is still a picture of perfection.

A teacher at a Welwyn Garden City secondary school has been supporting local care workers by creating more than 180 face visors.

The number of people seeking help for domestic abuse in districts and boroughs to the east of the county has gone up by 90 per cent during the coronavirus lockdown, it has emerged.

Councillors have given the go ahead to developers looking to transform a grade II listed building in South Mimms into homes for those seeking a more communal way of life.

Education bosses in Hertfordshire are expected to allocate primary school places for next year as planned, councillors have heard.

Hertfordshire County Council has taken steps to make sure funding is available to community groups seeking to support their area during the coronavirus outbreak.

The decision to postpone the election for Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has been endorsed by candidates from across the political divide.

Maintenance of the council’s housing stock across Welwyn Hatfield is to be reviewed, after councillors raised concerns.

The company which owns Brocket Hall near Welwyn Garden City is likely to go into administration, a top insolvency judge was told yesterday.

A full business case for the redevelopment of Herts police headquarters in Welwyn Garden City will be prepared, including applying to the council for planning permission for the site in Stanborough Road.

A Welwyn Garden City dentist has been suspended following allegations of sexual assault and harassment, which a committee said his fellow practitioners would consider “disgraceful”.

A Hatfield primary school celebrated its 60th anniversary in a joyful atmosphere with people “reminiscing and catching up with old friends”.

A Welwyn Hatfield charity that provides Christmas Day meals for elderly and lonely people has received a £1,000 donation following a fundraiser.

A 21-year-old from WGC is aiming to become the first man ever to travel from Russia’s eastern coast to London on horseback – despite only learning to ride properly this summer.

Hertsmere councillors have agreed to spend around £310,000 on the replacement of computers at the borough council.

There have been 232 reported crimes in Hertfordshire’s churches in the last three years – including 19 sexual offences, latest figures have revealed.

Hatfield’s University of Hertfordshire will lead the way in a study looking at how data can be used to improve health and social care services.

Welwyn St Mary’s Primary School has unveiled its new “fantastic” playground.

A £1million upgrade to the footbridge connecting Welwyn Garden City train station with the east side of the town has been given the green light.

A Welwyn Garden City man who shed 11-and-a-half stone while attending Hatfield’s Slimming World has hailed the group that “helped to save my life”.

More than 200 young people, parents and carers attended the borough’s first mental health conference.

Hundreds of people enjoyed a “wonderful” evening of performances and dancing as part of celebrations for a Hindu festival in Welwyn Garden City.

A Welwyn Garden City teenager who is an expert at making cakes is set to appear on Channel 4’s Junior Bake Off 2019.

Police have asked Hatfield businesses to tell them what they think as part of an awareness drive for their feedback service.

Plans are in the pipeline for another 128 homes near the former Shredded Wheat factory in a separate Welwyn Garden City development to the 1,454-home Wheat Quarter proposals already agreed.

A Welwyn Garden City art student scooped top prize in a competition designed to boost career chances for aspiring graphic designers.

Welwyn Garden City pupils have helped create a “handsome legacy” for the town after planting 2020 bulbs for next year’s centenary celebrations.

Welwyn Garden City’s Stanborough Lakes will remain closed “for the foreseeable future” after a fish-killing disease was discovered.

WGC’s Coronation Foundation has been turned pink for October in a bid to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness month.

The Welwyn Hatfield Safer Neighbourhood Team held a priority-setting forum in Welwyn Garden City to discuss where resources would be focused over the next few months.