The Welwyn Hatfield Times is out now.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: The Welwyn Hatfield Times is out nowThe Welwyn Hatfield Times is out now (Image: Archant)

Our front page is the story of a man spared jail after it emerged that he had two wives.

Also this week, an eagle-eyed passer by spotted something usual growing in a Howardsgate flowerbed in the heart of Welwyn Garden City - a cannabis plant.

Police and council officers were called and it was removed.

We have the story and dramatic pictures of a thatched roof fire in Codicote over the weekend, which saw dozens of firefighters sent out.

And critics have hit out after a Labour town councillor said he plans to defect to the Conservatives.

It means control of Hatfield Town Council could switch hands.

And there is a lot of anger after funding to the Home-Start service across Hertfordshire was cut on Monday, in spite of wide protests.

Not all of our stories go online, so the only way to get full coverage of news in Welwyn Hatfield and Potters Bar is by buying the print edition, on sale every Wednesday.