Welwyn Hatfield Times news round-up: Woman dies in house fire, and mother says she’s lucky to be alive after Tunisia massacre

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This week’s front page is the tragic story of a woman in her 50s who died in a house fire in Northaw.

Fire and ambulance crews were called to Northaw Road West on Sunday, but were unable to save her.

Also in this week’s edition, a mother who was in Tunisia when an Islamic State gunman massacred tourists has spoken of her ordeal.

Sarah Breeze, from Welwyn Garden City, says she and her daughter are lucky to be alive.

Headteachers in Hertfordshire are warning that schools may be forced to cut staff and limit their curriculum in the face of Government funding cuts.

A delegation from the county met MPs at Parliament, warning that the impact of funding cuts would be huge.

And find out why an application to turn part of Hatfield’s Homebase store into an M&S Simply Food outlet was turned down by planners.

A Welwyn Hatfield Times reporter found himself at the centre of a story last week, when a swarm of bees landed in Stonehills.

Alex Lewis helped out the beekeeper who came to collect the bees.

Read his story in this week’s edition.

And JD Wetherspoon’s plan for a pub in Parkway has hit troubled water, after a report by planning officers recommended it is turned down.

The application is set to be decided at a meeting next week.

There is also an update on demolition work at the QEII Hospital, which started this week.

This week’s edition also includes pictures of the popular Ludfest festival, and details of a teddy bear parachute in Kimpton.

Pictures of Hatfield Free School’s summer fair are also in the paper, along with much, much more.

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.