Parents, grandparents and even siblings will once again become teachers with schools set to remain closed until February.

A county councillor Andrew Stevenson has resigned from the Conservative Party – to make the case for "genuine" local government reform.

Hertfordshire County Council leader David Williams has warned that councils and local businesses will need further funding and support during the latest Covid-19 lockdown.

Amid violent clashes with police, protesters breached barricades and were able to enter the building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

“The last thing any education secretary wants to do is announce that schools will close."

Parties and a lack of social distancing over Christmas and New Year are among factors will cause coronavirus infections to spike, a top public health official has said.

A serial teenage armed robber has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

A high court judge has dismissed claims that a health body was unlawful in its decision-making process around the redevelopment of hospital buildings in west Hertfordshire.

Downing Street confirmed the centres will be staffed by a mixture of NHS staff and volunteers.

Annemarie Place, the woman behind the Clap for Our Carers initiative has confirmed it will return at 8pm this Thursday.

Professor Chris Whitty said that one in 50 people being estimated to have coronavirus across the UK is “really quite a large number indeed”.

A new online tool can provide an estimate of how long you will have to wait for your coronavirus vaccination jab.

The new national lockdown will see schools closed and people told to stay home.

Boris Johnson is set to announce a new 'lockdown'

Three people have been injured after a crash involving a car and a motorbike.

Club Batchwood promises it will host “one hell of a welcome back party” once Covid-19 restrictions finally ease.

Boris Johnson is set to make a statement tonight regarding coronavirus restrictions following escalating case numbers.

There is currently no train service on the Abbey Line due to an increase in the number of staff self-isolating, a train company has said.

A council has warned that primary schools facing a lack of staff “may need to remain closed” as they begin to welcome pupils back to the classroom.

Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted his thoughts on what policy measures are needed to get the virus under control.

Following the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the government is looking for ways of replenishing the public coffers through taxation.

The Prime Minister’s televised address will take place at 8pm on Monday, replacing Eastenders, which was set to air at 8:05pm.

The Prime Minister’s televised address is expected to take place at 8pm on Monday.

The Government faces increasing pressure to close schools as the new coronavirus variant threatens to spiral out of control.

Matt Hancock admitted that controlling the new variant is "proving increasingly difficult in all parts of the country.”

The NHS will begin administering the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine tomorrow (Monday) as the health service rapidly scales up the biggest immunisation programme in its history.

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A doctor has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to medical education.

As a year of minimal travel and lockdowns draws to a close, many Brits will be planning the best way to maximise their time off work in 2021.

The number of coronavirus cases in Hertfordshire continues to climb at a steep rate as a hospital trust struggles to cope with a surge in new admissions.

Watford General Hospital is under "enormous pressure" as staff try and cope with a huge influx of new Covid patients.

A sharp rise of coronavirus cases in Hertfordshire in December saw the county placed in a new Tier 4.

The full calendar of celestial events taking place throughout 2021.

To paraphrase Her Maj, this year has been an ‘annus horribilis’, to the point where I debated skipping the 2020 awards in the forlorn hope that 2021 will be markedly better than its predecessor.

Retired clinicians are being urged to return and help the NHS as it struggles to handle the mounting pressures of coronavirus amid surging cases across Hertfordshire and west Essex.

Frontline NHS staff at west Hertfordshire hospitals have been recommended to postpone their annual leave when possible, the Observer understands.

Hertfordshire along with the rest of England was placed into lockdown in November following a rise of coronavirus cases.

A look back at some of the most memorable bits of 2020.

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is set to deliver a statement to the Commons about the return to schools.

There was some heavy rain at the start of October which caused flooding in lower High Street.

The Government recently announced a further extension to protect commercial property tenants until March 31, 2021.

A yellow weather warning has been issued with a chance of snow and ice from tomorrow morning.

The number of new coronavirus cases in south west Hertfordshire does not appear to be spiralling out of control – but data shows little sign of the virus tailing off either.

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September was when a statue of Graham Taylor was boarded up ahead of Watford's clash with Luton at Vicarage Road.

Sarah's Law means that we are now able to check if any sex offenders live near us. Here's how:

Hertfordshire is on course for its biggest ever police force - but residents will have to stump up extra cash to pay for it.

August was when we found out that a new Next Beauty store would be coming to Watford in place of Debenhams.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said the Government hopes the staggered reopening of schools in England will go ahead in January as planned.