A pilot scheme in Hertfordshire which offers pregnant women up to £300 in shopping vouchers as an incentive to give up smoking has been helping dozens try to kick the habit.

A leading building science centre is set to create an open innovation hub designed to house innovative businesses specialising in the built environment.

From getting children back to school to reopening pubs, speculation is rife as to when and how lockdown restrictions might be eased.

The US’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, has recommended the practise of double masking in the past.

Boris Johnson will address the nation as the country reached 15 million vaccinations and ministers start to discuss the easing of lockdown.

More than 15 million people in the UK have now had a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine – the equivalent of everyone in the Government’s top four priority groups.

The Health Secretary has personally thanked everyone involved in the St Albans vaccination programme which he says is one of the "highest performing" in the country.

From Monday, people aged 65 – 69 will be eligible to receive an NHS Covid-19 vaccination jab.

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The run up to Valentine’s Day is hard to miss. The world becomes full of hearts, flowers and chocolates, even in these strange lockdown times. But signs that you or someone you know are experiencing domestic abuse can be far more subtle.

More than five weeks into the third national the national R rate has fallen below one for the first time since July, but when will lockdown end?

I’m so old, that when I first studied business (which I now teach) as a teenager, it was called ‘commerce’. It was a fancy, new-fangled subject area which was inexplicably shrouded in mystery.

Daylight is gradually increasing, and cold grey sleety afternoons are occasionally giving way to pink sunsets. Clusters of porcelain white snowdrops scatter the front lawns reminding us that winter is gradually drawing to a close.

A paramedic who raped a patient in her own home and sexually assaulted another female patient in the back of his ambulance has been jailed for 21 years, with a judge branding him a "manipulative sexual predator".

Plans have been revealed for a new £34 million shared training facility for Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and the county’s constabulary.

A man was seriously injured after crashing into a tree near St Albans.

Royal Mail has listed the areas in the UK suffering from postal delays due to Covid.

Essex and Hertfordshire are braced for the “coldest night in a decade” with temperatures potentially plummeting as low as -13°C in some areas.

A man with a learning disability is urging others to have their Covid-19 vaccine amid concerns they may be “anxious” about receiving it.

A man has been jailed after a victim was shot through a car window.

Questions have been raised about Hertfordshire budget proposals to defer part of a council tax ‘levy’ specifically allowed to support social care services.

Police are investigating after thieves broke into a house and stole jewellery and cash.

Plans for the rebuilding of Watford General Hospital and redevelopment of two other hospitals on existing sites have been backed by a county council watchdog group.

Property developers agreed last year to pay more than £400,000 towards the cost of community facilities in St Albans.

Eligible residents across south west Hertfordshire will receive a payment from the government after a cold weather scheme was triggered for the area.

Twelve people who rented out a property in St Albans for a house party were issued with fines before being kicked out by police.

A council tax increase will help pay for Hertfordshire’s largest ever police force.

With tickets costing an average of £37, it's a bill most motorists could do without.

England has been in its third full lockdown for a month - but when will it end and what are the key dates?

There are five different rounds, from spells and potions to Hogwarts and creatures, and questions range from common knowledge to very niche. 

The Met Office has said heavy snow could cause disruption this week as Storm Darcy batters the UK.

THE Health Secretary will lead a press conference today as concerns grow over the South African variant of Covid-19.

Nearly 2,500 staff will be told that their jobs have been axed today after fashion website Boohoo bought Dorothy Perkins, Wand two other Arcadia brands.

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi urged the public to keep faith after South Africa suspended its rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

It has been a difficult last 12 months for the hospitality industry and no businesses more so than pubs.

Snow may fall in Hertfordshire, Essex and London for several days over the coming week as the Met Office extended its weather warning.

Coronavirus infection rates across Hertfordshire are now significantly lower than what they were over the Christmas and New Year period, data shows.

Royal Mail has issued an update on weekend delays across the UK due to Covid.

High winds have forced some rapid testing centres in Hertfordshire to shut.

With heavy snow in parts of the UK, many people will be thinking of stepping out to build a snowman or go sledging.

More than 4,000 homes have been visited as part of surge testing for the South African variant of coronavirus in Broxbourne.

Crisis is an overused word. We read about it with the NHS, poverty, unemployment, flooding and governance yet, by hook or crook we, as a society, find a way to sidestep the abyss with some modicum of blood, sweat and tears.

Once the lockdown eases, I get the feeling that alternative therapists are going to be busier than ever.

Heavy snow and ice is on its way this weekend as the south east of England braces for Arctic conditions.

A village has been struck by a graffiti vandal appearing to downplay the severity of the coronavirus pandemic.

It hasn't gone down well with fans who begged the fast food giant to keep the items on the menu.

A CLIP from a Handforth Parish Council meeting has gone viral — gaining more than 2 million views overnight.

Diners in St Albans bought more than 150,000 discounted meals through the Government's month-long Eat Out to Help Out scheme, figures reveal.

A Covid vaccination centre capable of jabbing up to 500 people a day is up-and-running inside a supermarket.

More snow could be on the way in Hertfordshire, Essex and London as the Met Office issued a two-day weather warning.