News in Letchworth

Plant a tree in Letchworth to help tackle climate change and create a COP26 legacy.

With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in full flow, North Herts District Council is following developments.

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Letchworth more than proved that they could live with the best in this high octane game at Dukes Meadows on Saturday.

Grants worth more than £5k have been handed to Letchworth community groups.

Three community groups have been awarded a total of £5,450* following a meeting of North Herts District Council's Letchworth Committee.

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GRITTERS are to take to the roads in Letchworth tonight – in a clear sign that winter is on its way.

According to officials at Hertfordshire County Council, road surface temperatures are expected to drop below zero tonight (November 4) – with a 'hoar' frost before dawn.

LETCHWIORTH: On Bonfire Night and Diwali, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is reminding people in our town that professionally organised displays are the safest way for you and your family to enjoy fireworks.

Our town will be hosting a number of firework displays with a number of people ending up in A&E as a result of accidents that could have been avoided.

Letchworth: Save the date as a former heavyweight champion of the world heads to a charity event in our town

Big-hearted former boxer Frank Bruno comes to Letchworth to help boost a charity fundraiser for the Garden House Hospice.

PUBLIC health and education chiefs in Hertfordshire have written to parents to highlight additional measures they are asking Letchworth schools to make in helping to reduce the spread of Covid.

The changes include a return to the widespread use of face coverings inside Highfield and Fernhill schools in our town – as well as on public and school transport.

MORE than 37,000 tonnes of 'recyclables' collected from Hertfordshire - including from Letchworth households - were sent overseas for reprocessing last year, according to new data.

That means that for every six tonnes of material that is recycled or composted in the UK, one is sent overseas for reprocessing – mostly to Asia.

LETCHWORTH: Nearly £50,000 has been awarded to two community groups in our town to help them make substantial changes to their buildings to better serve local residents.

Following a meeting of North Herts District Council's Community Facilities Capital Grants Panel the cash was granted in capital funding to various groups.