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Stevenage parkrun 476: Results from Fairlands Valley Park

Stevenage parkrun welcomed 614 participants for its 476th event, held at Fairlands Valley Park on Saturday. Runners and ...
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Letchworth parkrun 387: Results at Grange Recreation Ground

Letchworth parkrun welcomed 157 participants for its 387th event, held at Grange Recreation Ground on Saturday. Runners and ...
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Two Hertfordshire students reach regional T Level awards finals

Two students from Hertfordshire have been named finalists in a national awards scheme. Maya S and Lilly H, who studied T Levels in Health: Adult Nursing at North Hertfordshire College, reached the ...
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Thames Water lenders to appoint Lord Hutton as independent chair in takeover bid

Thames Water’s creditors have revealed plans to appoint former business secretary Lord John Hutton as an independent chair of ...
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Alberta voters reject move towards independence from Canada

Early results show the oil-rich province has overwhelmingly backed unity in a boost for prime minister Mark Carney amid US annexation threats.
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UK unemployment falls to lowest in a year but vacancies slide further

The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than a year despite the number of vacancies sliding for another month, new figures show. The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.7% in ...
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Curfew imposed on two areas of Paris to prevent further disorder

Paris police issued an overnight curfew on Monday in two areas of the French capital, after a weekend marred by France’s worst rioting in years that targeted city halls, other public buildings and ...
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John Healey rejects calls to raise capital gains tax at the Budget

The Chancellor has faced a barrage of voices urging him to raise the tax, which applies to the profit made from selling off ...
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Face of man from Roman Scotland revealed in new reconstruction

The face of a man who died on the Roman frontier in Scotland almost 2,000 years ago has been revealed in a facial reconstruction carried out ahead of a major exhibition. An international team of ...
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Stevenage Swimming Club finish second in league opener

Stevenage Swimming Club powered to second place in the opening round of the National Arena Swimming League. The team impressed at the London division gala held in Hornchurch on Saturday evening, ...
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Mourners say farewell to former gangster turned author Paul Ferris

Mourners have said farewell to author and former Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris at his funeral in Glasgow. The former crime boss died earlier this month at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) ...
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A1(M) slip roads set to close between junctions 6 and 9

Several A1 (M) slip roads will shut this week. The closures will affect both carriageways between Junctions 6 and 9. The southbound entry and exit slip roads at Junctions 7 and 9 will close from 9pm ...