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What better way to celebrate Love Parks Week (29 July - 5 August) than with five Green Flag Awards!

North Herts Council is inviting responses on the future of waste and recycling collections as it seeks to balance residents’ needs with the environmental impacts of services.

Would you use a soft play facility at North Herts Leisure Centre in Baldock Road? Please complete our survey by 21 August.

A Red Extreme Heat warning has been issued by the Met Office for Monday and Tuesday next week (18-19 July). This means there will be exceptionally high temperatures - perhaps reaching 40C - with adverse health effects felt by many people.

An exhibition including a short film featuring the stories of six local British South Asians will be on display at North Herts Museum from 2 to 28 August, showcasing and celebrating Hitchin’s diverse heritage.

It’s official! Herts Careline’s award-winning community alarm and telecare service is celebrating 40 years of providing reassurance and freedom to Hertfordshire residents.

Two community groups have been awarded a total of £1,780* following a meeting of the Southern Rural Committee on 30 June.

A stainless steel sculpture called Unity, partly funded by the council, was officially opened at Hitchin Quaker Meeting’s Peace Garden on Saturday, 2 July. 

To help create an inclusive workplace and collection, North Herts Museum has recently welcomed Curatorial Trainee Freya Purcell to the team, who has epilepsy and dyslexia.

North Herts Council’s Hitchin Committee awarded grants to three community groups in Hitchin at its meeting on 28 June.