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Hertfordshire County Council has set up a new bus scheme for 20-25 year olds.

Watford lose 1-3 to Stoke City and are knocked out of the EFL Cup.

Dacorum Borough Council is launching a new initiative, which will see individuals and organisations come together to fight against the climate emergency.

Watford Fringe is set to make a welcome return next month for three days (1-3 October).

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Residents in Hertfordshire are being urged by the County Council to undertake free training for World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September).

The Wire actor Michael K Williams died of an accidental drug overdose, a post-mortem examination has found.

Daniel Craig says he is grateful the James Bond producers "held their nerve" to get his last 007 outing into cinemas rather than putting it online.

It's midday at the Corinthia Hotel in London and I'm sitting on a bench in a corridor waiting to talk to Daniel Craig.

Like many actors, Jared Harris can't bear watching himself on screen.

The owner of a care home in Kent, which lost half of its residents to COVID-19, said Channel 4's newly-released drama Help shows "the panic, helplessness, fear and desperation" of care homes during the pandemic.

Up to 4,000 people will be trained up as new HGV drivers and short-term visas will be offered for foreign hauliers, as part of a package of measures that will help tackle the driver shortage, the government has announced.

A book of condolence has been opened at a community centre near to where Sabina Nessa lived and was killed.

Sabina Nessa was murdered while doing something perfectly normal - walking to a local pub to meet a friend at the end of the working week.

Panicked motorists have caused lengthy queues at petrol stations for a second day - as an industry expert predicted the "catastrophic situation" is going to get worse before it improves.

Long queues of motorists waiting to fill up their tanks are continuing for a second day - as the government is expected to clear the way for a visa change allowing thousands of foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.

Teesside International Airport has closed its runway for the weekend after an incident involving a light aircraft left three people in hospital with injuries.

Another 122 COVID-19 deaths and a further 31,348 cases have been recorded in the UK in the latest 24-hour reporting period, government figures show.

Panicked motorists have caused lengthy queues at petrol stations and caused some pumps to run dry - the latest consequence of a shortage of HGV drivers which is causing widespread disruption in the UK.

Through the night the cars kept coming - spilling out on to the roads beyond the forecourt.

A senior South African diplomat says his country cannot rule out boycotting the COP26 summit in Glasgow next month.

Europe made a nightmare start to their Ryder Cup title defence to fall 6-2 behind after an opening day dominated by Team USA at Whistling Straits.

Thomas Tuchel conceded his previously unbeaten Chelsea side lacked confidence against Manchester City, as they suffered a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

Lewis Hamilton said he was "incredibly disappointed" with himself and apologised to his Mercedes team after his two late crashes in Russian GP qualifying, which he said were "not what you expect from a champion".

McLaren's Lando Norris secured an incredible first F1 pole position after a chaotic end to a wet-dry Russian GP qualifying, as Carlos Sainz and George Russell also finished in the top three while big favourite Lewis Hamilton was made to rue a pit-lane crash and a spin on his final lap.

A "human logjam" has formed at Heathrow as crowds of people struggle to get through customs after e-gates failed, with some being left stuck on their planes due to the numbers of people inside.

Delays were expected, but nothing like this.

Scientists have examined the mysteries of a distant galaxy made visible not just by the Hubble Space Telescope but also a deep-space optical phenomenon known as an "Einstein Ring".

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has announced that all cryptocurrency-related financial activities are illegal, including transactions, providing pricing services, and launching new tokens.

Panicked motorists have caused lengthy queues at petrol stations for a second day - as an industry expert predicted the "catastrophic situation" is going to get worse before it improves.

Octopus Energy is exploring a move to take control of Bulb, its rival challenger brand, amid the crisis in Britain's residential energy market that has triggered a swathe of corporate casualties.

Long queues of motorists waiting to fill up their tanks are continuing for a second day - as the government is expected to clear the way for a visa change allowing thousands of foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.

Panicked motorists have caused lengthy queues at petrol stations and caused some pumps to run dry - the latest consequence of a shortage of HGV drivers which is causing widespread disruption in the UK.

Authorities have closed La Palma's airport as a new vent opened in an erupting volcano, spreading more ash across the island.

A Hong Kong pro-democracy group, which held annual vigils to remember the victims of China's military during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has voted to disband during a crackdown on political activism in the semi-autonomous city.

Fifteen-year-old motorcyclist Dean Berta Vinales has died following a crash at a World Superbike Championship race in Jerez, Spain.

The Hofbrauhaus in the heart of Munich is a huge building dedicated to the art of beer.

Up to 4,000 people will be trained up as new HGV drivers and short-term visas will be offered for foreign hauliers, as part of a package of measures that will help tackle the driver shortage, the government has announced.

Ex-trade union leader Len McCluskey believes Labour faces an "almost impossible" challenge to win the next general election as he spoke of his pessimism that Sir Keir Starmer could even force a hung parliament in 2024.

Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to water down his planned overhaul of Labour rules at the opening of the party's conference in Brighton, as he was accused of an "almost pathological fear of democracy" in pushing for change.

Will Britain elect a prime minister people see as weak? This unfortunate question is one Sir Keir Starmer must confront on the eve of his first in-person party conference as Labour leader, however personally painful he finds it.

It could well be the scariest Halloween costume of the year - a racy take on Bernie Sanders' now-infamous outfit from Joe Biden's inauguration.

A cat has been saved by fans at an American football game in Miami after it plunged about 30ft from an upper deck of the Hard Rock Stadium.

A cow wandered on to the M25 motorway on Thursday morning after breaking through a fence and escaping its field.

Cows in Switzerland have been airlifted to the bottom of their Alpine meadows in a bizarre spectacle.

Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to water down his planned overhaul of Labour rules at the opening of the party's conference in Brighton, as he was accused of an "almost pathological fear of democracy" in pushing for change.

The Hofbrauhaus in the heart of Munich is a huge building dedicated to the art of beer.

Panicked motorists have caused lengthy queues at petrol stations for a second day - as an industry expert predicted the "catastrophic situation" is going to get worse before it improves.

The Wire actor Michael K Williams died of an accidental drug overdose, a post-mortem examination has found.