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Households throughout Hertfordshire are being encouraged by local authorities to use an online meal planning service, which aims to make cooking easier, healthier and more affordable.

Herts book festival returns on the 16th and 17th May and will host activities this weekend across two days and two different venues, with different events planned for each day.

Three Peregrine Falcon chicks successfully hatched at St Albans Cathedral.

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Harvey Weinstein's third rape retrial has ended in a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked.

The search for the next James Bond is under way, Amazon MGM Studios has revealed, with the casting process to replace Daniel Craig having "just begun". 

American rappers Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks have thrown their weight behind Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.

An addiction counsellor who delivered the ketamine doses to Matthew Perry that killed the Friends star has been sentenced to two years in prison.

An inmate accused of murdering paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins told prison officers "people die every day" - and that he wanted to play Sudoku - in the aftermath of the attack.

Waste carriers will be required to go through tough new identity, criminal record and technical checks in the latest move by the government to crack down on illegal dumping in England.

Parents could be more likely to face harsh repercussions if their children break the law as part of a youth justice system shake-up.

Nine asymptomatic hantavirus contacts from St Helena and Ascension Island are expected to arrive in the UK this evening, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said in an update.

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Scottish rugby legend Scott Hastings has died aged 61.

England's Aaron Rai has claimed his first major championship by winning the US PGA Championship - and becomes the first English winner of the event in more than a century.

Some 3,000 elite troops from the US, the UK and 22 other nations are taking part in NATO's biggest special forces exercise in Europe even as Donald Trump reduces support to his allies.

More than a million GPS jamming incidents have been recorded since the start of the Iran war, with experts telling Sky News that "everyone is doing it".

Police have released a detailed breakdown of the 43 arrests made during two rival London protests on Saturday, including 11 hate crime-related offences.

The government is looking into a potential bid for the north of England to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the 2040s.

England’s Aaron Rai stormed to a maiden major title after completing a sensational three-shot victory in the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.

West Ham lacked intensity and desire in their damaging defeat at Newcastle, says Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane.

More than a million GPS jamming incidents have been recorded since the start of the Iran war, with experts telling Sky News that "everyone is doing it".

A senior health official says he is in "panic mode" because of an Ebola outbreak linked to 88 suspected deaths, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a "public health emergency of international concern".

Elon Musk and the OpenAI boss have spent the last three weeks battling in court over Sam Altman's company, in a trial that could mould the future of artificial intelligence.

The family of a teenager who died after contracting meningitis said they are "absolutely devastated".

British Gas is to pay £20m over its treatment of customers who had a prepayment meter forcibly installed.

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The benchmark UK borrowing cost has hit a fresh financial crash-era high as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces a potential leadership challenge from Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Four people were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia, authorities have said – in what appears to be the largest attack on Moscow in over a year.

Nine asymptomatic hantavirus contacts from St Helena and Ascension Island are expected to arrive in the UK this evening, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said in an update.

All four crew members were safely ejected after two navy jets crashed during an air show in Idaho.

England's Aaron Rai has claimed his first major championship by winning the US PGA Championship - and becomes the first English winner of the event in more than a century.

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Police say a driver made an "own goal" by dangerously driving with an unsecured football net on top of their car.

A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as "a longstanding milestone for AI".

Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests.

Three people have been jailed for insurance fraud after claiming their cars were damaged by a bear - only for the assailant to be somebody dressed in a bear costume. 

More than a million GPS jamming incidents have been recorded since the start of the Iran war, with experts telling Sky News that "everyone is doing it".

Waste carriers will be required to go through tough new identity, criminal record and technical checks in the latest move by the government to crack down on illegal dumping in England.

Scottish rugby legend Scott Hastings has died aged 61.

The UK economy unexpectedly grew during first month of the Iran war, new official figures reveal.