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This is a web site for Hitchin and the surrounding areas. The web site will be constantly updated with the latest news as well as strong editorials from local people.

The specific zones are designed to aid you in making choices, whether seeking a local tradesman, reading the latest music reviews or simply helping you decide where to go out and about in Hitchin and the surrounding areas.

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Five Minutes with Helen Rochfort

Hitchin designer Helen Rochfort’s unique – and very stylish – handbags are in great demand around the globe. Here she reveals some of the secrets of her success.

Q Have you always had a flair for design ?

A I have loved Art, Design and Fashion since I was a child. I did a degree in Fashion and Textiles Design at Gloucester University in Cheltenham, which is where I met my husband, Julian.

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Special Days For those living with a life-threatening illness, every day deserves to be treated as precious. Sadly the stress and difficult realities of diagnosis and treatment mean that it’s all too easy to forget that life is here to be lived. Read more...

North Herts Sanctuary What do you associate with winter? Cold crisp sunny morning’s with frost delicately coating the trees, running from your car to front door shaking off your umbrella as you put the key in the lock, getting curled up with a good book in the warmth of your home, a big roaring logfire?Ever wondered what it would be like to have no where to call h... Read more...

Is drink costing you more than money? “ I thought that alcoholics were down and outs drinking cider on park benches. I had a good job, family, a car, everything I thought I ever needed. But all I could think about was drinking and when I started drinking, well I simply couldn’t stop. I felt lonely, afraid and miserable. When I got to Alcoholics Anonymous I realised that alc... Read more...

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