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My daily surveys suggest British earwigs are declining drastically

Every morning for the past 32 years, I have been counting earwigs. Here at Marshalls Heath, a small nature reserve in Hertfordshire, the only site where these nocturnal insects have been so systematically monitored for so long, the number of common earwigs has declined dramatically.

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Country diary: The joys and mysteries of a late-season songster

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: We’re learning more and more about the UK’s wintering blackcaps. This summer one is just for pleasure

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July 7 attacks were watershed moment for head of Met’s counter-terrorism squad

Commander Dominic Murphy came straight to London to help in the aftermath of the bombings and has remained in the Met ever since

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How 7/7 bombings became ‘watershed moment’ for Met Police’s counter-terrorism squad

The team drove to London to help in the aftermath of the attack and remained for the next two decades

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Briton ranked at 733 ‘staying present’ ahead of Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon match

Oliver Tarvet, 21, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, will play the defending Wimbledon champion on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

In Pride and Prejudice (1813), when heroine Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with “her petticoat six inches deep in mud”, she walks not only through the fields of Hertfordshire, but into one of literature’s most memorable images of women’s independence.

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Simon Pegg 'relishes' the anonymity that comes with living in the countryside

Simon Pegg is able to lead a "normal life" in the Hertfordshire countryside.

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‘Misogynistic’ Reform activists depict female cabinet ministers as cows in abattoir

Labour and Lib Dems have condemned the stunt in Hertfordshire as ‘horrifically misogynistic’ and ‘dehumanising’

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London leaver: 'Moving to the Herts countryside has had a massive impact on my mental health'

A calm environment outside London has been a vital part of this Walthamstow native’s recovery from addiction

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Grindr used by gang to entrap and burgle 50 victims in their own homes

A 22-year-old man from Potters Bar in Hertfordshire has been arrested alongside two others from Harrow

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Bereaved mother ‘shattered’ after baby’s burial site vandalised at cemetery

Hertfordshire Police said 85 grave plaques were vandalised at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery, near Watford.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner

Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling

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Brickbat: Like Being Back in School

Six U.K. police officers arrested Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine at their home in Hertfordshire after they complained about their… The post Brickbat: Like Being Back in School appeared first on Reason.com.

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Watch: Hawk dive bombs at pensioner’s head during daylight attack

A rogue hawk has been terrorising a village in Hertfordshire, with the moment it dived bombed a pedestrian, leaving him with bloody injuries, caught on CCTV.

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Hawk that terrorised tall, bald men for weeks was ‘hormonal’, says falconer

The hawk may have been trying to show off to potential mates

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Hawk that terrorised village was ‘hormonal’, says falconer

The Harris’s hawk was captured on Thursday after a string of attacks in a Hertfordshire village.

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Police chief criticises force after parents arrested for complaining about daughter's school in WhatsApp group

Jonathan Ash-Edwards, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, said the force should never have been involved in the first place

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Parents arrested by Hertfordshire police for complaining about daughter’s school

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say six officers came to their house after primary objected to WhatsApp comments

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The Independent UK

Parents arrested for complaining about school in WhatsApp group

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say they were detained by six Hertfordshire police officers in front of their young daughter

Evening Standard

Conman bought yacht and supercars with £8.5m profits of selling homes he did not own

Anopkumar Maudhoo made millions selling homes and land he did not own in London, Hertfordshire, and Essex

The Guardian - UK

Falconer ‘extremely close’ to catching hawk attacking Hertfordshire villagers

Bird of prey’s violent reign in Flamstead could soon come to an end, according to parish council

Evening Standard

Starmer faces calls to bring forward tougher crossbow laws within weeks

The weapon was used by triple murderer Kyle Clifford to kill his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her sister Hannah Hunt in Hertfordshire last July.

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‘It clawed the back of my head’: the Hertfordshire village harassed by a hawk

Flamstead residents – tall men, in particular – are under attack from a Harris’s hawk that has gone on a rampage

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Tall men being attacked by divebombing hawk in Hertfordshire village: ‘It boofed me’

Bird is responsible for around 20 attacks in Flamstead in the last two weeks

Evening Standard

Kyle Clifford’s murders fuelled by Andrew Tate’s ‘misogyny’, court told

The former soldier was found guilty of raping his ex-partner Louise Hunt on Thursday.

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