The Latest Breaking News from Hitchin

Top commuter towns less than an hour from London

Cornwall? Wales? That’s so 2020. Londoners moving out now don’t want to be more than an hour away by train

Evening Standard · Mar 12

Country diary: Cherry plum blossom brings a little spring spangle to the hedges

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: It’s often mistaken for blackthorn at this time of year, and you may be more familiar with its pink and purple varieties

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025

Tornado hits Luton as streets flooded and cars submerged outside London

A small tornado hit Luton as streets were submerged and cars abandoned when heavy downpours battered towns outside London.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

‘A disaster’: undecided voters say Britain is a mess but still worry about Labour

A focus group in Hitchin blames Liz Truss for their financial woes, is split on Rishi Sunak and still unsure about Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Hitchin voters: tell us which issues will decide this election

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Hitchin to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024

Country diary: These plucky moorhens have become local celebrities

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: A bit of flooding is nothing to this duo – they just turned their nesting platform into a tower

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024

Country diary: Back by poplar demand – this simple stick carries our high hopes

Gosmore, Hitchin, Hertfordshire: There are very few black poplars around, and we lost a notable one in storms last year. Then came this ostensibly dead cutting

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024

Teen driver speeds through quiet town with SIX friends in car before horror crash

Jack Clark left multiple people with life-changing injuries following the smash just in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He had six friends in the car with him begging him to slow down

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2023

Lidl trolls M&S's ban on ice cream shop by sending out Henry Hippos

Fabio's Gelato in Hitchin received a letter demanding they changed the name of their ice cream

Wales Online · Jun 5, 2023

Lidl in another dig at M&S after Percy Pig ice cream row

M&S sent a cease and desist letter to Fabio’s Gelato in Hitchin

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023