The Latest Breaking News from Stevenage

GSK announces plans to close main research hub in Stevenage

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The Independent UK · Jul 28

Pharma giant GSK to relocate research headquarters to Cambridge in £400m move

GSK is hoping all workers will relocate to either Cambridge or Ware

The Independent UK · Jul 28

GSK to shut Stevenage R&D hub under plans to open new site in Cambridge

The move will impact around 1,800 staff currently based in Stevenage.

Evening Standard · Jul 28

GSK cutting jobs in UK and US as part of ongoing R&D changes

It is understood around 50 UK jobs so far are being cut in the group’s main UK R&D hub in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Evening Standard · Feb 2

London Overground: TfL wants to run trains to Stevenage by seizing control of Hertford branch line

Hugely-popular Overground currently has six branches but TfL wants to expand rail network further into Home Counties

Evening Standard · Jan 28

Boston Kickout review – John Simm and Andrew Lincoln among 90s teens tearing around Stevenage

Some now famous faces – Lincoln, Simm, Marc Warren – bring plenty of youthful zing to this tale of teenage life in new-town Hertfordshire

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

"Next July, I will have the benefit of five days of Oasis concerts in the fantastic venue of Knebworth House”: Oasis Knebworth gigs for 2026 appeared to be leaked... in the House of Lords

But Lady Taylor of Stevenage then says she was “speaking hypothetically”

MusicRadar · Oct 24, 2025

What’s the story? British peer says Oasis will play Knebworth – then rows back

Exclusive: Lady Taylor of Stevenage says suggestion band would perform over five days in July 2026 was ‘hypothetical’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

Nigel Farage welcomes first Labour defector to Reform UK

The Labour councillor’s defection to Reform UK will raise fears in Labour HQ that there are more to come

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Police launch probe into petrol bomb attack on man 'putting up flags' in Stevenage

Man suffers cut to the head after being struck by glass bottle containing lit rag in Stevenage

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2025