Hitchin Nub News is a big backer of businesses in our town and as everyone gears up for the second lockdown we want to help YOU as much as we can.

Nub News is YOUR dedicated online newspaper, working to keep you informed on everything that matters in Hitchin.

We're running this live blog to keep our readers updated on events locally and nationally - as well as to help boost local businesses.

With Thursday's impending lockdown set to last for 27 days, until Wednesday, December 2 we want to support independent businesses in our town.

As lockdown kicks in why not give your company a big boost by adding your company to our FREE Hitchin directory. You can add your business to it here.

If you run a cafe, pub or restaurant, will you be changing to offer takeaway? Let us know your plans and we'll publicise them.

Do you work in an industry which will have to stop for the lockdown, and will you be using the furlough scheme which has been extended?

Below you'll find information on how businesses are responding to the lockdown, changes to council services, community requests and more.

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LIVE BLOG:

745am Hands up who watched the US presidential election results until the early hours. We did. The only thing missing was the popcorn. What did you make of it? We can only guess...

830am As it's the final day before Lockdown 2.0, if you're planning on buying a few early Christmas presents or simply to pick up a couple of things to cheer yourself up, don't forget to SHOP LOCAL...

1009am Hitchin's hard-working town centre boss Tom Hardy has a message for shoppers today. Read more here

136pm We take a stroll around Hitchin town centre as everyone braces themselves for lockdown. Take a look at our Facebook page for a restorative FB live video around St Mary's Church and the riverside on a sunny lunchtime.

207pm Good to spend a couple of hours in town savouring the final day before Lockdown 2.0 and talking to a few familiar faces. There was a gentle bustle in Hitchin on beautiful sunny day as people ran last minute errands and caught up with friends in Market Place before the shutdown bites.