News in Hitchin

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Founded in 1992 operating from Harpenden and having acquired an office in Hitchin in 2015, the firm has supported the local community for many years.

In order to improve the chance of home ownership amongs young people, we need to do more than just build more houses.

We also need to change the mortgage market, writes Bim Afolami, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden.

We're proud to have a raft of diverse voices here at Hitchin Nub News.

From our town's MP, to the leader of North Herts District Council, as well as charity directors to name but three, we are here to provide a platform for your community news and views.

It's been a busy week for the travel industry.

Hitchin Nub News is proud to feature renowned travel expert and travel agent Susan Downie from the highly-acclaimed Mondial Travel in our town.

We're delighted to have signed up Hitchin MP Bim Afolami as a regular Nub News columnist.

Read Hitchin Nub News for Bim's new and exclusive monthly column.

If I were to ask you to think of a memorable adventure that you have had in any of our local hills, it is quite likely to have happened in the Chilterns, so looming is their benevolent presence; they are like having a family of friendly giants living next door: difficult to avoid and hard not to have fun in their company.

But as the world slowly opens up again, I think it's time for us to go slightly further afield for a change…

It's the FA Cup final as Leicester City take on Chelsea at Wembley Stadium later today.

For a passionate, long-serving Foxes supporter from Hitchin, the day will be bittersweet, as due to Covid protocols, only a small amount of fans will be able to attend.

This election, 12 months behind schedule, was a terrifying and weird experience set against the backdrop of what's been a terrifying and weird period for us all.

Normally candidates would be out doorknocking, speaking to residents, delivering leaflets and raising our profiles and those of our respective parties.

Local elections are tomorrow, Thursday, and as ever, Hitchin Nub News has been covering democracy in action in a fair and unbiased way.

As always Nub News take a neutral political position - but whatever your political stance we urge residents to go out and vote to make your voice heard.

More than 50 people have lodged objections against turning a much-loved community Grade II listed 17th century pub into a residential property.

The White Horse in Kimpton is under threat from property developers who want to convert it into residential space.