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Town mayor dies after heart attack

11:41 - 15 May 2008

ROYSTON S mayor Cllr Peter Lill died on Monday evening after earlier suffering a massive heart attack. His death came on the day which was to see the end of his mayoral year and the handing over of the chain. Cllr Lill, 67, complained of sickness on Monda...

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Police name road death victim

09:58 - 15 May 2008

POLICE have named a man who died following a three-car collision on the A505 near Flint Cross yesterday (Wednesday). He was Robert Steed, 22, of Stephall View, Stevenage. Mr Steed was driving a Honda Civic westbound on the A505 when it was involved in...

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Gallery: Sun brings out the crowds for May Fayre

THOUSANDS of people turned out in the sunshine for this year s Royston May Fayre. They enjoyed arena events which ranger from the Kangaroos gymnastic team to the Electralites dance group to the Royston Fire Cadets. Hundreds, too, visited the annual...

Gallery: On the run for fun!

MORE than 200 runners and a DUMMY turned out for this year s Royston Fun Run. The dummy – otherwise known as Rob – was carried around the 3km course on Therfield Heath by mother and daughter, Patsy Thomasson and Harriet Thomasson. It is the third year the...

Have you got talent?

THIS week our sister paper, The Welwyn and Hatfield Times, discovered the singing prowess of canine crooner Blue Tulip Edelweiss Warby after she appeared on the hit ITV show. Booed off the stage by the audience, the 52-year-old from Welwyn Garden City has...

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Boxing

Evans all set for York Hall ABA title bid

BOXER Bradley Evans stands on the brink of history. The 18-year old from Royston faces Lee Gillespie at Bethnal Green s York Hall tomorrow (Friday) night, hoping to capture the 57 kg senior ABA title. If he does so, he will become the first Royston boxer...

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Football

Town bag third trophy of season

Buntingford Town 3 Stotfold 1 (aet) AN excellent team performance saw Buntingford overcome Stotfold to secure the Eastern Junior Cup – their third piece of silverware of the season. Both sides played well, but it was the difference in front of goal that p...

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LOVE CARS? Live for music? Then this is the competition for you. Because this week we have teamed up with Live Nation to offer 10 of our readers the chance to win a must-have pair of tickets to any one of 10 concerts being performed at the British Intern...

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Win a £500 photo session for Father's Day with Venture, Hitchin

If your dad is expecting another pair of socks or a bag of new golf balls this Father s Day then why not prove him wrong and surprise him with an experience he will never forget. A Venture New Generation Portrait session will put dad in the picture and pr...

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