In total, 244,595 of those emergency parcels were given to people in the East of England.
Compared to this time five years ago, the need for food banks in the Trussell Trust s network has increased by 128 per cent.
Jeanette Thompson, NHDC’s service director for legal and community, said:
“We understand that families with children have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. Over the past year we’ve delivered a number of projects to help them through a difficult year, including:
Supporting the Food provision network and signposting families who need emergency help with food to local organisations in their area
Child poverty rates in Stevenage and North Herts have been steadily increasing over recent years - with Stevenage having the highest rise in the county -.
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10:18 AM April 29, 2021
A revised bin collection schedule has been put forward by SBC and NHDC over the May Bank Holiday weekend, with Central Bedfordshire not altering their service
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Bin collections in Stevenage and North Herts will fall on different days next week due to the early May Bank Holiday.
Both Stevenage Borough Council and North Hertfordshire District Council are running a revised collection service, which will see slight amendments to the usual schedule over the next week.
North Herts District Council have announced the below schedule for those living in the area.
Residents of North Herts will find their normal bin collection days pushed back due to the upcoming early May Bank Holiday
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4:09 PM April 28, 2021
The Comet met with Breathe Green s inventor, Rob Chivers, to hear more about the green installation in Hitchin s Market Square
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There s been quite a buzz in Hitchin over the past week, after Breathe Green, the living and soon-to-be entirely self-sufficient biodiverse bench, was installed in the town centre on Friday.
The market square centrepiece, which is a revolutionary prototype and the first of its kind, left many wondering where the contraption had come from, and what benefits it would bring to the town.
The Comet met with the brains behind the eco installation, Rob Chivers, to hear a little more about the smart - and evolving - biodiverse bench that has captivated the people of Hitchin.
The Barkway Road site at the edge of Royston
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The deadline to have your say on the application to build nearly 300 homes on land on the south eastern edge of Royston has been extended.
The plans for the Barkway Road, Royston development - put forward by agent Claremont Planning Consultancy Ltd on behalf of Southern & Regional Developments, and promoter Landhold Capital - are for 280 homes, including 112 deemed affordable housing .
The site is approximately 18.47 hectares on the south-eastern edge of Royston - bound by residential properties to the north Barkway Road to the east, Flint Hall farm and access lane to the south, and agricultural land to the west.