January

The county's High Sheriff came 'face to face' with his namesake – the founder of the world's first Garden City – on Tuesday 22 January 2008.

When it comes to customer service, Letchworth Garden City’s Tourist Information Centre is top of the pile – and that’s official!

Robot challenges, satellite launching, bionic ears, the physics of circus skills, 'lab in a lorry' etc... and throw in a lecture from none other than a Nobel Prize winner - and over 2,500 students from the world's first Garden City were very much in science mode.

The world's first Garden City has a new Town Centre Manager.

Maria Leone, 34, who started her new role on 5 January, has lived locally for many years and brings six years of marketing experience with both the private and public sector, to the post. She will be working from Letchworth Garden City Town Centre Partnership's new offices above Dixon's in Central Approach.