Firefighters from Hertfordshire have been involved in tackling a massive blaze just over the border in Essex this morning... which has destroyed a fireplace shop's stock.

Fire broke out at an industrial estate in Cartersfield Road in Waltham Abbey, shortly before 05:00. It was out by 08:40.

About 40 firefighters were at the scene at its height.

The East of England Ambulance Service has confirmed there were "no patients found at the scene".

How did Mark Lawrenson get on against Britain's World Indoor gold medallist Katarina Johnson-Thompson in this weekend's Premier League predictions?

The officer had emergency surgery after the attack on Saturday.

Nicholas Keeler had finished a call centre shift when he died in a collision with a vehicle.

Nicholas Keeler was on his way home from his shift at a Just Eat call centre when he was struck.

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Households across Ware are experiencing problems with their water supply, external today.

Homes across Herts, Beds, Bucks and Essex are facing water supply problems as companies say a weather thaw has led to burst water mains and leaks.

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A joint statement from Thames Water, South East Water, Southern Water and Affinity Water (which serves a population of more than 3.6m people, including parts of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex) said they were "experiencing exceptionally high levels of demand for water due to multiple bursts on networks and an increase in leaks in and on customer properties".

They are asking those customers who still have water coming through to use as little as possible while they get things back to normal.

Thames Water - which serves London and the Thames Valley - said: "We continue to pump as much extra water into our network as we can, however we still have several hundred jobs to complete and this work will be taking place over the course of this week."

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Arsenal star Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ mum has revealed that she is homeless and has been living in a 10ft square metal storage box, external in Hertfordshire.

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Excited Harry Styles fans went into meltdown after pictures emerged on social media, appearing to show the star being filmed in his dressing gown, external outside a St Albans fish and chip shop.

A man from Buckinghamshire has won an Oscar at the overnight ceremony in Hollywood for his work on the film about World War Two and Winston Churchill - Darkest Hour.

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David Milanowski, from Aston Clinton, was part of the team - including Kazuhiro Tsuji and Lucy Sibbick - which created the make-up and prosthetics for Gary Oldman as he was transformed into Mr Churchill.

The other nominees were Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard (jointly) for Victoria & Abdul and Arjen Tuiten for Wonder.

Oldman himself won Best Actor.

The Shape of Water won the most Oscars with four - Best Film being one of them.

West Brom slump to their fifth successive Premier League defeat as Troy Deeney's goal gives Watford the win.

James Collins scores and is sent off as League Two leaders Luton are held to a draw by Cambridge.

Watford head coach Javi Gracia says his side are still not safe from relegation despite their 1-0 win over West Brom.

Ellis Harrison's strike earns Bristol Rovers victory at MK Dons and takes the Gas to within four points of the play-offs.

West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Pardew says one mistake cost his side, as the Baggies lost 1-0 away to Watford to stay bottom of the Premier League.

Baggiesfan in the US: Albion again show why we needed a striker at the start of the season and again in January - we were doomed before a ball was even kicked. We are the laughing stock of the Premier League.

Chad Smith: WBA deserve to go down but @BenFoster, external and Chris Brunt do not. They are filled with blue & white blood!

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It's amazing what a difference a few weeks can make.

Five weeks ago Alan Pardew was smiling after masterminding Liverpool's FA Cup exit at Anfield.

By the end of the weekend, the West Brom boss could be out of a job.

The former West Ham manager, who has only been in the role since the end of November, says he will not walk away from the job.

But his problems are piling up including the leaking of details of arguments in the West Brom dressing room.