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Police officers have now removed the cordon on Southgate. "I think the vision was incredible," she says. Get the latest news, entertainment, and top stories about Stevenage from the BBC We are continuing to assess the situation at Swingate House and ask people to continue to stay away from this area.For those visiting the town centre, please be aware that the Westgate car park is closed and we advise to park in The Forum,Southgate or St Georges Way. Have you been affected by the issues raised in this story? "A police presence will remain at the scene for a short period whilst Network Rail assess any damage to the track line. Carrick was dismissed at a misconduct hearing on Tuesday morning. I few minutes before all that stuff was roughly where the red line is. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The town's housing stock is also ageing fast. The collapsed building on Swingate was being demolished as part of the Stevenage regeneration project, The Swingate House building in Stevenage has collapsed. "But we've been working hard to do a new 2 billion scheme and I feel more confident than I have done for a very long time that it will work.". For more news follow HertsLive to stay in the know. "He was really passionate that new towns should have access to the countryside, so he'd recognise all that. 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"People judge the town on the town centre," admits Jo Ward, curator of Stevenage Museum. "But you wouldn't have known that he was doing what he was. Check current conditions in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom with radar, hourly, and more. Police arrived at the Metropolitan Police officer Carricks home to carry out a late night raid in October 2021 to the shock of his neighbours. At around 11.20am the police were called to reports that a bomb or suspicious package had been found underneath a car on Southgate. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. They added: Glad I want driving past when that happened., Demolishing gone wrong @KaneGroup @StevenageBC #stevenage swingate road closed pic.twitter.com/omSAm8ngu9. They said there were no warning signs that the shameful officer - who was once described by one resident as the perfect neighbour - was a serial sex offender. Play it now! Editors' Code of Practice. Officers attended and a man has been taken to a place of safety.". Stevenage Museum. WebStay current with all the latest and breaking news from Stevenage, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. Please delay travel until later. A spokesman said: "Services across our network remain heavily disrupted. Up until the 1940s, Stevenage had been a quiet farming town of 6,000 people. "There was a great atmosphere of optimism and positivity," recalls Sharon Taylor, whose parents had made the move from London. He is one of several well-known sporting and cultural figures to have been born in the town. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. To see how this incident unfolded, read our live blog below. The road continues to remain closed and member of the public are urged to keep away. Swingate House in Stevenage, Hertfordshire crumbled at about 10:00 GMT and also left debris across the road. Roads in the town centre around the building were closed so that emergency services and contractors could deal with the clear-up. For now that is the end of this live blog today since the incident has concluded. (Image: Velda Umney). David Carrick is due to be sentenced for his offending in February. Its still unclear what the suspected bomb or suspicious package was however and the police have released no official information. Stevenage was the first of a new breed of towns created as an answer to Britain's post-war housing crisis, People who lived in Old Stevenage campaigned hard against the development of the new town - but lost, Stevenage was a small farming town when it was designated as the first New Town in 1946, When people first moved, the town centre and some housing was still being built, Stevenage's network of roads, pathways and cycleways was designed to keep residents safe, A walkway between the town and leisure centre celebrates Stevenage's well-known sons and daughters, A plaque in the town centre remembers the involvement of the Stevenage Development Corporation. Emergency services dealt with an incident at Stevenage train station earlier this afternoon. At 1.15pm, the cordon was removed after the area was made safe for the public again. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? "There was a very strong community here because people had come away from their links with family life and friends where they'd lived before. Council leader Sharon Taylor said the borough's development partner Mace had contracted the "very experienced demolition firm" Kane Group to carry out the work. Regeneration plans have been mooted, approved and shelved several times over. We were so shocked. Members of public are thanked for their patience during this incident.". But Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper accused the government of failing to address "appalling failures in the police vetting and misconduct processes". Trains were at a standstill Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. In a tweet, Herts Police have said: "Officers are currently at the scene of an incident in Broadhall Way, Stevenage this afternoon (20 Sep). Read about our approach to external linking. The closure was lifted at around 10am. 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