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Harrowing footage shows how fight to save cardiac arrest victim's life was won

Harrowing footage shows how fight to save cardiac arrest victim's life was won

Stortford karate instructor Mark Kingsland was sparring when he collapsed on the dojo floor – a video camera captured the minutes that followed.

Stortford MP defends her vote against extending free school meals in holidays

Stortford MP defends her vote against extending free school meals in holidays

Stortford MP defends her vote against extending free school meals in holidays

"I'm fully committed to free school meals and this Government has expanded the eligibility to more children than any Government in the last 50 years."

Customer enables Stortford café to offer free lunches to children in need at half term

Customer enables Stortford café to offer free lunches to children in need at half term

Customer enables Stortford café to offer free lunches to children in need at half term

Anonymous donor's £150 enables South Street business Penny and Lou to give away 50 lunch boxes over five days.

Conservative-controlled county council steps up to feed children in need

Conservative-controlled county council steps up to feed children in need

Conservative-controlled county council steps up to feed children in need

Essex introduces Half Term Emergency Fund and extends Holiday Hunger programme so over 1,000 children can get free activities and food.

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Stortford's Remembrance Sunday ceremony to be curtailed by Covid

Stortford's Remembrance Sunday ceremony to be curtailed by Covid

Stortford's Remembrance Sunday ceremony to be curtailed by Covid

Rather than customary march to Castle Gardens war memorial, November 8 commemoration will comprise static parade and short service.

Two vehicles seized by police at Spellbrook in metal theft crackdown

Two vehicles seized by police at Spellbrook in metal theft crackdown

Two vehicles seized by police at Spellbrook in metal theft crackdown

A multi-agency ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) operation was carried out on the A1184 between Stortford and Sawbridgeworth.

MP trumpets another £100,000 Covid cash for East Herts Council

MP trumpets another £100,000 Covid cash for East Herts Council

MP trumpets another £100,000 Covid cash for East Herts Council

Julie Marson said that since the start of the pandemic the district council had received £2.07m in extra direct support from Westminster.

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Cyclist dies at scene of collision with car

Cyclist dies at scene of collision with car

Cyclist dies at scene of collision with car

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash which happened in Saffron Walden on Sunday afternoon.

Green Watch: Shining a light on why our new homes don't have solar panels

Green Watch: Shining a light on why our new homes don't have solar panels

Green Watch: Shining a light on why our new homes don't have solar panels

Indie columnist Louise Tennekoon tackles the question she gets asked the most: Why don't all new houses in Bishop's Stortford have solar panels?
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SPORT

Bishop's Stortford beat St Albans City to reach FA Cup first round

Bishop's Stortford beat St Albans City to reach FA Cup first round

Foxley and Greene goals in first 16 minutes set up trip to Brackley Town and stretch Blues' unbeaten run to 10 games in match televised live.

'We're bang up for it' – Blues bid to be TV stars in FA Cup clash

'We're bang up for it' – Blues bid to be TV stars in FA Cup clash

'We're bang up for it' – Blues bid to be TV stars in FA Cup clash

Bishop's Stortford boss Steve Smith says his players will give everything to beat St Albans in front of the BT Sport TV cameras on Monday (October 26)

Patience is a virtue as TBSHS claim national schools football cup title

Patience is a virtue as TBSHS claim national schools football cup title

Patience is a virtue as TBSHS claim national schools football cup title

A cup run that lasted almost a year ended in glory for The Bishop's Stortford High School as they were crowned national under-14 champions

Picture gallery: Pippa at the double as Stortford II Bull-doze Hertford

Picture gallery: Pippa at the double as Stortford II Bull-doze Hertford

Picture gallery: Pippa at the double as Stortford II Bull-doze Hertford

Pippa Bull struck twice as unbeaten Bishop's Stortford II registered a comprehensive 4-0 win in East Women's League, Division 2SW.

Hat-trick ace Ellis completes BSCFC comeback in Eastern Junior Alliance

Hat-trick ace Ellis completes BSCFC comeback in Eastern Junior Alliance

Hat-trick ace Ellis completes BSCFC comeback in Eastern Junior Alliance

Luke Ellis hit a hat-trick as Bishop's Stortford Community Football Club under-15 Red came from behind to win 3-2 at Stanway Rovers
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WHAT'S ON

Catch these books as leaves fall to immerse your little ones in the wonders of autumn

Catch these books as leaves fall to immerse your little ones in the wonders of autumn

Bishop's Stortford College librarian Lizzie Hall gives her book suggestions to help children learn about the colours, sights and sounds of the season

Sweet 17! Chocolate factory latest addition to Stortford's Eat 17 store

Sweet 17! Chocolate factory latest addition to Stortford's Eat 17 store

Sweet 17! Chocolate factory latest addition to Stortford's Eat 17 store

Open chocolate factory created by 28-year-old Los Angeles-born former Choccywoccydoodah employee Jade Alterman.

The show can go on thanks to £94,000 ‘lifeline’ for South Mill Arts

The show can go on thanks to £94,000 ‘lifeline’ for South Mill Arts

The show can go on thanks to £94,000 ‘lifeline’ for South Mill Arts

Stortford's arts venue and museum receives grant from Government's Culture Recovery Fund to help cope with Covid pandemic.

Nature Notes: I'm a fungi to be with when there's this much to see in Hatfield Forest

Nature Notes: I'm a fungi to be with when there's this much to see in Hatfield Forest

Nature Notes: I'm a fungi to be with when there's this much to see in Hatfield Forest

An array of mushrooms are on nature's menu when Jono Forgham enjoys a seven-mile stroll around Hatfield Forest for his latest Indie column

Plant to Plate: Don't be scared of growing your own pumpkins

Plant to Plate: Don't be scared of growing your own pumpkins

Plant to Plate: Don't be scared of growing your own pumpkins

Chef Alistair Dibbs says we should all give growing the Hallowe'en staple a try and shares his recipe for pumpkin risotto with sage and smoked almonds
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LIFESTYLE

The sisters who survived wartime bomb that killed their mother

The sisters who survived wartime bomb that killed their mother

80 years on, Eileen and Margaret recall the night a German bomb destroyed four houses in Sawbridgeworth, killing two women and three children.

Use Birchanger Wood to get the app-titude to be the next David Attenborough

Use Birchanger Wood to get the app-titude to be the next David Attenborough

Use Birchanger Wood to get the app-titude to be the next David Attenborough

Stortford woodland's trustees encouraging people to use smart phone apps to identify trees, plants, birds, insect and fungi.

'St Clare enabled my wife to die with me at her side rather than alone in hospital'

'St Clare enabled my wife to die with me at her side rather than alone in hospital'

'St Clare enabled my wife to die with me at her side rather than alone in hospital'

When Tony Morris learned wife Collette, 42, had untreatable cancer, lockdown was about to begin and he feared she would spend her final days alone.

Ally draws on trauma of living with brain tumour for 10 years for debut novel

Ally draws on trauma of living with brain tumour for 10 years for debut novel

Ally draws on trauma of living with brain tumour for 10 years for debut novel

16-hour surgery to remove life-threatening growth left Stortford mum, 39, partly deaf, with partial facial palsy and balance problems.

NHS Test and Trace app's development should have been left to the experts

NHS Test and Trace app's development should have been left to the experts

NHS Test and Trace app's development should have been left to the experts

'Government should not see IT projects as something they can make in their sheds at the weekend and are best left to those who do it for a living'
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