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Best friend's mum's cancer battle inspires Sam's 1,000-mile charity bike ride

04 January 2020
Best friend's mum's cancer battle inspires Sam's 1,000-mile charity bike ride

Best friend's mum's cancer battle inspires Sam's 1,000-mile charity bike ride

04 January 2020

Former Leventhorpe student Sam Faulkner, 24, is taking on the challenge of cycling from John o' Groats to Land's End in aid of Isabel Hospice.


My love for Vera: Stortford D-Day veteran Cyril brings TV viewers to tears

04 January 2020
My love for Vera: Stortford D-Day veteran Cyril brings TV viewers to tears

My love for Vera: Stortford D-Day veteran Cyril brings TV viewers to tears

04 January 2020

Fresh from his chat with Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, Cyril Banks, 95, admits he's becoming a bit of a local celebrity.


Communi-tea, cakes and company for Stortford's socially isolated elderly

03 January 2020
Communi-tea, cakes and company for Stortford's socially isolated elderly

Communi-tea, cakes and company for Stortford's socially isolated elderly

03 January 2020

The series of monthly tea parties in the Markwell Pavilion is a partnership between charity Re-engage and the Castle Park project.


Call of nature: Join the conservation team at Birchanger Wood

02 January 2020
Call of nature: Join the conservation team at Birchanger Wood

Call of nature: Join the conservation team at Birchanger Wood

02 January 2020

Trustees of the coppiced woodland on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford urge people to shun the gym and join them in the fresh air instead.


Clean bill for pond as group aims to woo back ducks

01 January 2020
Clean bill for pond as group aims to woo back ducks

Clean bill for pond as group aims to woo back ducks

01 January 2020

Carolyn Devonshire, of Allens Green revealed how the pond at the junction of Parsonage Lane and Spellbrook Lane West, was polluted.


Masked gang punch 15-year-old boy in the mouth in robbery attempt in Stortford

30 December 2019
Masked gang punch 15-year-old boy in the mouth in robbery attempt in Stortford

Masked gang punch 15-year-old boy in the mouth in robbery attempt in Stortford

30 December 2019

The victim was cycling near the shops in Havers Lane on the Sunday afternoon before Christmas when three older teenagers targeted him.


Drivers park for free in Bishop's Stortford after 'programming' glitch

30 December 2019
Drivers park for free in Bishop's Stortford after 'programming' glitch

Drivers park for free in Bishop's Stortford after 'programming' glitch

30 December 2019

Motorists report that if the free 30-minute parking button is pressed a ticket for parking until January 2 is issued.


Man suffers cardiac arrest in the street in Sawbridgeworth

27 December 2019
Man suffers cardiac arrest in the street in Sawbridgeworth

Man suffers cardiac arrest in the street in Sawbridgeworth

27 December 2019

Ambulances attended the incident at the junction of London Road and Springhall Road at around 10.30am on Friday.


Man charged with spate of attempted robberies on five boys in Stortford

19 December 2019
Man charged with spate of attempted robberies on five boys in Stortford

Man charged with spate of attempted robberies on five boys in Stortford

19 December 2019

18-year-old from Little Hadham in custody accused of 15 counts of robbery and attempted robbery in Hertfordshire in the space of five days.


Main road in Sawbridgeworth closed due to severe flooding

16 December 2019
Main road in Sawbridgeworth closed due to severe flooding

Main road in Sawbridgeworth closed due to severe flooding

16 December 2019

Police officers shut the A1184 at 3am and the closure has led to long delays in the Sawbridgeworth and Harlow area.


Building evacuated as fire breaks out in former malthouse in Stortford

13 December 2019
Building evacuated as fire breaks out in former malthouse in Stortford

Building evacuated as fire breaks out in former malthouse in Stortford

13 December 2019

Four fire engines were sent to tackle a "deep seated" fire in the building on the riverside maltings site between Rhodes and the railway station.


Sawbridgeworth trainer Nicola wins award for getting mums active

13 December 2019
Sawbridgeworth trainer Nicola wins award for getting mums active

Sawbridgeworth trainer Nicola wins award for getting mums active

13 December 2019

Fitness trainer Nicola Tilley launched Moving Mums at the school gate at Fawbert and Barnard Infants in 2015.


Labour get students' vote in Bishop's Stortford youth hustings

10 December 2019
Labour get students' vote in Bishop's Stortford youth hustings

Labour get students' vote in Bishop's Stortford youth hustings

10 December 2019

Year 12 and 13 students bucked the historic election trend of the Hertford and Stortford constituency at the event at Herts and Essex High School.


Lift failure leaves elderly residents stranded in their homes

09 December 2019
Lift failure leaves elderly residents stranded in their homes

Lift failure leaves elderly residents stranded in their homes

09 December 2019

Man with one leg and woman recovering from cancer op among residents of Bishop's Stortford sheltered housing block affected by breakdown.


Blood On His Hands is eighth chapter in Stortford author's police thriller series

08 December 2019
Blood On His Hands is eighth chapter in Stortford author's police thriller series

Blood On His Hands is eighth chapter in Stortford author's police thriller series

08 December 2019

Ian McFadyen says he has every intention of continuing with detective Inspector Steve Carmichael's sleuthing in rural Lancashire.


Stortford author engineers sequel to his book about compassionate terrorist

07 December 2019
Stortford author engineers sequel to his book about compassionate terrorist

Stortford author engineers sequel to his book about compassionate terrorist

07 December 2019

A promise made to a young woman in Zambia in 1980 first sparked his desire to write – but it took Brian Godfrey 35 years to fulfil that pledge.


Grotto star attraction at Sawbridgeworth school's Christmas fair

29 November 2019
Grotto star attraction at Sawbridgeworth school's Christmas fair

Grotto star attraction at Sawbridgeworth school's Christmas fair

29 November 2019

Santa was in his all-singing, all-dancing grotto at Fawbert and Barnard Infants along with elves from Diverse Performing Arts.


New country park in Stortford littered with 'laughing gas' canisters

22 November 2019
New country park in Stortford littered with 'laughing gas' canisters

New country park in Stortford littered with 'laughing gas' canisters

22 November 2019

The drugs paraphernalia were strewn around the car park at Bat Willow Hurst Country Park, off Hazelend Road.


Hang-Ups star Tom Wrigglesworth keeping comedy in the family

20 November 2019
Hang-Ups star Tom Wrigglesworth keeping comedy in the family

Hang-Ups star Tom Wrigglesworth keeping comedy in the family

20 November 2019

Tom Wrigglesworth's two-year-old twins won't realise, but a comedic lecture of their life story is about to be revealed to a Stortford audience


Conservative grandee Michael Heseltine tells Stortford students: 'Your generation will reverse Brexit'

20 November 2019
Conservative grandee Michael Heseltine tells Stortford students: 'Your generation will reverse Brexit'

Conservative grandee Michael Heseltine tells Stortford students: 'Your generation will reverse Brexit'

20 November 2019

The 86-year-old peer and ex-Deputy PM told an audience at The Bishop's Stortford High School he has no time for Brexiters and Jeremy Corbyn is 'mad'.


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