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Town twinners enjoy summer garden party on Bastille Day

19 July 2024
Town twinners enjoy summer garden party on Bastille Day

Town twinners enjoy summer garden party on Bastille Day

19 July 2024

Forty twinners and guests including the Sawbridgeworth mayor and his family attended the event and the Rib Singers entertained.


Benjy gets crowd going as Lock-in storm Harlow’s Sunset Sessions

17 July 2024
Benjy gets crowd going as Lock-in storm Harlow’s Sunset Sessions

Benjy gets crowd going as Lock-in storm Harlow’s Sunset Sessions

17 July 2024

Frontman has crowd dancing all night as Sawbridgeworth indie band headline free festival with hour-long set of self-penned songs.


Plea for return of memorial bench stolen from park

16 July 2024
Plea for return of memorial bench stolen from park

Plea for return of memorial bench stolen from park

16 July 2024

The bench, bearing the inscription “Granville Ramage – Sawbridgeworth & District Rotary Club”, was taken from West Road children’s playground.


Football comes home for pubs despite England’s defeat

15 July 2024
Football comes home for pubs despite England’s defeat

Football comes home for pubs despite England’s defeat

15 July 2024

A mega-month of business during the Euro 2024 tournament climaxed with huge trading spikes during Sunday’s final between England and Spain.


People and teddies invited to drop in at fire station open day

15 July 2024
People and teddies invited to drop in at fire station open day

People and teddies invited to drop in at fire station open day

15 July 2024

Firefighters will give demos on how they handle road traffic collisions, put out oil fires and conduct a smoke house search and rescue.


New search begins at Stocking Pelham farm for remains of murdered Muriel McKay

15 July 2024
New search begins at Stocking Pelham farm for remains of murdered Muriel McKay

New search begins at Stocking Pelham farm for remains of murdered Muriel McKay

15 July 2024

The 55-year-old was snatched in 1969 by brothers Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein, who believed she was the wife of newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch.


Family fun in store at Stortford church’s weekend festival

10 July 2024
Family fun in store at Stortford church’s weekend festival

Family fun in store at Stortford church’s weekend festival

10 July 2024

A range of activities and attractions at the St James Festival on Saturday and Sunday (July 13-14), 11.30am to 4pm, at Thorley church.


Police seize motorbikes from anti-social riders in Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

09 July 2024
Police seize motorbikes from anti-social riders in Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

Police seize motorbikes from anti-social riders in Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

09 July 2024

Herts police have had numerous reports of riders speeding, weaving through traffic, doing wheelies and being generally intimidating.


More horror stories at struggling Princess Alexandra Hospital A&E

09 July 2024
More horror stories at struggling Princess Alexandra Hospital A&E

More horror stories at struggling Princess Alexandra Hospital A&E

09 July 2024

The Indie was told about a patient vomiting into a bowl while lying prostrate on the floor and a woman given intravenous antibiotics while standing.


Man stole up to 20 hospital staff laptops during Covid-19 pandemic

09 July 2024
Man stole up to 20 hospital staff laptops during Covid-19 pandemic

Man stole up to 20 hospital staff laptops during Covid-19 pandemic

09 July 2024

Francisco Maya took as many as 20 laptops provided for staff during the Covid-19 pandemic while he was working at Princess Alexandra Hospital in 2020.


EE closes shop in heart of Stortford town centre

09 July 2024
EE closes shop in heart of Stortford town centre

EE closes shop in heart of Stortford town centre

09 July 2024

The shop at 2b South Street is shuttered and has a sign in the window saying “We have a new home”, directing customers to Harlow.


St Mary’s students exhibit their A-level artwork at South Mill Arts

09 July 2024
St Mary’s students exhibit their A-level artwork at South Mill Arts

St Mary’s students exhibit their A-level artwork at South Mill Arts

09 July 2024

St Mary’s Catholic quarter Lilly, Kristen, Irene and Abigail joined teachers Miss Nairn and Mrs Morgan-Wren and museum staff for the exhibition.


A&E sister tells patients to ask relatives to bring blankets and pillows

09 July 2024
A&E sister tells patients to ask relatives to bring blankets and pillows

A&E sister tells patients to ask relatives to bring blankets and pillows

09 July 2024

Elsenham man, 80, says nurse announced to patients in Princess Alexandra A&E department the Harlow hospital was full and there were no beds.


Feel the force! Stortford police cadets win county competition

08 July 2024
Feel the force! Stortford police cadets win county competition

Feel the force! Stortford police cadets win county competition

08 July 2024

Ninety cadets took part in a variety of challenges to put into practice the things they have learned through the voluntary programme.


Hello, hello, hello! Three new officers for East Herts

08 July 2024
Hello, hello, hello! Three new officers for East Herts

Hello, hello, hello! Three new officers for East Herts

08 July 2024

15 new Herts officers include two former shop assistants, music teacher, bicycle mechanic, Uber driver and medical practice manager for cruise ships.


Birchanger/M11 junction upgrade: Essex in talks over ‘final settlement’ with contractors

07 July 2024
Birchanger/M11 junction upgrade: Essex in talks over ‘final settlement’ with contractors

Birchanger/M11 junction upgrade: Essex in talks over ‘final settlement’ with contractors

07 July 2024

The scheme to upgrade junction 8 of the M11 and the intersection of the A120 with Birchanger Lane and Dunmow Road was delayed by nine months.


Stortford choir in harmony with work of female composers and lyricists

06 July 2024
Stortford choir in harmony with work of female composers and lyricists

Stortford choir in harmony with work of female composers and lyricists

06 July 2024

The Harmonaires concert at Bishop’s Stortford Methodist Church on Saturday July 13 will feature a broad range of genres.


Firefighters visit all 29 Herts fire stations in one day on 180-mile cycling challenge

05 July 2024
Firefighters visit all 29 Herts fire stations in one day on 180-mile cycling challenge

Firefighters visit all 29 Herts fire stations in one day on 180-mile cycling challenge

05 July 2024

Team of 22 set off on 180-mile challenge at 5am on Sunday June 30, with a brief stop at Bishop’s Stortford fire station, and finished just after 9pm.


Stortford’s Reform canvasser who sparked racism row has nothing to say now

02 July 2024
Stortford’s Reform canvasser who sparked racism row has nothing to say now

Stortford’s Reform canvasser who sparked racism row has nothing to say now

02 July 2024

Indie offered Andrew Parker chance to comment on TV news item in which he called Rishi Sunak ‘a f****** p***’ while canvassing for Nigel Farage..


Thorn Grove girls take poetry reading to heart and win national awards

02 July 2024
Thorn Grove girls take poetry reading to heart and win national awards

Thorn Grove girls take poetry reading to heart and win national awards

02 July 2024

Four pupils at the Stortford primary chose a poem, learned it by heart and uploaded a video of their performance for the Poetry By Heart competition.


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