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Paul Winspear has edited Iliffe Media's Bishop's Stortford Independent since its launch in October 2017. A lifelong provincial journalist, he has previously edited the Hertfordshire Mercury and the now defunct Herts & Essex Observer and Harlow Star. He started as a trainee reporter on the Rotherham Advertiser in 1982.

Man in court for stealing alcohol from stores eight times in three weeks

05 December 2024
Man in court for stealing alcohol from stores eight times in three weeks

Man in court for stealing alcohol from stores eight times in three weeks

05 December 2024

Rory Brytz, 33, was charged with eight counts of theft from a shop, including five from Waitrose in a week, and possessing cannabis.


23-year high for new homes built in Herts – and East Herts led the way

04 December 2024
23-year high for new homes built in Herts – and East Herts led the way

23-year high for new homes built in Herts – and East Herts led the way

04 December 2024

Councils across the county delivered 5,387 new homes in 2023-24 – and East Herts accounted for more than a quarter of them.


Man taken to hospital after GBH in Black Lion

03 December 2024
Man taken to hospital after GBH in Black Lion

Man taken to hospital after GBH in Black Lion

03 December 2024

Victim suffered facial injuries after being assaulted by three others in the Bishop’s Stortford pub in the early hours of Sunday (December 1).


Josh Dean: ‘The lifeline that could keep pool afloat’

02 December 2024
Josh Dean: ‘The lifeline that could keep pool afloat’

Josh Dean: ‘The lifeline that could keep pool afloat’

02 December 2024

In his latest column in the Indie, Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean writes on the fight for Leventhorpe pool plus the historic assisted dying vote.


Duran Duran join Justin Timberlake and Olly Murs as headliners at Essex festival

02 December 2024
Duran Duran join Justin Timberlake and Olly Murs as headliners at Essex festival

Duran Duran join Justin Timberlake and Olly Murs as headliners at Essex festival

02 December 2024

The Birmingham quartet’s appearance at Chelmsford City Live on Friday July 4 will be one of only two UK headline shows in 2025.


Man arrested at services by police in hare coursing probe

01 December 2024
Man arrested at services by police in hare coursing probe

Man arrested at services by police in hare coursing probe

01 December 2024

Police received reports of suspect on foot on southbound M11, disrupting drivers, before getting into the back of a van and travelling to junction 8.


Airport ‘meet and greet’ driver who caused woman’s death gets 28 months

28 November 2024
Airport ‘meet and greet’ driver who caused woman’s death gets 28 months

Airport ‘meet and greet’ driver who caused woman’s death gets 28 months

28 November 2024

Naeem Shahani was driving customer’s Range Rover involved in head-on crash near Takeley that killed Phyllis Willis, 84, and seriously injured driver.


Indie Christmas Dinner Appeal: Help us give 120 elderly people a festive feast

27 November 2024
Indie Christmas Dinner Appeal: Help us give 120 elderly people a festive feast

Indie Christmas Dinner Appeal: Help us give 120 elderly people a festive feast

27 November 2024

Once again we’re supporting the Welbeloved Club in giving socially isolated old folk a Christmas boost – and we’re requesting readers’ help.


Trains resume after Storm Bert wind damage repairs but still major disruption

25 November 2024
Trains resume after Storm Bert wind damage repairs but still major disruption

Trains resume after Storm Bert wind damage repairs but still major disruption

25 November 2024

Greater Anglia said due to number of incidents it did not expect to run trains between Harlow and Cambridge, including Stansted Airport, until 5pm.


Woman scratched and car damaged by tree falling across road in Stortford

25 November 2024
Woman scratched and car damaged by tree falling across road in Stortford

Woman scratched and car damaged by tree falling across road in Stortford

25 November 2024

A woman was slightly injured and a car was damaged when a tree fell across Stortford Hall Park in Sunday’s high winds from Storm Bert.


Developer to unveil scheme for major housing on fields between Stansted and Birchanger

24 November 2024
Developer to unveil scheme for major housing on fields between Stansted and Birchanger

Developer to unveil scheme for major housing on fields between Stansted and Birchanger

24 November 2024

City & Country: “With the focus on ‘greening’, it will... build a buffer between... each settlement to prevent one larger settlement being formed.”


Storm Bert: High winds bring tree down on train at Stortford

24 November 2024
Storm Bert: High winds bring tree down on train at Stortford

Storm Bert: High winds bring tree down on train at Stortford

24 November 2024

Greater Anglia warns people not to travel between Broxbourne and Audley End/Stansted Airport because of multiple fallen trees on overhead cables.


Car hits building in crash at Hockerill crossroads

22 November 2024
Car hits building in crash at Hockerill crossroads

Car hits building in crash at Hockerill crossroads

22 November 2024

Police were called at around 8.30pm on Thursday with reports that a blue Ford Fiesta had struck Fox Sales and Lettings.


Manuden man charged over Just Stop Oil attack on Stonehenge

21 November 2024
Manuden man charged over Just Stop Oil attack on Stonehenge

Manuden man charged over Just Stop Oil attack on Stonehenge

21 November 2024

Luke Watson, 35, of The Street, who faces two charges, is to appear in court in Salisbury next month.


Lovett! Eyes on the pies as audiences feast on BSMTC’s Sweeney Todd

19 November 2024
Lovett! Eyes on the pies as audiences feast on BSMTC’s Sweeney Todd

Lovett! Eyes on the pies as audiences feast on BSMTC’s Sweeney Todd

19 November 2024

Paul Winspear reviews Bishop’s Stortford Musical Theatre Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s classic at South Mill Arts.


AU-some! Herts and Essex chemistry department’s gold star from Royal Society

19 November 2024
AU-some! Herts and Essex chemistry department’s gold star from Royal Society

AU-some! Herts and Essex chemistry department’s gold star from Royal Society

19 November 2024

Chemistry team at the Stortford secondary and science college wins prestigious prize in recognition of its “brilliance” in chemistry education.


£30m Government funding to boost bus services in Herts and Essex

18 November 2024
£30m Government funding to boost bus services in Herts and Essex

£30m Government funding to boost bus services in Herts and Essex

18 November 2024

Government says money will end bus postcode lottery, empower councils to take back control of services and deliver the ‘bus revolution’.


Police investigate road rage incident in Tesco car park

17 November 2024
Police investigate road rage incident in Tesco car park

Police investigate road rage incident in Tesco car park

17 November 2024

Woman left “in fear of immediate violence” after verbal altercation with driver of blue Honda while waiting at junction with fuel station.


Porsche driver arrested as biker suffers life-threatening injuries

15 November 2024
Porsche driver arrested as biker suffers life-threatening injuries

Porsche driver arrested as biker suffers life-threatening injuries

15 November 2024

Woman arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving after crash involving Porsche Cayman and motorbike in Buntingford.


Man arrested after attempted distraction thefts from shops

15 November 2024
Man arrested after attempted distraction thefts from shops

Man arrested after attempted distraction thefts from shops

15 November 2024

Police were called with reports of a crime in progress at a town centre nail salon following incidents at Hockerill.


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