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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.

Police impose dispersal order in Sawbridgeworth to deter Hallowe’en crime

30 October 2025
Police impose dispersal order in Sawbridgeworth to deter Hallowe’en crime

Police impose dispersal order in Sawbridgeworth to deter Hallowe’en crime

30 October 2025

Officers can direct anyone to leave specified areas immediately, and failure to do so is a criminal offence and could result in arrest.


Theatre company airborne again with Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure

30 October 2025
Theatre company airborne again with Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure

Theatre company airborne again with Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure

30 October 2025

After 2024’s successful run, Small Works returns to Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall with three more episodes of comedy that starred Benedict Cumberbatch.


Motorcyclist taken to hospital after collision at yellow box junction

24 October 2025
Motorcyclist taken to hospital after collision at yellow box junction

Motorcyclist taken to hospital after collision at yellow box junction

24 October 2025

Police received call from ambulance service after collision involving motorcyclist in his 30s and two cars at London Road’s junction with Station Road


Victim’s mother ‘livid’ as court errors lead to wrong sentence for child sex offender

24 October 2025
Victim’s mother ‘livid’ as court errors lead to wrong sentence for child sex offender

Victim’s mother ‘livid’ as court errors lead to wrong sentence for child sex offender

24 October 2025

Solicitor General apologises but judge refuses to allow review in case of jailed James Kelvin, 51, originally from Bishop’s Stortford.


Herts man wins £3.6m on National Lottery – on Friday the 13th!

24 October 2025
Herts man wins £3.6m on National Lottery – on Friday the 13th!

Herts man wins £3.6m on National Lottery – on Friday the 13th!

24 October 2025

The mystery man in his 50s, who played online, plans to use his winnings of £3,613,887 to buy a house in the West Country.


Top marks for Howe Green House in glowing inspection report

23 October 2025
Top marks for Howe Green House in glowing inspection report

Top marks for Howe Green House in glowing inspection report

23 October 2025

The independent school and nursery at Great Hallingbury has received an outstanding report from the Independent Schools Inspectorate.


Company at Christmas at 40: ‘We want guests and need volunteers’

23 October 2025
Company at Christmas at 40: ‘We want guests and need volunteers’

Company at Christmas at 40: ‘We want guests and need volunteers’

23 October 2025

Volunteers lay on three-course meal, tea party and entertainment for up to 80 people at Bishop’s Stortford Methodist Church on Christmas Day.


Return to folk rock’s heyday as Hunter Muskett play acoustic club

21 October 2025
Return to folk rock’s heyday as Hunter Muskett play acoustic club

Return to folk rock’s heyday as Hunter Muskett play acoustic club

21 October 2025

Rare opportunity to see one of the UK’s first ever electro-acoustic folk rock bands at Bishop’s Stortford Acoustic Club at South Mill Arts.


Estate agent’s quiz night raises £2,000 for life-saving cause close to their heart

20 October 2025
Estate agent’s quiz night raises £2,000 for life-saving cause close to their heart

Estate agent’s quiz night raises £2,000 for life-saving cause close to their heart

20 October 2025

Jack Willmott’s older brother, Charlie, remains on crutches more than two years after Essex & Herts Air Ambulance medics helped to save his life.


Driver was over drink and drug limit and had been on his phone when he killed woman, 81, in A120 crash

10 October 2025
Driver was over drink and drug limit and had been on his phone when he killed woman, 81, in A120 crash

Driver was over drink and drug limit and had been on his phone when he killed woman, 81, in A120 crash

10 October 2025

Daniel Coburn’s Ford Transit drop-side veered onto the wrong side of the road at Standon Hill and hit a Kia Picanto driven by Bethan Fraser-Andrews.


Shoplifter jailed two weeks after suspended prison sentence for string of thefts

02 October 2025
Shoplifter jailed two weeks after suspended prison sentence for string of thefts

Shoplifter jailed two weeks after suspended prison sentence for string of thefts

02 October 2025

Matthew McBride was wanted for stealing meat from M&S and wine from B&M when he was spotted in the town centre by a PCSO on patrol.


Motorcyclist in his 60s dies at scene of crash

30 September 2025
Motorcyclist in his 60s dies at scene of crash

Motorcyclist in his 60s dies at scene of crash

30 September 2025

Emergency services were called to reports of a single-vehicle collision on Dunmow Road, near Stebbing Green, on Sunday afternoon (Sept 28).


Driver, 20, and rider, 18, issued with seizure warnings for anti-social driving

29 September 2025
Driver, 20, and rider, 18, issued with seizure warnings for anti-social driving

Driver, 20, and rider, 18, issued with seizure warnings for anti-social driving

29 September 2025

Speeding, undertaking driver of back-firing Ford Fiesta and motorcyclist who continuously revved his engine issued with Section 59 warnings by police.


Steering wheels stolen from BMW and Mercedes in Stortford

29 September 2025
Steering wheels stolen from BMW and Mercedes in Stortford

Steering wheels stolen from BMW and Mercedes in Stortford

29 September 2025

A sat nav, speedometer dials and cash were also taken from a black BMW on Thorley Park and a silver Mercedes on St James’ Park.


Man arrested in town centre appears in court the next day for shoplifting from stores

25 September 2025
Man arrested in town centre appears in court the next day for shoplifting from stores

Man arrested in town centre appears in court the next day for shoplifting from stores

25 September 2025

Daniel Jordan, 52, was detained on Tuesday and appeared at Hatfield Remand Court on Wednesday on three counts of theft from Sainsbury’s and B&M.


Lidl’s £12m new Bishop’s Stortford store to open on October 9

25 September 2025
Lidl’s £12m new Bishop’s Stortford store to open on October 9

Lidl’s £12m new Bishop’s Stortford store to open on October 9

25 September 2025

Opening of the supermarket in Stansted Road, on the site of former Ford motor dealer Gates of Stortford, will create around 40 jobs.


Step up for St Clare by hotfooting it to hospice’s fundraising firewalk

24 September 2025
Step up for St Clare by hotfooting it to hospice’s fundraising firewalk

Step up for St Clare by hotfooting it to hospice’s fundraising firewalk

24 September 2025

People of all ages can experience walking barefoot across 600F embers at hospice HQ in Hastingwood, near Harlow, on Thursday October 16.


Honey worth over £400 stolen from shop

24 September 2025
Honey worth over £400 stolen from shop

Honey worth over £400 stolen from shop

24 September 2025

Police release CCTV images of man they want to speak to about the theft from Holland & Barrett in Saffron Walden.


Fore-midable! Stortford firm’s golf day raises £43,000 for cerebral palsy children

22 September 2025
Fore-midable! Stortford firm’s golf day raises £43,000 for cerebral palsy children

Fore-midable! Stortford firm’s golf day raises £43,000 for cerebral palsy children

22 September 2025

A total of 34 fourballs took part in Daniel Robinson & Sons’ annual charity event, including representatives of Nockolds, Price Bailey and Mullucks.


Herts County Council calls for bigger fines for utility companies’ road works

22 September 2025
Herts County Council calls for bigger fines for utility companies’ road works

Herts County Council calls for bigger fines for utility companies’ road works

22 September 2025

Council has issued over 10,000 fines amounting to almost £1m to the likes of Affinity Water, UK Power Networks and Cadent Gas since April 2022.


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