Fourth annual “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” event at Castle Park bandstand raises over £1,000 for Bishop’s Stortford Food Bank.
The 2,452 thefts across the county last year – many of them high-value keyless vehicles – was 252 more than in 2023, a rise of 11.45%.
Water levels in the Stort are high between Grange Paddocks and Castle Park, with the river close to bursting its banks at the Link Road car park.
Arthur Southwell, who has died aged 85, moved to Stortford to be closer to his son’s family and lived in a retirement complex overlooking the Stort.
Reports of drivers of high-end cars swerving across lanes and blocking other motorists, with their hazard lights on, so they could race ahead.
Aidan Chapman, 25, died from injuries suffered when Mercedes being driven on wrong side of road by Anthony Gilheaney hit four pedestrians in Soho.
UK Health Security Agency issues amber cold weather health alerts for next seven days amid yellow snow and ice warning from Met Office.
Former police chaplain Kerry-Anne Cooper and Special Chief Inspector Ron McMurdie become MBEs (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
Kelvin Langford has been recognised with a British Empire Medal for his volunteering outside of work to support veterans in Newark.
OBE for former police and crime commissioner David Lloyd and CBE for county council’s head of adult care services, Chris Badger.
The B1256 road leading to Takeley from the M11 junction 8 roundabout was shut at Takeley Street on Monday after a car crash late on Sunday night.
A Bishop’s Stortford High School team won the town Rotary club’s Youth Speaks senior category with their talk about the merits of left-handedness.
Andy Prophet, who is currently Deputy Chief Constable of Essex, is due to start in January, replacing the retiring Charlie Hall.
Council said Stortford’s waste tip would shut from October 27 “for about eight weeks” – but it still does not have an opening date fixed.
Officers traced Land Rover Discovery to Chelmsford, where occupants fled on foot, but, with help from police helicopter, were arrested
Two men from Romford, aged 35 and 38, arrested on suspicion of theft of vehicles and handling stolen goods.
A car stopped in front of them at Spellbrook, a person got out, armed with a weapon, and rode off on the bike after threatening them to hand it over
Hertfordshire police are warning owners looking to sell their cars about a scam which has led to five vehicles, mostly Mercedes, being stolen.
Man, 18, in police custody after altercation outside the YMCA continued inside the supermarket round the corner.
Herts and Essex High School is to celebrate Jo Watson, the maths teacher who died from bowel cancer at 37 – and the dress code is Christmas jumpers.
