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‘I want to read my Stortford Indie on paper, not online’

30 October 2024
‘I want to read my Stortford Indie on paper, not online’

‘I want to read my Stortford Indie on paper, not online’

30 October 2024

Reader Kate Birbeck: ‘In an age where apparently everyone has lots more choice, it seems I don’t have any choice about not accepting technology.’


Former Essex police officer who shared photos of death scenes jailed

28 October 2024
Former Essex police officer who shared photos of death scenes jailed

Former Essex police officer who shared photos of death scenes jailed

28 October 2024

Russell Hinkins, who was a PC in a response team based in the west of the county, also shared sensitive information about operational activity.


Hallowe’en and Fireworks Night: Police’s warning to children over anti-social behaviour

28 October 2024
Hallowe’en and Fireworks Night: Police’s warning to children over anti-social behaviour

Hallowe’en and Fireworks Night: Police’s warning to children over anti-social behaviour

28 October 2024

Uniformed and plain-clothes officers to increase patrols and take “robust approach” to youngsters involved in anti-social behaviour.


Valuable jewellery and watches stolen from house near vets

28 October 2024
Valuable jewellery and watches stolen from house near vets

Valuable jewellery and watches stolen from house near vets

28 October 2024

Appeal for information and footage following burglary in Rye Street, Bishop’s Stortford, on Friday night (October 25).


Julia’s among the draws at Big Makers Fair at South Mill Arts

25 October 2024
Julia’s among the draws at Big Makers Fair at South Mill Arts

Julia’s among the draws at Big Makers Fair at South Mill Arts

25 October 2024

Bishop’s Stortford artist and designer Julia Fonnereau creates elegant, sophisticated artwork and patterns inspired by her love of plants and animals.


Youths let off fireworks in car park and trigger fire service response from Stevenage

24 October 2024
Youths let off fireworks in car park and trigger fire service response from Stevenage

Youths let off fireworks in car park and trigger fire service response from Stevenage

24 October 2024

Smoke seen billowing from top of Northgate End multi-storey and group of dozen teenage boys and girls seen leaving soon after loud bang.


Stortford man Colin James convicted of multiple child sex offences

21 October 2024
Stortford man Colin James convicted of multiple child sex offences

Stortford man Colin James convicted of multiple child sex offences

21 October 2024

James, 50, is known to hundreds of train passengers as a member of Greater Anglia staff in the ticket office at the town’s railway station.


Free course for unpaid mental health carers in Bishop’s Stortford

21 October 2024
Free course for unpaid mental health carers in Bishop’s Stortford

Free course for unpaid mental health carers in Bishop’s Stortford

21 October 2024

Rethink Mental Illness and Carers in Herts offering six-week course at Bishop’s Stortford Baptist Centre every Monday from November 11 to December 16.


Motorists face Monday misery from road closures in South Street and Windhill

20 October 2024
Motorists face Monday misery from road closures in South Street and Windhill

Motorists face Monday misery from road closures in South Street and Windhill

20 October 2024

Stretch of South Street from junction with Stort Road to National Tyres shut for up to three days and Windhill remains closed at St Michael’s Church.


Gordon has the formula for success in Cambridge University challenge

18 October 2024
Gordon has the formula for success in Cambridge University challenge

Gordon has the formula for success in Cambridge University challenge

18 October 2024

Herts and Essex High School Year 13 student Gordon Chan won a top award in Cambridge University’s Chemistry Challenge.


Miss Disco release debut single ahead of Hallowe’en gig at South Mill Arts

17 October 2024
Miss Disco release debut single ahead of Hallowe’en gig at South Mill Arts

Miss Disco release debut single ahead of Hallowe’en gig at South Mill Arts

17 October 2024

The band teamed up with veteran songwriter-producer and broadcaster Mark Wesley to record One Step (After Another) – 50 years after he wrote it.


Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre to shut for eight weeks for improvements

17 October 2024
Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre to shut for eight weeks for improvements

Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre to shut for eight weeks for improvements

17 October 2024

Work starts October 27 and, once complete, there will be more containers and more than double the current number of parking spaces available.


Braintree Town bring Bishop’s Stortford’s Emirates FA Cup run to an end

12 October 2024
Braintree Town bring Bishop’s Stortford’s Emirates FA Cup run to an end

Braintree Town bring Bishop’s Stortford’s Emirates FA Cup run to an end

12 October 2024

A goal after just six minutes gave the Iron a 1-0 win in the fourth qualifying round tie at the Rare Breed Meat Co Stadium in front of 1,258.


Lights, camera, action! 18 Indie readers’ photos of the Northern Lights

11 October 2024
Lights, camera, action! 18 Indie readers’ photos of the Northern Lights

Lights, camera, action! 18 Indie readers’ photos of the Northern Lights

11 October 2024

Just like buses, you wait a lifetime for the Northern Lights to dazzle in Bishop’s Stortford, then they turn up twice in five months – to the day!


Elderly resident unhurt as crashed car sends brick wall debris and glass flying

10 October 2024
Elderly resident unhurt as crashed car sends brick wall debris and glass flying

Elderly resident unhurt as crashed car sends brick wall debris and glass flying

10 October 2024

The driver of the white BMW 1 Series and his passenger walked away from the scene in Station Road, Sawbridgeworth, on Wednesday unharmed.


Possible drone link to spate of burglaries and attempted break-ins

10 October 2024
Possible drone link to spate of burglaries and attempted break-ins

Possible drone link to spate of burglaries and attempted break-ins

10 October 2024

Police say it is not clear if a confirmed report of a drone being used is linked to a spate of at least five burglaries in the Dunmow Road area.


Essex police recover £216,000 of stolen vehicles and parts in a single day

05 October 2024
Essex police recover £216,000 of stolen vehicles and parts in a single day

Essex police recover £216,000 of stolen vehicles and parts in a single day

05 October 2024

Range Rovers and Toyota Land Cruiser found in shipping container heading to Africa and ‘chop shop’ with remains of four other stolen cars discovered.


Mark and Tia to run Royal Parks Half Marathon for disability charity

03 October 2024
Mark and Tia to run Royal Parks Half Marathon for disability charity

Mark and Tia to run Royal Parks Half Marathon for disability charity

03 October 2024

Bishop’s Stortford man Mark Stevens, 60, and Newport woman Tia Kaye, 21, will be running the 13.1-mile event in London in aid of Accuro at Start Hill.


Can station motorists help police investigating attempted robbery of delivery rider?

01 October 2024
Can station motorists help police investigating attempted robbery of delivery rider?

Can station motorists help police investigating attempted robbery of delivery rider?

01 October 2024

Victim was riding along Station Road when five boys in tracksuits and balaclavas on bikes shouted at him to get off and lashed out with sharp object.


Old school friends from Sri Lanka carry coffin of family man and cricketer Jaya

01 October 2024
Old school friends from Sri Lanka carry coffin of family man and cricketer Jaya

Old school friends from Sri Lanka carry coffin of family man and cricketer Jaya

01 October 2024

Funeral of father-of-three Jaya Fernando, 56, who suffered heart attack playing cricket for Bishop’s Stortford, ended with rendition of school anthem.


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