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East Herts Council elections: Parties set out environmental plans

East Herts Council elections: Parties set out environmental plans

East Herts Council elections: Parties set out environmental plans

17 April 2023

The Indie pressed the four parties on key issues including recycling, waste collection, renewable energy, air pollution and travel.


Cammas Hall Farm named pick of the crop at national awards

Cammas Hall Farm named pick of the crop at national awards

Cammas Hall Farm named pick of the crop at national awards

15 March 2023

The farm at Hatfield Broad Oak won the Pick Your Own of the Year title at the Farm Retail Awards for the second time in three years.


Spring is in the air: Lamb photos that'll leave ewe smiling

Spring is in the air: Lamb photos that'll leave ewe smiling

Spring is in the air: Lamb photos that'll leave ewe smiling

13 March 2023

Nature lover Kate Hennessey, of Much Hadham, with the photographic fruits of her visit to the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green.


Police impose dispersal order on whole of Uttlesford for second weekend

Police impose dispersal order on whole of Uttlesford for second weekend

Police impose dispersal order on whole of Uttlesford for second weekend

10 March 2023

The order, from 6am Saturday to 8pm Sunday, follows information relating to planned illegal hare coursing in the north-west Essex district.


Essex the driest county in February with just 8% of its average rainfall

Essex the driest county in February with just 8% of its average rainfall

Essex the driest county in February with just 8% of its average rainfall

02 March 2023

Households should continue to use water carefully, says the Environment Agency, after England saw its driest February for 30 years.


Legal first as poachers caught in Uttlesford banned from keeping dogs

Legal first as poachers caught in Uttlesford banned from keeping dogs

Legal first as poachers caught in Uttlesford banned from keeping dogs

02 March 2023

Duo travelled from London to Littlebury with dogs in pursuit of game and were banned under new legislative powers designed to target poachers.


Horse riders saddle up to fight crime in the countryside

Horse riders saddle up to fight crime in the countryside

Horse riders saddle up to fight crime in the countryside

01 December 2022

Essex Police and Uttlesford District Council launch trial scheme using horse riders as their eyes and ears in rural areas.


Jail for £380,000 GPS thieves who targeted farms across Essex

Jail for £380,000 GPS thieves who targeted farms across Essex

Jail for £380,000 GPS thieves who targeted farms across Essex

18 November 2022

Two men conspired to steal equipment worth more than £380,000 from 13 farms and estates, including some in Uttlesford.


16,000 tonnes of hay and straw worth £500,000 destroyed in fire

16,000 tonnes of hay and straw worth £500,000 destroyed in fire

16,000 tonnes of hay and straw worth £500,000 destroyed in fire

20 September 2022

Police and fire service investigating cause of blaze in Braughing in which 16,000 tonnes of hay and straw burned.


15 fire crews prevent 400-acre blaze from reaching M11 and houses

15 fire crews prevent 400-acre blaze from reaching M11 and houses

15 fire crews prevent 400-acre blaze from reaching M11 and houses

18 July 2022

The fast-moving fire spread amid changing wind conditions.


Can you give a home to Crumpet the pig, Cluckle Brothers or Elvis Peckley?

Can you give a home to Crumpet the pig, Cluckle Brothers or Elvis Peckley?

Can you give a home to Crumpet the pig, Cluckle Brothers or Elvis Peckley?

04 July 2022

The RSPCA has launched an appeal to find forever homes for more than 100 farm animals rescued by its inspectors.


Wickham Hall solar farm: There's a bigger picture at stake than the view

Wickham Hall solar farm: There's a bigger picture at stake than the view

Wickham Hall solar farm: There's a bigger picture at stake than the view

23 May 2022

Andrew Urquhart, of Bishop’s Stortford Climate Group, on why East Herts Council must give permission for the solar farm on the outskirts of the town.


Uttlesford council rejects Bishop's Stortford solar farm plans

Uttlesford council rejects Bishop's Stortford solar farm plans

Uttlesford council rejects Bishop's Stortford solar farm plans

20 April 2022

Uttlesford District Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and resolved to achieve net-zero carbon status by 2030.


Farmer's talk to focus on impacts of climate change and Ukraine war

Farmer's talk to focus on impacts of climate change and Ukraine war

Farmer's talk to focus on impacts of climate change and Ukraine war

18 April 2022

The talk by farm manager John Collins is being held at 8pm on Tuesday (April 19) and is hosted by Sustainable Sawbridgeworth.


Hare coursing down by almost a third after 'borderless' police operation

Hare coursing down by almost a third after 'borderless' police operation

Hare coursing down by almost a third after 'borderless' police operation

14 April 2022

Crackdown on illegal blood sport comes after Hertfordshire police teamed up with six other forces in the region and Crown Prosecution Service.


Storms leave trail of destruction and flooding at visitor farm

Storms leave trail of destruction and flooding at visitor farm

Storms leave trail of destruction and flooding at visitor farm

21 February 2022

Animal shelters at Daisy May's Farm crushed by falling trees and the farm flooded during heavy rainfall, resulting in a costly clean-up operation.


Charity that saves hens from slaughter appeals for volunteers in Stortford

Charity that saves hens from slaughter appeals for volunteers in Stortford

Charity that saves hens from slaughter appeals for volunteers in Stortford

16 February 2022

The British Hen Welfare Trust has vacancies for drivers and 'poorly carers'.


'Stortford's green lungs would become a sea of unnatural glinting glass, unchanging across the seasons'

'Stortford's green lungs would become a sea of unnatural glinting glass, unchanging across the seasons'

'Stortford's green lungs would become a sea of unnatural glinting glass, unchanging across the seasons'

26 January 2022

Residents Against Wickham Hall Solar Farm sets out its concerns about energy generation plans for farmland straddling East Herts-Uttlesford border.


Plans for solar farms fuel fears in East Herts and Uttlesford

Plans for solar farms fuel fears in East Herts and Uttlesford

Plans for solar farms fuel fears in East Herts and Uttlesford

25 January 2022

Albury's concerns over 284-acre scheme at Wickham Hall echoed by parish councils in East Herts and Uttlesford border territory.


Hare coursing crackdown will help rid rural Uttlesford of 'heinous' activity

Hare coursing crackdown will help rid rural Uttlesford of 'heinous' activity

Hare coursing crackdown will help rid rural Uttlesford of 'heinous' activity

22 January 2022

The Government proposals will give police and courts more powers to target criminals who trespass on rural land to chase hares with dogs.


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