Environment

The fallow buck was seen at Thremhall Park, Stansted, but it was felt best to leave it for its antlers to fall off rather than try to capture it.

The team from TUBS (Tidy Up Bishop’s Stortford) met for the 83rd time and around 20 people cleared rubbish from Apton Road.

Places for People is set to build 8,500 new homes in six settlements with Taylor Wimpey constructing 1,500 in a seventh at Gilston.

Cllr Richard Bower said of the ‘Stanhanger’ scheme: “Our primary concern is the impact on the civic infrastructure of Bishop’s Stortford.”

The nature reserve on the outskirts of Stortford is one of two locations in Herts identified as a ‘regional key area’ for the endangered mammal.

At its peak, on sunniest days of the year, the farm will provide enough energy to power equivalent of 6,000 homes in town the size of Saffron Walden.

Uttlesford District Council says that with around 80% of homeowners in Saffron Walden burning logs, residents need to be aware of the risks.

Bishop’s Stortford Town Council appeals for volunteers to help plant 1,500 new trees at Jenkins Lane.

The Herts & Essex Border Centre supporters’ group has closed due to declining membership and a shortage of committee members.

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.

Uttlesford council is providing skips and refuse vehicles in towns and villages on the weekend of January 11-12 for residents to recycle their trees.

OBE for former police and crime commissioner David Lloyd and CBE for county council’s head of adult care services, Chris Badger.

As it is told to take 1,265 new homes a year, district council reveals new North East Central Herts partnership strategy to promote “good growth”.

According to Ofwat, average Affinity Water bills will rise by 26% in five years while Thames Water demands will soar by 35%.

The town’s teenagers were more enthusiastic about plans for a £1.5m piazza on the Causeway site, replacing proposals for a £15.5m arts centre.

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.

The Labour MP said sewage dumping in his Hertford and Stortford constituency rose by 54% in 2023 compared to the previous year.

Cllr Ben Crystall agreed to write to ministers at the urging of Much Hadham Conservative Cllr Ian Devonshire.

The authority is responsible for 3,100 miles of roads and receives more than £20m a year for their upkeep.

St Clare Hospice works with waste management organisations to collect real trees from homes and recycle them responsibly.