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Residents’ concerns grow as cracks on unsafe house worsen

Residents’ concerns grow as cracks on unsafe house worsen

Residents’ concerns grow as cracks on unsafe house worsen

26 November 2024

As council awaits ground radar survey results, the condition of the unoccupied property in Spencer Close, Stansted, deteriorated during Storm Bert.


Children dig in as mental health support group branches out

Children dig in as mental health support group branches out

Children dig in as mental health support group branches out

25 November 2024

Primary and secondary students from Stortford and villages helped to plant more than 400 trees at Silver Leys Polo Club, the new home of The Nest.


Developer to unveil scheme for major housing on fields between Stansted and Birchanger

Developer to unveil scheme for major housing on fields between Stansted and Birchanger

Developer to unveil scheme for major housing on fields between Stansted and Birchanger

24 November 2024

City & Country: “With the focus on ‘greening’, it will... build a buffer between... each settlement to prevent one larger settlement being formed.”


Plans for holiday cabins, eco-lodges and visitor centre at Elsenham

Plans for holiday cabins, eco-lodges and visitor centre at Elsenham

Plans for holiday cabins, eco-lodges and visitor centre at Elsenham

21 November 2024

The site, off Hall Road and Church Lane, features woodlands and a lake, and was once part of the grade II listed Elsenham Hall estate.


Fly-tippers fined thousands as council and police crack down

Fly-tippers fined thousands as council and police crack down

Fly-tippers fined thousands as council and police crack down

21 November 2024

Penalties “amounting to upwards of £3,000” have been issued to individuals and companies across East Herts.


Developer defends ‘sensitive’ scheme against claims it will endanger historic oak tree

Developer defends ‘sensitive’ scheme against claims it will endanger historic oak tree

Developer defends ‘sensitive’ scheme against claims it will endanger historic oak tree

21 November 2024

The veteran specimen marks the parish boundary between the village and Arkesden and could once have been used as a hanging, or gallows, tree.


East Herts Reform UK members join Clarkson and Badenoch at farmers’ protest

East Herts Reform UK members join Clarkson and Badenoch at farmers’ protest

East Herts Reform UK members join Clarkson and Badenoch at farmers’ protest

20 November 2024

Vice-chair Jill Dwyer, campaign co-ordinator Jon Dann and members Rich Clark and Roy Parrish backed the agricultural protest at Westminster.


Record number of volunteers turn out for TUBS’ latest litter pick

Record number of volunteers turn out for TUBS’ latest litter pick

Record number of volunteers turn out for TUBS’ latest litter pick

18 November 2024

The session in Dunmow Road on Saturday morning (Nov 16) was the 82nd time the group has litter-picked the town.


Campaigner for centuries-old tree fights on as inspector sides with developer

Campaigner for centuries-old tree fights on as inspector sides with developer

Campaigner for centuries-old tree fights on as inspector sides with developer

18 November 2024

Jilly McNaughton claims the Clatterbury Oak, which has marked the boundary between Clavering and Arkesden for around 500 years, remains under threat.


Herts waste tip workers suffering ‘unacceptable level of abuse and aggression’

Herts waste tip workers suffering ‘unacceptable level of abuse and aggression’

Herts waste tip workers suffering ‘unacceptable level of abuse and aggression’

18 November 2024

A report to Herts County Council’s environment committee revealed there were 30 reports of violent incidents at its 16 recycling centres in 2023-24.


Vital repairs mean no Santa at the Mill this Christmas

Vital repairs mean no Santa at the Mill this Christmas

Vital repairs mean no Santa at the Mill this Christmas

18 November 2024

The windmill is currently a ‘building site’ and not safe enough for organisers to stage the popular family event with Santa’s grotto.


Community gardeners’ work blossoms into awards from RHS

Community gardeners’ work blossoms into awards from RHS

Community gardeners’ work blossoms into awards from RHS

15 November 2024

Four groups – Human Roots allotment, TouchPoint hub, Mountfitchet House Care Home and St Mary’s Primary School – receive certificates of achievement.


Three homes evacuated as cracks appear in wall of unoccupied house

Three homes evacuated as cracks appear in wall of unoccupied house

Three homes evacuated as cracks appear in wall of unoccupied house

14 November 2024

The property in Spencer Close has been cordoned off and the cul de sac partially closed as Uttlesford council investigates ‘major’ structural failure


Airport’s education centre prepares to welcome 25,000th young visitor

Airport’s education centre prepares to welcome 25,000th young visitor

Airport’s education centre prepares to welcome 25,000th young visitor

13 November 2024

To celebrate the milestone, the Aerozone is hosting a party for 30 children from Stansted Mountfitchet’s Forest Hall School.


Litter bingo! And the prize for pickers is 32 bags of rubbish

Litter bingo! And the prize for pickers is 32 bags of rubbish

Litter bingo! And the prize for pickers is 32 bags of rubbish

12 November 2024

Elise, 9, was among 22 children who turned up for the Tidy Up Sawbridgeworth event on Saturday and sadly was able to fill in her litter bingo ‘card’.


Council backs Stansted’s £1.1bn upgrade despite climate change concerns

Council backs Stansted’s £1.1bn upgrade despite climate change concerns

Council backs Stansted’s £1.1bn upgrade despite climate change concerns

06 November 2024

Cllr James Abbott said: “Flooding disaster in Spain shows what can happen when a weather pattern is supercharged by anthropogenic global warming.”


New fight to save Thorley Lane East Woods from development

New fight to save Thorley Lane East Woods from development

New fight to save Thorley Lane East Woods from development

06 November 2024

Christopher Hennem, of Stansted’s The Planning Consultancy, has appealed against East Herts Council’s refusal for a new home in the wildlife haven.


School’s changemakers are ready to tackle plastic pollution

School’s changemakers are ready to tackle plastic pollution

School’s changemakers are ready to tackle plastic pollution

28 October 2024

On Global Goals Day, the youngsters worked in groups to explore the “problem with plastics”.


East Herts Council will not pay a penny for £1.5m cycle path in Bishop’s Stortford

East Herts Council will not pay a penny for £1.5m cycle path in Bishop’s Stortford

East Herts Council will not pay a penny for £1.5m cycle path in Bishop’s Stortford

23 October 2024

The town council made the 0.75-mile route from Grange Paddocks to St Michael’s Hurst a priority last November – but it remains on the drawing board.


Monkey business as zoo celebrates arrival of rare cotton-top tamarin twins

Monkey business as zoo celebrates arrival of rare cotton-top tamarin twins

Monkey business as zoo celebrates arrival of rare cotton-top tamarin twins

22 October 2024

Conservation centre Linton Zoo, on the Uttlesford border, is celebrating the births of the critically endangered New World monkeys.


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