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Life with Leukaemia: Risk worth reward to see Isla be nativity angel

Life with Leukaemia: Risk worth reward to see Isla be nativity angel

Life with Leukaemia: Risk worth reward to see Isla be nativity angel

18 December 2022

Amy Atkinson and husband Joel push fears of going into a crowded area during winter out of their heads to watch their daughter in her first nativity


Parkinality: Speaking out to help researchers working on a cure

Parkinality: Speaking out to help researchers working on a cure

Parkinality: Speaking out to help researchers working on a cure

11 December 2022

Indie columnist Julie Walker gave a talk to Alzheimer's Research UK Drug Discovery Alliance researchers about living with Parkinson's disease


Satisfy your Thirst for activities at Stortford youth café

Satisfy your Thirst for activities at Stortford youth café

Satisfy your Thirst for activities at Stortford youth café

02 December 2022

To kick off Bishop’s Stortford Youth Project’s new regular column in the Indie, it explains how it is connected to Thirst Youth Café


Life with Leukaemia: Another week on the never-ending rollercoaster ride

Life with Leukaemia: Another week on the never-ending rollercoaster ride

Life with Leukaemia: Another week on the never-ending rollercoaster ride

26 November 2022

It's been a week of ups and downs for columnist Amy Atkinson and her family after husband Joel is rushed to A&E shortly after some good test results


Life with Leukaemia: Honeymoon was a lovely distraction before results day

Life with Leukaemia: Honeymoon was a lovely distraction before results day

Life with Leukaemia: Honeymoon was a lovely distraction before results day

11 November 2022

"We find out results of Joel's latest bone marrow biopsy soon, which will determine if there is a presence of any cancerous cells after recent chemo"


The invisible friend who is helping me to do 'normal' things

The invisible friend who is helping me to do 'normal' things

The invisible friend who is helping me to do 'normal' things

31 October 2022

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on how living with Parkinson's disease is like being a rubbish undercover agent


The Stortford woman who has turned the shopping list into an art form

The Stortford woman who has turned the shopping list into an art form

The Stortford woman who has turned the shopping list into an art form

30 October 2022

Herts and Essex High School worker Lucy Gray's collection of over 200 discarded shopping lists has been turned into an exhibition in London.


It's time to up your home's cosiness before snuggling down

It's time to up your home's cosiness before snuggling down

It's time to up your home's cosiness before snuggling down

26 October 2022

Sally and Lucy Lewis, from Folies of Stansted, have some good ideas for making your home as cosy as possible this autumn and winter


Parkinality: The Wise-ish Man is strapped in for life in the fast lane

Parkinality: The Wise-ish Man is strapped in for life in the fast lane

Parkinality: The Wise-ish Man is strapped in for life in the fast lane

22 October 2022

Columnist Julie Walker is having to keep up with her partner Andy Johnson after he got a new mobility scooter


St Clare Hospice doctor treks through desert to raise money

St Clare Hospice doctor treks through desert to raise money

St Clare Hospice doctor treks through desert to raise money

20 October 2022

Dr Qamar Abbas completed the 80km (50-mile) trek across the Jordan Rift Valley in five days, averaging 16km a day in over-30C heat.


'When you've seen the one you love brush so closely with death and come back from that'

'When you've seen the one you love brush so closely with death and come back from that'

'When you've seen the one you love brush so closely with death and come back from that'

08 October 2022

Life With Leukaemia: Amy Atkinson writes about her family's story of the emotional, physical and financial challenges of living with blood cancer.


'We were told it was likely that Archie would never be clear of cancer'

'We were told it was likely that Archie would never be clear of cancer'

'We were told it was likely that Archie would never be clear of cancer'

05 October 2022

Relief as 6-year-old Archie Wilks, from Newport, confounds predictions and heads to the USA for pioneering trial.


New library manager Ben's journey to Stortford is a page-turner

New library manager Ben's journey to Stortford is a page-turner

New library manager Ben's journey to Stortford is a page-turner

30 September 2022

Ben Holden has taken charge of Bishop's Stortford Library after three years just outside Milwaukee with his wife, two children and dog.


Breathing new life into old at a hidden treasure just outside Stortford

Breathing new life into old at a hidden treasure just outside Stortford

Breathing new life into old at a hidden treasure just outside Stortford

29 September 2022

Grandey’s Place Heritage & Craft Centre is home to a collective of some of the UK's finest artists and craftspeople. Helen Miller finds out more...


Stort Valley campaigners call on Government to act on polio

Stort Valley campaigners call on Government to act on polio

Stort Valley campaigners call on Government to act on polio

29 September 2022

Between February and July this year, vaccine-derived polio virus was repeatedly detected in sewage samples across London.


London Marathon: Amber motivated by deaths of her dad and her best friend

London Marathon: Amber motivated by deaths of her dad and her best friend

London Marathon: Amber motivated by deaths of her dad and her best friend

29 September 2022

Ex-Herts & Essex High and Bishop’s Stortford High student Amber Peck lost father Andy and best friend Addie Brady to cancer in space of 18 months.


Indies community awards: Vote for your local heroes you’d like us to honour

Indies community awards: Vote for your local heroes you’d like us to honour

Indies community awards: Vote for your local heroes you’d like us to honour

28 September 2022

The fourth Indies community, sport and business awards will be held at South Mill Arts on Thursday November 24.


'I shed a tear for Mum and found the whole experience quite spiritual'

'I shed a tear for Mum and found the whole experience quite spiritual'

'I shed a tear for Mum and found the whole experience quite spiritual'

02 September 2022

Takeley man Craig Jenkins's epic Spanish Pyrenees trek of 515 miles (830km) in eight weeks raises more than £2,000 for St Clare Hospice.


Parkinality: Lifting the lid on the day my brain operative Lavinia got support

Parkinality: Lifting the lid on the day my brain operative Lavinia got support

Parkinality: Lifting the lid on the day my brain operative Lavinia got support

29 August 2022

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker hopes being 'switched on' after brain operation will help her to do much more than just taking out the rubbish


How double transplantee's Covid blog morphed into his memoirs

How double transplantee's Covid blog morphed into his memoirs

How double transplantee's Covid blog morphed into his memoirs

27 August 2022

Adrian Grist's Transplanted & Exposed: 'What it did was make people more aware of how many people there are with hidden disabilities'


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