Opinion

'It is not our democracy that is failing, just some of those we elect to represent us'

19 May 2022

Political pundit, author, former Tory MP and Bishop's Stortford resident Nick de Bois makes an impassioned defence of the House of Commons.

Life with Leukaemia: Acceptance is the key to having peaceful days

16 May 2022

'Every morning I open my eyes and our reality hits me. Every morning I have to process it again, accept it all over again. Joel has cancer'

Is Stortford housebuilding costing us too much or are we ignoring the benefits?

02 May 2022

Award-winning Economics in Ten podcaster Gavin Simpson, who was born and brought up in Stortford, delves into the housing development issue...

'How I cope with unwanted guest of Parkinson's when out and about'

29 April 2022

The Indie's Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on the items and services that can make staying active and mobile with Parkinson's disease a bit easier

'Golf day generosity has shone a massive light of hope on our lives'

24 April 2022

Amy Gannon writes a Life with Leukaemia column documenting her family's story of navigating all of the challenges of living with blood cancer

'Please keep your kind offers of help coming, but no piggy backs'

18 April 2022

Parkinality correspondent Julie Walker creates a YouTube video as she marks - but definitely does not celebrate - her 10th Parkinson's Awareness Month

'Record numbers seeking crisis support such as food bank referrals'

29 March 2022

Citizens Advice East Herts says Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement needs to go further to help those in need.

Steer clear of disposable barbecues for a greener, cleaner outdoor feast

26 March 2022

The Indie's Green Watch columnist Louise Tennekoon looks at ways to make cooking up a storm outside more environmentally friendly

Citizens Advice: 'Demand for our help's rising but our council grant's set to fall'

18 March 2022

Tony Murphy, the chair of the board of trustees at Citizens Advice East Herts, on the charity's plight as it faces up to a funding cut

Chance to cut amount of food we throw away is too good to waste

12 March 2022

Green Watch columnist Louise Tennekoon's tips for cutting your household bills and helping the planet this Food Waste Action Week

Gearing up to make Bishop's Stortford more cycle friendly

11 February 2022

Indie Greenwatch columnist Louise Tennekoon reports on initiatives to get more people in Stortford onto two wheels.

How is inflation at its highest rate in 30 years and what can be done?

31 January 2022

Award-winning podcasters Gavin Simpson, who was born and brought up in Stortford, and Pete Clift delve into the economic situation impacting us all.

'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.

Covid with Parkinson's: A 'blue light' ambulance, lost voice and hospital fears

17 January 2022

'I'd picked up some sign language phrases from Rose and Giovanni on Strictly, but I didn't think the sign for 'applause' would be useful in hospital'

MP: 'Get jabbed and boosted to keep supporting front-line NHS workers'

06 January 2022

Hertford and Stortford MP Julie Marson on Omicron, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, hare coursing and the Online Safety Bill

Marson: 'Despite Christmas gloom, there are strong grounds for optimism about 2022'

21 December 2021

Julie Marson, Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford, with her final column for the Bishop's Stortford Independent in 2021.

'Being engaged with big issues is best way to find solutions for all'

26 November 2021

Bishop's Stortford's MP Julie Marson discusses COP26, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Covid booster jabs and the Gilston Park Estate in her latest column

'We're grateful experienced landscape architect is working on Old River Lane'

15 November 2021

East Herts Council leader Linda Haysey updates Indie on Stortford project, including new master-planning group chaired by Mehron Kirk.

'This is good news for our rivers in Hertford & Stortford'

09 November 2021

Stortford MP Julie Marson touches on the Environment Bill, COP26 and Budget and Spending Review in her fortnightly column for the Indie.

'COP26 is not an all-or-nothing situation – look for progress rather than success or failure'

02 November 2021

The Indie's Green Watch columnist, Bishop's Stortford Climate Group member Louise Tennekoon, writes about environmental matters...

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'It is not our democracy that is failing, just some of those we elect to represent us'

'It is not our democracy that is failing, just some of those we elect to represent us'

Life with Leukaemia: Acceptance is the key to having peaceful days

Life with Leukaemia: Acceptance is the key to having peaceful days

Is Stortford housebuilding costing us too much or are we ignoring the benefits?

Is Stortford housebuilding costing us too much or are we ignoring the benefits?

'How I cope with unwanted guest of Parkinson's when out and about'

'How I cope with unwanted guest of Parkinson's when out and about'

'Golf day generosity has shone a massive light of hope on our lives'

'Golf day generosity has shone a massive light of hope on our lives'

'Please keep your kind offers of help coming, but no piggy backs'

'Please keep your kind offers of help coming, but no piggy backs'

'Record numbers seeking crisis support such as food bank referrals'

'Record numbers seeking crisis support such as food bank referrals'

Steer clear of disposable barbecues for a greener, cleaner outdoor feast

Steer clear of disposable barbecues for a greener, cleaner outdoor feast

Citizens Advice: 'Demand for our help's rising but our council grant's set to fall'

Citizens Advice: 'Demand for our help's rising but our council grant's set to fall'

Chance to cut amount of food we throw away is too good to waste

Chance to cut amount of food we throw away is too good to waste

Gearing up to make Bishop's Stortford more cycle friendly

Gearing up to make Bishop's Stortford more cycle friendly

How is inflation at its highest rate in 30 years and what can be done?

How is inflation at its highest rate in 30 years and what can be done?

'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'

Covid with Parkinson's: A 'blue light' ambulance, lost voice and hospital fears

Covid with Parkinson's: A 'blue light' ambulance, lost voice and hospital fears

MP: 'Get jabbed and boosted to keep supporting front-line NHS workers'

MP: 'Get jabbed and boosted to keep supporting front-line NHS workers'

Marson: 'Despite Christmas gloom, there are strong grounds for optimism about 2022'

Marson: 'Despite Christmas gloom, there are strong grounds for optimism about 2022'

'Being engaged with big issues is best way to find solutions for all'

'Being engaged with big issues is best way to find solutions for all'

'We're grateful experienced landscape architect is working on Old River Lane'

'We're grateful experienced landscape architect is working on Old River Lane'

'This is good news for our rivers in Hertford & Stortford'

'This is good news for our rivers in Hertford & Stortford'

'COP26 is not an all-or-nothing situation – look for progress rather than success or failure'

'COP26 is not an all-or-nothing situation – look for progress rather than success or failure'

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