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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'

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

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

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

Gearing up to make Bishop's Stortford more cycle friendly

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?

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?

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'

'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.


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

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'

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

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'

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

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'

'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'

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'

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

'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'

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

'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'

'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'

02 November 2021

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


'Pedestrian links are the delicate threads that tie big schemes into the town'

'Pedestrian links are the delicate threads that tie big schemes into the town'

'Pedestrian links are the delicate threads that tie big schemes into the town'

01 November 2021

Urban designer Yvonne Estop-Wood on the steps Solum needs to take – and the slope it needs to leave – to enhance its Goodsyard development.


Vile state of my inbox is evidence of how hostility has dehumanised MPs

Vile state of my inbox is evidence of how hostility has dehumanised MPs

Vile state of my inbox is evidence of how hostility has dehumanised MPs

26 October 2021

Stortford MP Julie Marson says Sir David Amess murder should become watershed moment in how we behave, not just in politics but society as a whole.


Five reasons to attend Stortford's own community climate talks

Five reasons to attend Stortford's own community climate talks

Five reasons to attend Stortford's own community climate talks

24 October 2021

The Indie's Green Watch correspondent Louise Tennekoon looks ahead to the Community Climate Gathering in Bishop's Stortford as COP26 approaches


'If Grange Paddocks 3G pitch misses green target it may need red card'

'If Grange Paddocks 3G pitch misses green target it may need red card'

'If Grange Paddocks 3G pitch misses green target it may need red card'

18 October 2021

Green Watch correspondent Louise Tennekoon says important environmental questions need answering on the 3G football pitch plans at Grange Paddocks


'A positive atmosphere and ambitious goals set at Conservative party conference'

'A positive atmosphere and ambitious goals set at Conservative party conference'

'A positive atmosphere and ambitious goals set at Conservative party conference'

14 October 2021

Hertford and Stortford MP Julie Marson on the Conservative party conference, Safer Streets Fund, Covid booster jabs and energy prices


The tree disease pandemic posing major threat to Stortford's 'green lungs'

The tree disease pandemic posing major threat to Stortford's 'green lungs'

The tree disease pandemic posing major threat to Stortford's 'green lungs'

03 October 2021

Daniel Brett, secretary of the Birchanger Wood Trust, issues a rallying cry to the community to get behind the woodland as it battles ash dieback


Stortford MP: Panic-buying queues for petrol are a 'confected crisis'

Stortford MP: Panic-buying queues for petrol are a 'confected crisis'

Stortford MP: Panic-buying queues for petrol are a 'confected crisis'

30 September 2021

Julie Marson, MP for Hertford and Stortford, on the fuel crisis, Insulate Britain and knifepoint robbery at Budgens in Sawbridgeworth


'You don’t have to knock it down to have a knockout development'

'You don’t have to knock it down to have a knockout development'

'You don’t have to knock it down to have a knockout development'

02 September 2021

Urban planner and designer Yvonne Estop-Wood, of the Old River Lane Working Group, makes the case for keeping Charringtons House.


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