Politics

The amount the town council charges band D households in Bishop's Stortford is set to remain at £68.69.

Bishop's Stortford Town Council leader John Wyllie says recycling used graves in unconsecrated ground is the greenest way forward.

Planning committee refuses to rubber-stamp passenger expansion granted in 2018, citing concerns about noise, air quality and climate change.

Green Party's Catherine Rowett has commissioned a report to investigate the situation in the East of England and come up with solutions.

Leave.EU's suggestion that 'leaving the EU is in any way equivalent to the Allies' victory in Europe in 1945' is 'deeply abhorrent' and 'offensive'.

Pay rise for care workers fuels demand for 3.99% increase from April by biggest service provider Herts County Council.

Town council members held two-minute silence for their Liberal Democrat colleague, Mike Wood, and his fellow former mayor, Conservative Bernard Engel.

Cllr Tim Page says that at the age of 73 it is time for a 'fresh pair of eyes' to chair the district council's development management committee.

County council's Conservative leader looks forward to Hertfordshire Year of Culture.

David Lloyd raised 2019-20 council tax to fund 75 more front-line officers – and an extra 91 from Government funding uplift will be in post in 2021.

An elector crossed out the name of Conservative candidate Shane Manning – the ultimate victor – and inserted that of Colin Woodward.

Brian Percival came last and lost his deposit but he has no regrets about taking a stand against the mainstream parties.

Aditi Kumar, a pupil at Northgate primary wrote an open letter to Boris Johnson about creating a better, fairer future for her generation.

Hertford and Stortford's new MP painted Boris Johnson as the Santa Claus who delivered for the Conservatives with a winning slogan.

The Tory, who was unsuccessful in Dagenham & Rainham in 2015 and 2017, increased the Tory majority as Labour were second and the Lib Dems third.

Conservative Shane Manning wins poll held following death of former mayor Mike Wood

The 39-year-old Tory, the first woman to be elected MP for Saffron Walden, increases her majority in a seat her party has held for almost a century.

Keep track of results as they come in with our live results chart, election map and table.

The Indie's Sinead Corr and David James are at the Hertford & Stortford count in Ware and Hollie Ryder is covering the Saffron Walden count.

Ballot boxes across the Hertford and Stortford constituency will be delivered to Ware for votes to be counted once polling stations close at 10pm.