Weather

Stansted firefighters helped clear the fallen tree which blocked side access, trapping its foam appliance in the back yard.

Animal shelters at Daisy May's Farm crushed by falling trees and the farm flooded during heavy rainfall, resulting in a costly clean-up operation.

No trains through Stortford 24 hours after services suspended + top-of-the-table football match postponed + gardens' snowdrop open day cancelled

Fault in high-voltage overhead electricity line soon after midday caused outage in Thorley Park and Thorley Street areas.

County council closed all its recycling centres and family centres, seven libraries – including Sawbo's – and two coronavirus testing sites.

Greater Anglia says widespread damage means "some or even all services may remain suspended for rest of Friday and potentially into Saturday".

Strong winds topple trees, bring down branches, blow over brick walls, flatten fences and send trampolines flying onto pavements.

Bishop's Stortford area included in Met Office's red weather warning – the highest level – for wind from 10am to 3pm on Friday.

The alert covers the period from 10am to 3pm and warns of significant disruption and dangerous conditions due to extremely strong gusts up to 90mph.

Motorists and train passengers advised to travel only if it is essential + Greater Anglia brings in reduced timetable + bin collections could be hit.

The tree dented the roof and bonnet and shattered the front windscreen of a Vauxhall Corsa next to the railway line and Sworder's Field.

The East of England is one of six regions being warned to prepare for a brutally cold snap expected to last until Monday.

Crews doing salting runs Wednesday afternoon and early hours of Thursday as road temperatures forecast to drop to around -5C (22F).

Mountain search and rescue dog handler Caroline Elliott, 50, went to Northgate primary and Herts and Essex High School before moving to France.

Cold weather and winter fuel payments are being given to people to help them meet their heating costs – are you entitled to claim?

Stallholders were hanging onto their gazebos and a choir performed in the rain as townsfolk battled on with the first fayre since lockdown.

Stansted's village flood group wants natural defences in place to protect homes and businesses but has been met with "indifference" from the EA.

Sustainable Sawbridgeworth will be hosting the stall as part of its focus on the COP26 international climate change conference.

The 28 new vehicles for the East of England region are part of National Highways' roll-out of 120 state-of-the-art gritters across the country.

The highways team is ready around the clock until next April to cover nearly half of the county's road network to keep routes open.