Weather

At least five primary schools in Stortford – All Saints, Northgate, Manor Fields, Richard Whittington and Summercroft – are open.

Yellow weather warning for ice for South East, including Herts and Essex, until 11am on Tuesday.

Met Office yellow warning of snow and ice comes three days after rare cold weather alert was issued by UK Health Security Agency.

As part of the testing, a carriage is transported to Vienna in Austria and put into a special chamber to ensure it can withstand a freezing chill.

The last full moon of 2022 - aptly named a Cold Moon - will be visible as temperatures plummet below freezing.

Level 3 warning, covering all of England, comes into force Wednesday evening, with Met Office forecasting wintry showers and snow on higher ground.

"October is an important month, giving us the opportunity to test and refine our plans before severe weather conditions arrive later in the season."

Herts County Council offering resident associations, community groups, schools and town and parish councils free salt to grit icy streets in winter.

Although upset about the death of his pet Liam Cardiff questioned why someone would risk a firework setting light to fields in drought conditions.

Almost two inches of rain fell on Wednesday afternoon as a thunderstorm moved over Bishop's Stortford.

Schools scrapped events, relaxed uniform rules and even closed earlier during Tuesday's heatwave amid Met Office red alert for extreme heat.

Brigade received "very high volume" of 999 calls and by 6.30pm crews had attended more than 240 emergency incidents – double the usual number.

The party of 25 youngsters was left stranded when their bus broke down on the motorway.

When Teresa Lee saw the temperature in her family's Ford S-Max was 62C, she decided to see whether the oven-like conditions would bake cookies.

An "exceptional hot spell" on Monday and Tuesday is set to lead to "widespread impacts on people and infrastructure".

The heatwave shows no signs of peaking yet with the Met Office now extending its amber warning for extreme heat into next week.

'If in doubt, don't go out' warns the animal charity, which says owners should avoid walks in the heat and be alert to signs of heatstroke.

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