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Tory leader and North West Essex MP Kemi Badenoch meets Holocaust survivor

Tory leader and North West Essex MP Kemi Badenoch meets Holocaust survivor

Tory leader and North West Essex MP Kemi Badenoch meets Holocaust survivor

27 January 2025

After meeting Eve Kugler, she said: “It is crucial that we...continue to combat antisemitism, ensuring that ‘never again’ truly means never again.”


Leaders speak out against any move to abolish district councils

Leaders speak out against any move to abolish district councils

Leaders speak out against any move to abolish district councils

27 November 2024

According to a report in The Times, the Government plans to replace the county council and 10 district or borough councils with a single authority.


Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership election

Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership election

Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership election

02 November 2024

The MP for North West Essex was declared the winner at an event in central London on Saturday, beating rival Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388


‘I didn’t realise I’d been Mum’s carer. I worked in mental health for years without knowing it’

‘I didn’t realise I’d been Mum’s carer. I worked in mental health for years without knowing it’

‘I didn’t realise I’d been Mum’s carer. I worked in mental health for years without knowing it’

31 October 2024

Jo Clack, who is running a free six-week course in Bishop’s Stortford for unpaid mental health carers, talks about his own experience with his mother.


‘I feel like a crack addict on methadone’ – Robert Halfon on life after Westminster

‘I feel like a crack addict on methadone’ – Robert Halfon on life after Westminster

‘I feel like a crack addict on methadone’ – Robert Halfon on life after Westminster

21 October 2024

The former Harlow MP tells the Indie he is ready to go cold turkey as he embraces opportunities at the end of his 14-year parliamentary career.


The boy fighting for justice after botched surgery by ‘bad apple’ Great Ormond Street doctor

The boy fighting for justice after botched surgery by ‘bad apple’ Great Ormond Street doctor

The boy fighting for justice after botched surgery by ‘bad apple’ Great Ormond Street doctor

11 October 2024

Rogue surgeon Yaser Jabbar has destroyed 16-year-old George Davison’s trust in the NHS.


‘I’ll work with local councils for benefit of our community, regardless of political affiliation’

‘I’ll work with local councils for benefit of our community, regardless of political affiliation’

‘I’ll work with local councils for benefit of our community, regardless of political affiliation’

10 October 2024

The first in a series of fortnightly columns for Bishop’s Stortford Independent readers by Josh Dean, MP for Hertford and Stortford.


‘I know my partner will look after me, but I want a partner in crime, not a carer’

‘I know my partner will look after me, but I want a partner in crime, not a carer’

‘I know my partner will look after me, but I want a partner in crime, not a carer’

06 October 2024

The third instalment of Bishop’s Stortford Independent news editor Sinead Corr’s diary as a breast cancer patient.


Old school friends from Sri Lanka carry coffin of family man and cricketer Jaya

Old school friends from Sri Lanka carry coffin of family man and cricketer Jaya

Old school friends from Sri Lanka carry coffin of family man and cricketer Jaya

01 October 2024

Funeral of father-of-three Jaya Fernando, 56, who suffered heart attack playing cricket for Bishop’s Stortford, ended with rendition of school anthem.


‘If I hadn’t been selected for Hertford and Stortford, I would not have stood’

‘If I hadn’t been selected for Hertford and Stortford, I would not have stood’

‘If I hadn’t been selected for Hertford and Stortford, I would not have stood’

30 September 2024

Indie news editor Sinead Corr interviews Josh Dean – at 24, the historic Labour MP for the previously true blue Hertford and Stortford constituency.


Indie launches appeal to pay for funeral of family man and cricket fan Jaya

Indie launches appeal to pay for funeral of family man and cricket fan Jaya

Indie launches appeal to pay for funeral of family man and cricket fan Jaya

26 September 2024

Father-of-three Jaya Fernando, 56, suffered heart attack while batting for Bishop’s Stortford a day after watching his beloved Sri Lanka at Lords.


Wife’s tribute to her husband who died after falling ill playing the sport that was his religion

Wife’s tribute to her husband who died after falling ill playing the sport that was his religion

Wife’s tribute to her husband who died after falling ill playing the sport that was his religion

24 September 2024

Father-of-three Jaya Fernando suffered heart attack while batting for Bishop’s Stortford a day after watching his beloved Sri Lanka at Lords.


Housing crisis: ‘The private sector can’t provide for those that have been left behind’

Housing crisis: ‘The private sector can’t provide for those that have been left behind’

Housing crisis: ‘The private sector can’t provide for those that have been left behind’

19 September 2024

Green Party General Election candidate and East Herts councillor Nick Cox unpicks the narratives dominating discussions about the housing crisis.


Josh Dean on why he voted to cut winter fuel payments to 9.9 million pensioners

Josh Dean on why he voted to cut winter fuel payments to 9.9 million pensioners

Josh Dean on why he voted to cut winter fuel payments to 9.9 million pensioners

11 September 2024

Stortford’s Labour MP to hold dedicated advice surgeries for pensioners to help ensure they are getting all the money to which they are entitled.


Boob sandwiches and sweets on my first trip to the breast cancer unit

Boob sandwiches and sweets on my first trip to the breast cancer unit

Boob sandwiches and sweets on my first trip to the breast cancer unit

07 September 2024

My inaugural trip to the breast cancer unit at St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping, where elimination in the first round is winning.


Five-year ban for Hockerill teacher who kissed student and wrote her a love letter

Five-year ban for Hockerill teacher who kissed student and wrote her a love letter

Five-year ban for Hockerill teacher who kissed student and wrote her a love letter

04 September 2024

Lewis Fitchett, 35, had been a staff member at the Bishop’s Stortford secondary for seven years at the time of the incident in May 2022.


Castle Park dig unearths secrets of life and death in Anglo-Saxon Bishop’s Stortford

Castle Park dig unearths secrets of life and death in Anglo-Saxon Bishop’s Stortford

Castle Park dig unearths secrets of life and death in Anglo-Saxon Bishop’s Stortford

31 August 2024

Experts confirmed that at least two of 60 graves excavated near the new Terrace Park Café & Kitchen and Markwell Studio date to the 10th century.


The diary of a breast cancer patient, by Indie news editor Sinead Corr

The diary of a breast cancer patient, by Indie news editor Sinead Corr

The diary of a breast cancer patient, by Indie news editor Sinead Corr

24 August 2024

One woman in every 100 who takes part in breast cancer screening will be found to have the disease. Indie news editor Sinead Corr is one such woman.


Stortford MP’s maiden speech on trains – and unconventional life journeys

Stortford MP’s maiden speech on trains – and unconventional life journeys

Stortford MP’s maiden speech on trains – and unconventional life journeys

31 July 2024

Josh Dean will work to “ensure that every young person is supported to find the path that is right for them, just as I was supported to find mine”.


My wife and I went to a Buckingham Palace garden party – and I wore her hat

My wife and I went to a Buckingham Palace garden party – and I wore her hat

My wife and I went to a Buckingham Palace garden party – and I wore her hat

01 June 2024

Ex-Manuden Singers choirmaster Ian Priest recounts his and wife Teresa’s day out at King Charles’ first public engagement since his cancer diagnosis


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