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Community Champions: New scheme offers free access to Grange Paddocks

Community Champions: New scheme offers free access to Grange Paddocks

Community Champions: New scheme offers free access to Grange Paddocks

Everyone Active, which runs the Bishop’s Stortford leisure centre, has partnered with East Herts Council on the initiative.


Bishop’s Stortford marks VE Day 80 with solemnity and celebration

Bishop’s Stortford marks VE Day 80 with solemnity and celebration

Bishop’s Stortford marks VE Day 80 with solemnity and celebration

“Our thoughts turn to thanksgiving and remembrance of those millions that gave so much to achieve the freedom we all enjoy today.”


Karen’s painting proves too tempting for exhibition visitors to ignore

Karen’s painting proves too tempting for exhibition visitors to ignore

Karen’s painting proves too tempting for exhibition visitors to ignore

Thorley Park artist Karen Adams won the Visitors’ Choice award for her work, Temptation, at the Harlow Open Exhibition 2025.


Stansted Airport’s 82-year history in photos from wartime to prosperous peace

Stansted Airport’s 82-year history in photos from wartime to prosperous peace

Stansted Airport’s 82-year history in photos from wartime to prosperous peace

For Local History Month, Stansted shares archive photos tracing its development from the Second World War to its position today as a busy aviation hub


Tears and laughter as Stansted’s elderly mark VE Day 80th anniversary

Tears and laughter as Stansted’s elderly mark VE Day 80th anniversary

Tears and laughter as Stansted’s elderly mark VE Day 80th anniversary

The parish council staged an afternoon tea party for over-75s who enjoyed sandwiches and cake served by soldiers from Carver Barracks.


Thorley church centre to host model train and truck event

Thorley church centre to host model train and truck event

Thorley church centre to host model train and truck event

The event takes place at St James the Great Church on Saturday (May 10), 10am-4pm, and visitors can also have a go at bellringing.


Katie’s Cards for Bravery charity counting down to 10th anniversary ball

Katie’s Cards for Bravery charity counting down to 10th anniversary ball

Katie’s Cards for Bravery charity counting down to 10th anniversary ball

There’s still a chance for young hospital patients to enter an art competition to mark the Bishop’s Stortford charity’s milestone.


VE Day 80: Anniversary events in Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

VE Day 80: Anniversary events in Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

VE Day 80: Anniversary events in Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

Royal British Legion to lead ceremony at Stortford war memorial, while VE Day flags will be flown and wreaths laid in Sawbridgeworth.


Tidy Up Bishop’s Stortford: Join volunteers for 85th clean-up mission

Tidy Up Bishop’s Stortford: Join volunteers for 85th clean-up mission

Tidy Up Bishop’s Stortford: Join volunteers for 85th clean-up mission

People should meet in South Mill Arts car park on Saturday May 10 at 10am – gloves, hi-vis jackets, pickers and hoops will be provided.


Bishop’s Stortford and District Scouts celebrate St George’s Day

Bishop’s Stortford and District Scouts celebrate St George’s Day

Bishop’s Stortford and District Scouts celebrate St George’s Day

Deputy District Commissioner Maureen Hargrave said: “We celebrate St George’s Day because Baden-Powell chose St George to be patron saint of Scouts.”


American cousins follow in footsteps of 17th-century Bishop’s Stortford forebears

American cousins follow in footsteps of 17th-century Bishop’s Stortford forebears

American cousins follow in footsteps of 17th-century Bishop’s Stortford forebears

Members of the town’s history society and U3A family tree and history group helped Kathleen Osgood and Julie Morse Eckert explore their roots.


Famous five: History society names Stortford figures to be honoured with blue plaques

Famous five: History society names Stortford figures to be honoured with blue plaques

Famous five: History society names Stortford figures to be honoured with blue plaques

The short list following public consultation comprises Sir George Jackson, Sir Walter Gilbey, Thomas Dimsdale, Francis Barber and Mrs Tresham Gilbey.


MP quizzes Department of Health on support for dads mourning death of baby

MP quizzes Department of Health on support for dads mourning death of baby

MP quizzes Department of Health on support for dads mourning death of baby

North East Herts’ Chris Hinchliff wanted to know what assessment had been made of the “adequacy of mental health support” for grieving fathers.


Did you help stitch Bishop’s Stortford’s answer to the Bayeux Tapestry?

Did you help stitch Bishop’s Stortford’s answer to the Bayeux Tapestry?

Did you help stitch Bishop’s Stortford’s answer to the Bayeux Tapestry?

The Bishop’s Stortford Mural has new signage, giving visitors an insight into the people and process behind its creation.


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