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Learning to live with those post scan day worries

Beth Purvis, aka Bowel Warrior, a 40-year-old mother of two from Elsenham, writes about living with stage 4 cancer

Music lover Joan dances to the beat on her 101st birthday

A centenarian with a passion for music, motorbikes and flying celebrated her birthday at a Bishop’s Stortford club for which she is overly qualified.

'Knighthood' is latest title for Bishop's Stortford's Mister World Jack Heslewood

The ex-Manor Fields and St Mary's boy was honoured for being the first Englishman to win the title and for his contributions to science and charity.

Tributes are paid to Grove Cottage founding member

Brian Crabb was just a young man when his mother and father, together with a group of other parents, formed Grove Cottage.

A father's story of baby loss: 'I coped all right until I found a pair of yellow baby shoes – and then I broke down'

Bishop's Stortford grandfather Joe Connolly, 74, recalls the baby loss he and his late wife Pam suffered in 1977 – when times were different

Loads of laughs as SEN adults enjoy Wiggly Willow getaway

A party of 21 adults with special educational needs (SEN) were taken away on holiday by Sid Perry, owner a Bishop’s Stortford café.

Bishop's Stortford's mayor on her traumatic quest to find her birth family

Norma Symonds was just 8 and living in Glasgow when the woman she called her mother told her: 'You know you're adopted? You know you're not ours?'

A fabulous Friday is had by all to celebrate Silver Sunday

Residents at Bupa care home Premier Court in Thorley enjoyed an afternoon tea party in celebration of Silver Sunday.

Stortford's 'Hairy Handlebars' cycle 8,700 miles to Tokyo for Rugby World Cup

Starting in London, Stortford rugby club duo George Cullen and Ben Cook have raised £35,000 for charities on epic six-month ride through 19 countries

Join charity dog walk in memory of Stortford girl Addie Brady – featuring her own beloved Patsy

Friends of the Herts and Essex High School 16-year-old who died of a brain tumour are taking the lead in organising 6-mile walk with coffee and cake

The normality of going back to work is just the job

Elsenham mother-of-two Beth Purvis, aka Bowel Warrior, writes for the Indie about living with stage 4 cancer

Bishop's Stortford D-Day hero raises £690 for the Not Forgotten Association

A 94-year-old Second World War veteran has again raised hundreds of pounds for an Armed Forces charity.

'I used to run marathons, swim, dance... now I struggle to get out of bed'

Fibromyalgia sufferer Claire Flack is offering support in a new group she has set up with fellow sufferer of the 'hidden disability' Tracey Power.

Britain's first ever Mr World returns to his old school in Bishop's Stortford

Newly-crowned title holder Jack Heslewood visited Manor Fields and also enjoyed a champagne reception with Stortford mayor at Host

A rocking idea to honour memory of little Amber Bailey

Beautifully painted rocks have been hidden around Bishop's Stortford by an auntie and her nephews to raise awareness of a neurological disorder

I hate cancer and what it's taken from me, but it's also given me something quite special

Beth Purvis, aka Bowel Warrior, writes about living with stage 4 cancer as a 40-year-old mother of two – and reflects on the passing of another summer

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Learning to live with those post scan day worries

Learning to live with those post scan day worries

Music lover Joan dances to the beat on her 101st birthday

Music lover Joan dances to the beat on her 101st birthday

'Knighthood' is latest title for Bishop's Stortford's Mister World Jack Heslewood

'Knighthood' is latest title for Bishop's Stortford's Mister World Jack Heslewood

Tributes are paid to Grove Cottage founding member

Tributes are paid to Grove Cottage founding member

A father's story of baby loss: 'I coped all right until I found a pair of yellow baby shoes – and then I broke down'

A father's story of baby loss: 'I coped all right until I found a pair of yellow baby shoes – and then I broke down'

Loads of laughs as SEN adults enjoy Wiggly Willow getaway

Loads of laughs as SEN adults enjoy Wiggly Willow getaway

Bishop's Stortford's mayor on her traumatic quest to find her birth family

Bishop's Stortford's mayor on her traumatic quest to find her birth family

A fabulous Friday is had by all to celebrate Silver Sunday

A fabulous Friday is had by all to celebrate Silver Sunday

Stortford's 'Hairy Handlebars' cycle 8,700 miles to Tokyo for Rugby World Cup

Stortford's 'Hairy Handlebars' cycle 8,700 miles to Tokyo for Rugby World Cup

Join charity dog walk in memory of Stortford girl Addie Brady – featuring her own beloved Patsy

Join charity dog walk in memory of Stortford girl Addie Brady – featuring her own beloved Patsy

The normality of going back to work is just the job

The normality of going back to work is just the job

Bishop's Stortford D-Day hero raises £690 for the Not Forgotten Association

Bishop's Stortford D-Day hero raises £690 for the Not Forgotten Association

'I used to run marathons, swim, dance... now I struggle to get out of bed'

'I used to run marathons, swim, dance... now I struggle to get out of bed'

Britain's first ever Mr World returns to his old school in Bishop's Stortford

Britain's first ever Mr World returns to his old school in Bishop's Stortford

A rocking idea to honour memory of little Amber Bailey

A rocking idea to honour memory of little Amber Bailey

I hate cancer and what it's taken from me, but it's also given me something quite special

I hate cancer and what it's taken from me, but it's also given me something quite special

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