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Nominate your local hero in our 2019 Indies community, business and sport awards

Nominate your local hero in our 2019 Indies community, business and sport awards

Nominations in 12 categories close on Monday September 30 – it's your chance to give someone deserving a night they'll never forget

Cubs cook for homeless at Stortford's winter night shelter

Cubs cook for homeless at Stortford's winter night shelter

Cubs cook for homeless at Stortford's winter night shelter

The 24 boys and girls aged 8-10 created a main course of vegetable kidney bean stew and dessert of bread and butter pudding for the first guests.

Spirit of Christmas is in the bag for Alison-Jane

Spirit of Christmas is in the bag for Alison-Jane

Spirit of Christmas is in the bag for Alison-Jane

For the past six years, Alison-Jane Sanger has created gift bags for dementia patients who might otherwise miss out on festive cheer

Learning to live with those post scan day worries

Learning to live with those post scan day worries

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

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

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

'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

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.

Meet The Baby Chain gang: The one-stop shop for mothers and mums-to-be

Meet The Baby Chain gang: The one-stop shop for mothers and mums-to-be

Meet The Baby Chain gang: The one-stop shop for mothers and mums-to-be

'Our mission is to offer a positive, nurturing and holistic community that will support mothers on every step of their journey.'

Tributes are paid to Grove Cottage founding member

Tributes are paid to Grove Cottage founding member

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'

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'

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

Loads of laughs as SEN adults enjoy Wiggly Willow getaway

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

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

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

A fabulous Friday is had by all to celebrate Silver Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

The normality of going back to work is just the job

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

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

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'

'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'

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

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