Options explored to solve parking issues outside Stortford’s St Joseph’s...
OPTIONS are being explored to resolve highways issues outside a Bishop’s Stortford primary after police cracked down on school run parents parking badly.
View ArticleStortford Canoe Club 11-year-old to kayak to London inspired by famous explorer
STORTFORD Canoe Club's 11-year-old paddler, Toby Booth, has been inspired by a famous explorer to kayak to London.
View ArticleMeet our World Cup match predictor Mr Archibald Prickles, the African pygmy...
DURING the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, an octopus called Paul attracted global media attention by correctly predicting the outcome of all seven of third-placed Germany’s matches, including their
View ArticleClimbing wall at Stortford carnival fun day brings in £250 for Grove Cottage
A CLIMBING wall at Bishop’s Stortford carnival’s fun day proved a hit among families, with £250 being raised for the Observer’s £30,000 holiday appeal for Grove Cottage.The
View ArticleHospice fund-raising tea break for Elsenham woman training for Great North Run
AFTERNOON tea is being served to aid the fund-raising of an Elsenham woman who will be taking part in the Great North Run for Help the Hospices.
View ArticleVIDEO & PICTURES Are you all white to take part in Isabel Hospice’s Colour Me...
NEVER mind the colour and spectacle of Rio and the World Cup in Brazil ... a colour revolution’s coming to Bishop’s Stortford!
View ArticlePICTURES Stortford police station open day draws more than 1,000 visitors
MORE than 1,000 people carried out their own investigations when they popped in to Bishop's Stortford police station for its open day yesterday (Saturday, June 28).
View Article60-minute delays on M25 in Essex after pile-up at junction with M11
DRIVERS are being warned there are significant delays on the M25 in Essex following a pile-up this afternoon (Monday, June 30).
View ArticleFull steam ahead for Stortford's MP Mark Prisk in campaign to get a fair deal...
STORTFORD's MP Mark Prisk is launching a new campaign on his website to get a fair deal for commuters days after a survey revealed just 33% of users of Greater Anglia's Cambridge to London Liverpool...
View ArticleIs it ghosts doing the conga? Mysterious cloud formation appears over Stortford
WHEN Observer reader Sandy Halford glanced up at the sky one evening last week she saw something unusual that she had never seen before.
View ArticleHertfordshire Constabulary forced to apologise after offensive World Cup tweets
AN apology has been issued by Herts Police, after tweets stereotyping people from World Cup countries were written on its official Twitter page.
View ArticleDaredevil Ian raises £686 for Kisses4Kids children's charity.
HEIGHTS hold no fear for daredevil fund-raiser Ian Thorogood from Bishop's Stortford.
View ArticlePlumbing mistake sends 'horrendous' sewage into River Stort from 41...
RAW sewage and foul water flowed into the River Stort after a plumbing mistake meant effluent from 41 apartments in Stortford town centre was wrongly connected to a surface water drain instead of the...
View ArticleM11 between junction 7 (Harlow) and junction 8 (Bishop’s Stortford) reopened...
THE southbound M11 between junction 8 for Bishop’s Stortford and Harlow’s junction 7 has been reopened following a “serious” accident in which a man and a woman suffered injuries.
View ArticleHerts County Council proposes changes to library service
SHARING buildings with other organisations and developing a high-quality online service are just some of the changes proposed as part of Hertfordshire County Council's strategy for a "modern and...
View ArticleStortford shopping centre to host sporty Saturday
STORTFORD'S Jackson Square shopping centre will host a day of football fun in aid of Grove Cottage on Saturday, July 5.
View Article'Sleepless homeover' in Stortford raises hundreds of pounds for charity
DONATIONS have been totted up to reveal that a 'sleepless homeover' in Bishop's Stortford raised £321 for East Herts YMCA.
View ArticleGreater Anglia boss pledges to improve how train operator handles problems on...
TRAIN operator Abellio Greater Anglia (GA) has vowed to "handle things much better" after signalling problems affected its performance on West Anglia and Stansted Express services last month.
View ArticleHottest day of the year in Essex sees temperatures to rival Ibiza, Milan and...
TODAY (Thursday, July 3) is officially the hottest day of the year with a peak of 27.3C recorded in Essex.
View ArticleM11 between Stortford and Harlow closed into Friday after overturned lorry...
THE M11 remained closed in both directions between Bishop's Stortford and Harlow into the early hours of Friday (July 4) after a tanker carrying chemicals overturned.
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