Herts & Essex Observer published Essex Police sacks chief inspector guilty of...
Two Essex Police officers – including a chief inspector who committed a child porn offence – have been dismissed from the force today (Friday).Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh ordered that both men be...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published Mystery of peacock warning signs in Stansted
A mystery benefactor has erected road signs in Stansted to protect the village's wandering peacocks.The birds from Mountfitchet Castle have yet to master the Green Cross Code and just before Christmas...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published East Herts charity in bid to get 100 schools...
Thousands of children are being invited to wear non-uniform as part of an East Herts charity's 20th birthday celebrations.Home-Start East Herts has launched a campaign called 100 Schools for...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published X man caught speeding on M11 at Saffron...
A man who for five years tried to deny that he had been speeding on the M11 has been jailed after admitting perjury and perverting the course of justice.Ashley X, 35, was caught on camera driving his...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published Community first responder group forms to...
A new group of volunteers has formed to support the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) in Stansted.The community first responder (CFR) group has nine members and is coordinated by village...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published Business on the up for Little Hallingbury...
A Little Hallingbury woman whose career in social work was ended prematurely by an assault is proving that determination and perseverance can open up new doors in the world of business.Ten years ago,...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published Police release image of 'muscular' man...
An efit image of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman as she ran beside the River Lee in west Essex has been issued by Essex Police.The incident happened at about 6.30pm on Monday, April 20...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published Interview with Kate Winslet on her new film...
Kate Winslet is a woman in demand, but she's couldn't resist signing up for her latest role in A Little Chaos, given that the man behind the camera was an old friend."When I was sent the script, it...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published Top films being shown on TV this week...
Saturday 25/04/15The Princess and the Frog (2009) *** (BBC One, 5.10pm)Disney breaks with tradition and casts its first ever African-American princess in this enchanting reworking of the Grimm...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published Stortford woman who suffered stroke at 43 is...
A woman who was struck down by a stroke when she was just 43 is behind a new service in Bishop's Stortford for fellow survivors.The drop-in support group, called Be Yourself, is run by the Stroke...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published Salvation Army London Marathon runner will...
Three-quarters of the money raised by a Bishop's Stortford woman running the London Marathon for the Salvation Army will be ploughed directly back into the town.Megan Lowe, 25, of Nursery Road, a...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published A dinosaur 'egg' sparks creativity at...
A giant "dinosaur egg" which had mysteriously appeared in the playground got the fun rolling at Hillmead Primary in Bishop's Stortford.The "egg", which had arrived a few weeks earlier to spark the...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published Andy Long urges town to flock to Silver Leys
Saturday brings the biggest match in Bishop's Stortford Rugby Club's 95-year history, with a win securing their spot in the National League 2 play-off.In 2013, Silver Leys was packed as Stortford...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published Hatfield Broad Oak woman relishes prospect of...
A beetroot ketchup created in Hatfield Broad Oak is in the running for a second prestigious competition title.The Foraging Fox has beaten hundreds of applicants from across the UK to be one of five...
View ArticleHerts & Essex Observer published Tonight's TV: Britain's Got Talent,...
Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 6.55pm)Eight morning TV stars try to come up with the most obscure answers to win cash for their chosen charities.They are Good Morning Britain duo Kate Garraway and...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published Birthday girl Elsie Newman is 100
Great-grandmother Elsie Newman has celebrated her 100th birthday, surrounded by family and friends.They travelled from around the country for a party at Redbond Lodge, the care home in Chequers Lane,...
View ArticleHertsAndEssexObserver published East Herts Golf Club 'can't wait' to welcome...
One of the top parkland golf courses in the East of England is looking forward to welcoming back the Observer Charity Golf Classic.East Herts Golf Club, near Buntingford, hosted the tournament for 14...
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