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1 week ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
Plans for a new 3G football pitch at Stansted’s Forest Hall School have led to the cancellation of this year’s village fireworks display. Stansted Parish Council chair Maureen Caton said it was a “real, real shame” that the community event had stalled following such a successful return last year. Organisers had previously struggled to find a suitable venue and the village went without a public display for five years until the school stepped in to offer up its playing fields.
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1 week ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
A 23-year-old man has died following an accident in Littlebury near Saffron Walden on Thursday morning (June 12), Essex police has confirmed. Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash in Strethall Road shortly after 8am. The road was closed in both directions for several hours and motorists were advised to avoid the area.
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1 week ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
Published: 14:00, 17 June 2025 Overhanging trees caused a power cut in Stansted on Saturday (June 14) which saw more than 1,700 customers affected. The outages came and went over several hours with villagers reporting problems around High Lane, Lower Street, Chapel Hill and St John’s Road. A UK Power Networks team was sent to the area to investigate. Said a spokesman for the company: “Around 1,700 customers lost power in Stansted Mountfitchet at 12.55pm on Saturday.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
Uttlesford District Council has issued 7,000 letters to postal voters who need to renew their details. New rules introduced by the Government mean postal voters need to renew their application to vote by post every three years. A deadline of January 31 2026 is in place for anyone who applied to vote by post before 31 October 2023. Failure to update their details will result in their postal vote option being cancelled.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
A new girl band on the block has emerged featuring a 12-year-old student from Bishop’s Stortford’s Avanti Grange Secondary School. Asia Treend, from Takeley, is part of the five-strong group LABEL, whose debut single, Black Sheep, has just launched across all streaming platforms to positive reviews. Ranging in ages from 11 to 14, the fresh new electro pop/rock girl band is “bringing big energy and bolt attitude” to the music scene with an exciting summer ahead.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
A rare opportunity to visit the early medieval site of Clavering Castle is being offered by the village history group. On Saturday June 21, visitors will be given special access to the grounds situated on private land close to Clavering church where a series of guided tours will be given on the history of the castle and artefacts that have been unearthed there.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
A popular lunch club for over-65s that has expanded into Manuden is holding its next event at the village community centre on Wednesday (June 18). The Welbeloved Club, which has been running weekly luncheons for those experiencing social isolation and loneliness in Sawbridgeworth since 2017, has branched out to reach those living in more rural areas.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
A police operation targeting anti-social driving through Bishop’s Stortford town centre resulted in two drivers being issued with warning notices. On Saturday night (June 7), officers from the town’s Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) set up positions in Dane Street from where they stopped nine vehicles seen driving in an anti-social manner and spoke to the drivers. The operation was in response to concerns raised by residents in the area.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
Police are investigating a robbery at Stansted’s Co-op branch on Sunday evening (June 8). The masked gang shoved aside a male member of staff to raid cigarettes from behind the counter of the Castle Maltings supermarket at around 8.15pm before fleeing from Stansted train station. Police confirmed this week that it was the latest in a series of similar attacks on the same store over the past month – the last theft being just five days earlier on Tuesday June 3 at 9.20pm.
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2 weeks ago | 
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Hollie Ryder
Residents of Bishop’s Stortford are being encouraged to sign up for a free tree as part of a Hertfordshire-wide planting scheme. More than 60,000 trees are available this year free of charge to residents under Hertfordshire County Council’s (HCC) Your Tree, Our Future programme, which opened on Monday (June 9) for registrations. The four-year environmental project began in 2022 to encourage people to plant a tree in either their garden or local area.
