The Bishop's Stortford News newsdesk covers Bishop''s Stortford: council and planning decisions, roads and transport, schools, health, policing and what is happening locally. It is edited by Liam Joseph, editor of Bishop's Stortford News, part of GOB Media Ltd.
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Latest from the Bishop's Stortford News Newsdesk
- Wychford Drive's 200 Homes Should Be Refused, Says County 12 November 2026
- Sheering Mill Lane Appeal: Public Inquiry From 26 January 11 November 2026
- Pishiobury Park Gets 40 Lime Trees in East Herts Grants 11 November 2026
- Real Christmas Trees Near Bishop's Stortford, From the Field to Your Door 8 November 2026
- Bishop's Stortford's Green Belt Edges Rated Fit for Homes by Council Planners 8 November 2026
- Christmas Shopping in Bishop's Stortford: 13 Shops Worth the Trip 5 November 2026
- Garnetts Works Should Have Been Avoided, Councillor Says 5 November 2026
- Ice Rinks Near Bishop's Stortford: 8 Places to Skate This Winter 5 November 2026
- Bishop's Stortford carols: 28 Nov, Nine Lessons 20 Dec 5 November 2026
- Christmas Dinner in Bishop's Stortford: 6 Pubs and Hotels Open on Christmas Day 2 November 2026
- North Street Bishop's Stortford: Car-Free Every Weekend 1 November 2026
- Birchanger and Stansted 480 Homes: Inquiry Opens 3 Nov 1 November 2026
- Garnetts, Takeley: Councillor Calls for Works to Pause 29 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Parking: Worker Permits Save Up to £200 28 October 2026
- East Herts Bus Franchising: County Could Set Fares From 2028 28 October 2026
- Garnetts, Takeley: Works Now 23 Nov, Exit via Trinity Green 26 October 2026
- East Herts house prices fall again: growth halves to 1.9% 25 October 2026
- East Herts claimant count: 1,950, rise slows to 1.6% 25 October 2026
- Broxbourne Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Broxbourne 25 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 25 October 2026
- Broxbourne Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 25 October 2026
- Sawbridgeworth Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 25 October 2026
- Bishop''s Stortford Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today 23 October 2026
- Bishop''s Stortford Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 23 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Christmas fun run: Sun 29 Nov, from £7 22 October 2026
- Nicola Anthony Sculpture Now Permanent at South Mill Arts 21 October 2026
- Garnetts, Takeley: Closure Signs Up, Plans "Not Finalised" 19 October 2026
- M11 Junction 8 Roadworks: 40mph and Night Closures Planned 18 October 2026
- Gilston Village 7: 276 Homes Approved by East Herts 18 October 2026
- South Mill Arts to be bought by town council for £2.97m 14 October 2026
- Saffron Walden Royal Visit: Duke of Gloucester on 28 October 13 October 2026
- Sheering Mill Lane: Council Asks Rayner for Arrest Powers 11 October 2026
- Sawbridgeworth Parking Petition: 1,622 Names Go to Council 11 October 2026
- Garnetts, Takeley: 47-Day Road Closure Faces 68 Homes 11 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Santa's grotto: 88 of 89 sessions gone 8 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Flooding: Stansted Road Tops East Herts 7 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford New Companies: 37 Formed in September 7 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Christmas markets: Fayre Sat 5 Dec 6 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Crime Figures: Shoplifting Up 41% 4 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Halloween 2026: What Was On 3 October 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Santa sleigh: 8 nights from 4 Dec 3 October 2026
- River Stort Sewage: Stansted Works Spilled 313 Hours in 2025 30 September 2026
- East Herts Villages Ranked: Much Hadham 4th of 55 Places 30 September 2026
- What's On in Bishop's Stortford: lights 15 Nov, panto 26th 28 September 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Roadworks: North Street and Thorley Hill 27 September 2026
- East Herts Housing Register: 12-Month Residency Rule Planned 27 September 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Christmas bins: 2026 dates and last year's 25 September 2026
- Bishop's Stortford term dates 2026/27: half term by school 25 September 2026
- Bishop's Stortford tip: shut Tue and Wed, ePass needed 25 September 2026
- Bishop's Stortford Christmas trains: Liverpool St stays open 25 September 2026
- Bishop's Stortford half term: 26-30 Oct, free pumpkin patch 25 September 2026
- Hatfield Forest in winter: car parks shut Mon and Tue 25 September 2026
- Mackay Property, Sawbridgeworth: £468,920 Owed to Creditors 23 September 2026
- East Herts Community Assets: Buyers Get a Full Year 23 September 2026
- East Herts house prices: terraces hit a record £415,559 20 September 2026
- Sheering Mill Lane injunction stays, trial listed for 2027 20 September 2026
- East Herts claimant count: over-50s up 11% in a year 16 September 2026
- East Herts Local Plan: new call for sites opens 15 October 13 September 2026
- East Herts complaints doubled to 228, and bins drove 61% 13 September 2026
- East Herts Merger Paused: May 2027 Election Back On 9 September 2026