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SAWBRIDGEWORTH: Prolific burglars jailed

3:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008

TWO prolific burglars who committed more than 60 burglaries in London and eight counties have been jailed for a total of 11-and-a-half years.

STANSTED AIRPORT: Baggage workers and check-in staff vote for strike

3:43pm Friday 15th August 2008

FIVE hundred baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by Swissport at Gatwick and Stansted have overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay.

BISHOP'S STORTFORD: Birchwood celebrates A-level successes

3:03pm Friday 15th August 2008

STUDENTS at Birchwood High School helped achieve an increased 95 per cent pass rate at A-level, with the majority of students getting their first choice university placement. Headteacher Chris Ingate said: “The students are coming into school with a quiet confidence and leaving with a real smile on their face, particularly those doing Maths and English”.

Dispersal order planned for Anchor Street area

1:18pm Wednesday 13th August 2008

A SIX-month dispersal order has been granted for Anchor Street, in Bishop’s Stortford, and the surrounding roads.

Work planned on multi-storey car park

10:55am Monday 11th August 2008

THE second floor of the Jackson Square multi-storey car park, in Bishop’s Stortford, is to be re-lined and re-signed as the first stage in plans to improve traffic flow in and around the car park.

Beckham football academy coming to town

1:46pm Thursday 7th August 2008

AMBITIOUS youngsters will have the chance to learn football tips from the top when they take part in an academy, started up by David Beckham.

Burnt-out family rebuild their lives

The remains of the Wright’s home which was gutted in a blaze in March

3:55pm Wednesday 6th August 2008

A RELIEVED family have thanked their neighbours and local business owners who helped them piece their lives back together following a house fire which gutted their home.

Public inquiry ‘inevitable’ says council leader

3:59pm Wednesday 6th August 2008

THE announcement that a public inquiry will be held to decide on the controversial plans for a second Stansted runway was “inevitable”, according to Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield.

HATFIELD HEATH: Woman freed following car crash

3:32pm Tuesday 5th August 2008

A WOMAN has been freed from her car following a road crash in Hatfield Heath this afternoon.

BISHOP'S STORTFORD: Tributes to wheelchair river plunge man

12:31pm Tuesday 5th August 2008

THE family of a man who died after his wheelchair plunged into River Stort have paid tribute to the “larger than life character”.


National News

Glitter agrees to return to London

Gary Glitter is in 'limbo' after refusing to board a UK flight

Updated 7:17pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Paedophile Gary Glitter has agreed to return to London, according to police in Thailand.


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