A salad processing factory is expanding with a jobs boost after securing a deal with Marks and Spencer. Bakkavor Salads Tilmanstone has announced it is recruiting 90 new staff at its site near Dover after agreeing to supply the supermarket chain. The r…
Reader’s Letters: Is CO2 is the dominant cause of global warming?
I read Mr Roulstone’s letter, Al Gore a ‘Giant of Science’? with some surprise. How can he believe, as he says, that ‘CO2 is the dominant cause of global warming’ based only on a ‘simple Google search’? If he believes that this is so, he must also beli…
The Problem With Wrongly Labelling Real Or Edited Videos As ‘Deepfakes’
By Archis Chowdhury An edited video of Home Minister Amit Shah went viral recently, falsely showing him promising an end to reservations for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes. While BOOM’s fact-check found that the video wa…
Delaware man kills wife and new boyfriend at Magnolia home
Three people were found dead after a suspected double murder-suicide at a home near Dover, Delaware, officials say. Three children were also in the house but were physically unharmed. The incident happened at around 6:18 p.m. on Monday when troopers we…
Mateusz Klich posts brilliant five-word message to Leeds United fans with Ipswich in action tonight
Mateusz Klich has posted a brilliant message to Leeds United fans on X this afternoon ahead of Tuesday night’s clash between Ipswich Town and Coventry City. The 4-0 loss to QPR last week has seen Leeds’ chances of automatic promotion fall by the waysid…
Report: Jim Biden Pitched Plan With Qatari Gov In Deal To Boost U.S. Hospital Chain
The list of foreign governments seeking favors from the Biden family continues to grow. Besides Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China, one of President Joe Biden’s closest relatives, his brother James, was involved in a financial venture with official…
Scooter rider critically injured after being hit by SUV in N.J. intersection
A man riding an electric sit-down scooter was critically injured after an SUV struck him early Tuesday at an intersection in Burlington Township, officials said. The scooter rider was hit at 5:13 a.m. at the corner of Sunset and Salem roads, Burlington…
Stortford Repair Café to become a permanent fix-ture after successful launch
Fixing a broken toy was child’s play at the first Stortford Repair Café. Thanks to volunteer Roger Wise’s hard work, seven-year-old Bobby Buck’s Sheriff Woody doll is back in one piece. The Pixar character was brought to the repair café at the Emmaus C…
Train passengers held at Bishop’s Stortford station after British Transport Police arrest five teenagers suspected of knifepoint robberies
A student has described how passengers were held on a train at Bishop’s Stortford railway station while police arrested a gang of youths who had tried to rob two men on the service from Tottenham Hale. Maria Carter was returning from a trip to the thea…
Service of dedication for Royal British Legion Bishop’s Stortford branch standard
Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Emma Robarts joined civic leaders, cadets, armed forces veterans and members of the Royal British Legion for a service of dedication for the Bishop’s Stortford branch’s new standard. A peal of bells at St Michael’s Ch…