The town council has backed the creation of a Stortford Repair Café with a £600 grant to cover set-up costs. Members agreed the Brazier Trust should support the new venture at the Emmaus Centre at St James the Great Church, Thorley, with funding for the first three sessions. The council’s Liberal Democrat leader, Cllr Miriam Swainston, said: “I’m really excited about this project. Hopefully, it will help reduce the amount we send to landfill.” The Stortford Repair Caféwill be a pop-up where residents can bring broken household items for repair by experienced volunteers, run under the auspices …