Police demand review after music festival causes chaos in countryside – Bishop's Stortford Independent

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Police and councillors have called for a wide-ranging review after an African music festival brought chaos to the countryside near Bishop’s Stortford.

Residents were trapped and roads were gridlocked as revellers ditched their cars on the old A120 and walked to the venue at Silver Leys Polo Club in Bury Green on Saturday (September 2) for the world’s biggest amapiano event.

Hertfordshire Constabulary had objected to a licence for AMA Fest near Little Hadham but was overruled, despite presenting 31 pages of evidence to East Herts…