Saffron Walden, England News

MPs from as far as Colchester and Saffron Walden and across to Romford in metropolitan Essex have backed the bid for Southend to win the sought-after accolade.

The conservation area appraisals for Great Sampford and Hempstead have been prepared with the help of local historians, planning officers and the two parish councils.

The appraisals are being done with the help of local historians, Uttlesford District Council planning officers and the parish council.

AS a special documentary is screened to coincide with the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the US Army Air Force arriving at RAF Duxford in April 1943, Saffron Walden residents look back on their memories of the US Servicemen stationed in Debden.

Samuel and Charlotte Darts, eight and five respectively, joined Megan Butt in the tractor cab, while the 20-year-old's fellow young farmers promoted a country show this weekend.

Uttlesford District Council is holding a Welfare Road Show next week to help explain the recent welfare reform changes to residents.

A MODEL and heiress who is one of Britain's most eligible young women has become the new face of Saffron Walden business.

The appointment of Revd Canon Robin King - currently vicar of Bures, Little Cornard and Assington and dean of Sudbury - follow a pastoral re-organisation aimed at bringing leadership closer to the parishes and local communities the church serves.

TRUSTEES of the Gardens of Easton Lodge have announced that the Saffron Walden Town Band will once again be performing at the upcoming open day on Sunday .

DAME Bradbury's School, an independent prep school based in Saffron Walden, has announced plans to merge with the Stephen Perse Foundation in Cambridge.

A VICAR who started his working life as a banker has been named as the first ever Archdeacon of Stansted in a restructuring of the Church of England in Essex.

THE traditional mayor making ceremony has seen a husband and wife ushered in as mayor and mayoress-elect - a first in Saffron Walden Town Council's history.

UTTLESFORD District Council has tonight agreed to write off more than 1m in business rates owed by a luxury company at Stansted Airport.

BOSSES at Ridgeons have confirmed the firm is committed to remaining in Saffron Walden as it looks to rejuvenate its Thaxted Road site - a move which could create more than 400 new jobs in the town.

Crews from Thaxted, Dunmow and Saffron Walden used special breathing equipment and one hose to tackle the fire, which tool approximately 30 minutes to put out.

Approval has been given for a retail park on the outskirts of Saffron Walden - and building will start this autumn.

The Saffron Walden Town Team is made up of local traders, business people and elected officials.

The route, which takes walkers from Southend to Saffron Walden, includes attractive riverside and woodland walks, and visits to unspoilt villages and historic monuments, but also the challenges of street walking and rural road walking, often with no verge.

THE new county councillor for Saffron Walden has called his stunning election victory a "springboard" for an increase in the number of independents representing Uttlesford in local politics.

VOTERS are heading to the polls today to register their support for candidates in the Essex County Council elections.