Saffron Walden News from the Saffron Walden Reporter

A BRIGHT future beckons for the clever youngsters who picked up their GCSE results today (Thursday August 21). Students at Saffron Walden County High School (SWCHS), Newport Free Grammar School, Friends School and Linton Village College celebrated anothe...

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Linton landmark gets listed status

15:32 - 20 August 2008

AN ICONIC village landmark has been safeguarded for the future after it was awarded listed building status. Linton s water tower, known locally as the pepper pot because of its distinctive dodecagonal design, was granted Grade II Listed Building status fo...

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Video, Audio & Pictures

Gallery: Francis Frith Collection

SOME of the photographs are more than 100 years old and yet the towns and villages shown in the black and white prints are easily recognisable as the modern-day settlements they would become. A selection of pictures capturing Saffron Walden, Thaxted, Newp...

Video & Gallery: Housing minister defends eco-towns

ON a whistle stop tour through some of Essex s most beautiful countryside, the Government s housing minister defended her big eco ideas. En route from her offices in Westminster to the rural setting of Thaxted, minister for housing Caroline Flint must hav...

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Football

FA Cup dream lives on for Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden Town 2 Desborough Town 1 THE FA Cup dream lives on for Saffron Walden FC after they beat Desborough Town last night (Wednesday). The Bloods came from a goal behind to beat the higher-league opposition 2-1 at Catons Lane in the extr...

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Olympics

Olympic final spot for Maher

OlympiAN Ben Maher has qualified for the individual show jumping final. The 25-year old from Elsenham booked a final spot alongside fellow GB riders Nick Skelton and Tim Stockdale after an evening of rollercoaster emotions in Hong Kong on Monday. The trio...

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