Dog owners are being warned that they need to get their pets microchipped and registered by Wednesday (April 6).

A group of students from Joyce Frankland Academy are all set to visit the Indian Himalayas this summer to undertake a building project which will change the lives of villagers.

Saffron Walden residents will now be able to report crime at the offices of Uttlesford District Council (UDC) following the opening of a new police front desk at the London Road base today (April 4).

A Stansted man has been told by a judge that prison is “inevitable” after he was convicted of raping a 22-year-old woman.

A trio of cars were broken into on the same night in Stansted last month, with items stolen from each vehicle in the Essex village.

Freshwell Health Centre in Wethersfield Road, Finchingfield had a window smashed between March 24 and March 26. No entry was thought to be gained in the incident.

A junior trampolinist from Ickleton has claimed second place in the boys’ U19 Elite competition at the British Schools Trampoline Finals in Wigan.

Louis Martin triumphed in both the gross and nett events at Saffron Walden Golf Club’s prestigious Junior Easter Trophy competition.

Martin Johnson says Saffron Walden Town’s recent good Thurlow Nunn Premier Division form has given the club a “platform to build from for next season.”

Saffron Walden RFC claimed what will hopefully be the first leg of an historic double this season, beating Zoo League Division Two side Shelford Nomads 35-22 to lift the Cambridgeshire Cup.

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, we are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place.”

Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, performed by Clavering Players is at Clavering Village Hall from April 8 to 10.

Violinist Megan Hill, who has played with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra and several orchestras at the Birmingham Conservatoire as a student will give a free lunchtime concert at Chelmsford Civic Theatre on Wednesday, April 13, as part of the theatre’s free Wednesday concerts. She will be accompanied by Tim Carey on the piano, playing Beethoven, Delius and Shostakovich. Megan was also a soloist with the Essex Youth Chamber Orchestra.

Jimmy Jermain, hailed as Europe’s finest Cliff Richard tribute will be at The Rhodes Theatre, Bishop’s Stortford on April 15, as The Shadow of Cliff. He performs almost every hit record from 1958’s Move It to the lastest album, Singing the Blues. Cliff had 14 number one singles in the UK and is the only singer to have had a number on in five consecutive decades.