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Government plans at-home tablet to 'stop the virus in its tracks'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covi

Coronavirus

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Government scientists are seeking at home coronavirus treatments to help speed up people's recovery times, Boris Johnson has announced.

Coronavirus in Essex. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Coronavirus

Take away Covid self tests from Thaxted library

Louise Dunderdale

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Affinity Water: No compensation for customers in water softening row

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London Stansted Airport terminal. Picture: London Stansted Airport

Lockdown Easing

More work needed ahead of holiday easing, Stansted says

Will Durrant

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A montage: both images contain people wrapped up warm in sporty jackets

Charity News

Bar staff smash £1000 target in charity challenge

Will Durrant

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The Railway pub, Saffron Walden, committee, April 2021

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Walden pub reopens after four years

Andra Maciuca

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An enthusiastic person dressed as an Easter Bunny surrounded by oversized carrots

Lockdown Easing

Audley End Miniature Railway a sellout success on first week

Will Durrant

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Diocese of Chelmsford: Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip

Prince Philip: Special service held in Saffron Walden

Will Durrant

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A person being tested for Covid-19

Coronavirus

Changes to help with Covid isolation payment

Louise Dunderdale

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Max Rowlandson on the set of the film Maximus

Film

Film inspired by Walden boy at Cannes Film Festival

Connie Dimsdale

Peter Sanders, chairman of Stop Stansted Expansion ( SSE) Picture: ANDREW PARTRIDGE

Stop Stansted Expansion campaign group to rebrand

Michael Steward

Grove Lodge, Saffron Walden is taking part in the National Garden Scheme

Things to do on the May Bank Holiday weekend: Essex gardens are open

Louise Dunderdale

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Prince Philip's life and legacy remembered during poignant funeral

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Five people stand around a light blue banner. The woman in front cuts it with scissors.

New Market Row deli will inspire "community spirit", says mayor

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Doctor

NHS

Revealed: Essex hospital treatment waiting time data

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

Friends School on Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden

Uttlesford District Council

Application refused for 100 homes on former Friends School site

Andra Maciuca

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Tributes to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Norwich Cathedral.

What we know about Prince Philip's funeral at Windsor

Chris Bishop

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Diocese of Chelmsford: Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip

Prince Philip death: Uttlesford service and Garden of Remembrance

Louise Dunderdale

Podcast

The New Normal podcast: Diversity, royalty and caterpillars at war

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Saffron Walden Cricket Club

Cricket

New season does not start with the bang wanted by Saffron Walden

Neil Metcalfe

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Alistair Cooke, Toby Lumsden, David Martin and Kate Holden of Saffron Striders

Athletics

Saffron Striders doing their bit for charity as racing returns

Neil Metcalfe

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Houses in Great Dunmow

Lockdown Easing

Survey reveals Uttlesford fears of fourth national Covid lockdown

Andra Maciuca

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A purple CrossCountry train stands beside a concrete platform.

Lockdown Easing

No end of the line in sight for Audley End CrossCountry cancellations

Will Durrant

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A road with a large brick building dominating the foreground,

Uttlesford District Council

Councillors reject "Deutschland Democratic Republic" retirement home design

Will Durrant

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The Railway pub, Saffron Walden, committee, April 2021

Lockdown Easing | Gallery

Walden pub reopens after four years

Andra Maciuca

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Affinity Water: No compensation for customers in water softening row

Will Durrant

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An enthusiastic person dressed as an Easter Bunny surrounded by oversized carrots

Lockdown Easing

Audley End Miniature Railway a sellout success on first week

Will Durrant

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Five people stand around a light blue banner. The woman in front cuts it with scissors.

New Market Row deli will inspire "community spirit", says mayor

Will Durrant

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East of England Ambulance Service

East of England Ambulance Service

Firefighters rescue woman after town centre collision

Will Durrant

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Diversion signs on North Hall Road

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More than 600 want reopening of North Hall Road after nine months

Andra Maciuca

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A man stands under a tent filled with clothes on Saffron Walden's Market Square

Lockdown Easing

Walden market traders react to lockdown lifting

Will Durrant

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Tenant Jon Louis reopening The Coach and Horses in Newport on April 12 after a planning appeal refusal of pub garden houses

Uttlesford District Council

Houses in pub garden refused on appeal but similar application pending

Andra Maciuca

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News

Affinity Water: No compensation for customers in water softening row

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Will Durrant

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Affinity Water customers in Saffron Walden will not be compensated despite a change in water quality leaving their kettles, pipes and taps at greater risk of developing limescale.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covi

Coronavirus

Government plans at-home tablet to 'stop the virus in its tracks'

Angus Williams

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A montage: both images contain people wrapped up warm in sporty jackets

Charity News

Bar staff smash £1000 target in charity challenge

Will Durrant

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London Stansted Airport terminal. Picture: London Stansted Airport

Lockdown Easing

More work needed ahead of holiday easing, Stansted says

Will Durrant

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The Railway pub, Saffron Walden, committee, April 2021

Lockdown Easing | Gallery

Walden pub reopens after four years

Andra Maciuca

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Things to do

Audley End Miniature Railway a sellout success on first week

An enthusiastic person dressed as an Easter Bunny surrounded by oversized carrots

Lockdown Easing

Will Durrant

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Tickets for Audley End Miniature Railway's Easter Event, which began on April 12, sold out as Covid-19 lockdown eased this week.

Grove Lodge, Saffron Walden is taking part in the National Garden Scheme

Things to do on the May Bank Holiday weekend: Essex gardens are open

Louise Dunderdale

Stansted Mountfitchet author AJ Campbell. Picture: Campbell family

Arts & Culture

Stansted author to release second novel

Will Durrant

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A Spitfire (front) and a Hurricane (back) fly in tandem.

IWM Duxford

New themed flying days announced at IWM Duxford

Alan Davies

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Culture Club members Roy Hay, Boy George and Mikey Craig will be performing an outdoor show at Audley End, Saffron Walden.

Music

Boy George and Culture Club announce summer Audley End concert

Alan Davies

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Sport

New season does not start with the bang wanted by Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden Cricket Club

Cricket

Neil Metcalfe

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The opening weekend of the league season was not a pleasant one for Saffron Walden Cricket Club as both the first and second teams lost.

Alistair Cooke, Toby Lumsden, David Martin and Kate Holden of Saffron Striders

Athletics

Saffron Striders doing their bit for charity as racing returns

Neil Metcalfe

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Cricket stock. A player placing bails onto some stumps

Cricket

Youngsters given opportunity to play cricket as Newport launch junior side

Neil Metcalfe

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Saffron Walden's Graham Goodman in action

Golf

Cambridgeshire golfers raring to go ahead of new season

Neil Metcalfe

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Saffron Walden Cricket Club sign Zubayr Hamza.

Cricket

Saffron Walden land South African international as preparations for new...

Neil Metcalfe

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Lifestyle

New themed flying days announced at IWM Duxford

A Spitfire (front) and a Hurricane (back) fly in tandem.

IWM Duxford

Alan Davies

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IWM Duxford is set to fully reopen in May and a new series of themed Flying Day events at the Cambridgeshire air museum have been announced.

Cambridge Arts Theatre has been awarded money from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.

Theatre

'This vital grant will enable us to lift the curtain' - theatre's delight

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The American Air Museum at Duxford, built by architects Fosters and Partners in 1997.

IWM Duxford

Explore IWM Duxford outdoors at aviation museum's trail

Alan Davies

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A photo-reconnaissance blue Spitfire PL983 ‘L’, which toured the country last year in tribute to the NHS.

IWM Duxford

Aircraft museum celebrates 85 years since the Spitfire's maiden flight

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