Councillor Sam Goddard has been nominated to compete for the position of Town Mayor for the upcoming year. Having been proposed by the Saffron Walden Conservative group and seconded by an R4U councillor, there is a real chance of winning the position.

At a Town Council meeting in December, Chief Inspector Craig Carrington agreed - in response to Cllr Sandra Eden - to arrange for Councillors to visit the Force Information Room at Essex Police HQ in Chelmsford.

Residents for Uttlesford may have reviewed Essex County Council’s recently published “Meeting the demand for school places in Essex 2018 – 2027” but from their comments either they have not read it or have chosen deliberately to misinterpret it.

Uttlesford District Council will work to a new timetable for the emerging Local Plan which will bring high quality homes and employment to the District for decades to come.

Uttlesford District Council’s draft budget proposals for next year will see continued growth and investment in the services identified by residents as priorities.

A total of 170 new affordable homes are scheduled to be delivered across Uttlesford with partner organisations before the end of 2018.

Road repairs carried out by Essex Highways in Saffron Walden High Street, George Street and Hill Street are now complete.

And that, says Saffron Walden county councillor John Moran, “follows Ashdon Road works finishing two months ahead of schedule.

Cllr John Moran talks through his recent successes with Essex Highways in getting key roads around Saffron Walden repaired.

Cllr Vic Ranger talks to BBC Essex's Dave Monk programme about Uttlesford being voted the 11th best district nationwide, and the best in the East of England in the Halifax Quality of Life survey.

Cllr Keith Eden talks through the heritage of Saffron Walden and what you can do to safeguard it for the future by standing as a Conservative Councillor.