The parents of a three-year-old boy from Saffron Walden who has cerebral palsy have secured TV personality Danny Dyer as the latest player in a charity football match featuring a host of celebrities.

A man from Saffron Walden who appeared on the latest series of The Island with Bear Grylls said it was the “toughest experience” of his life, but disagreed with the “controversial” decision to divide the two teams into wealthy and working class.

Essex Police want to speak to Richard Monk about an assault and theft in Royston Road, Saffron Walden, on Tuesday, March 6.

The parents of a three-year-old boy from Saffron Walden who has cerebral palsy have organised a charity football match featuring celebrities in the hope of reaching their £30,000 fundraising target to pay for their son’s operation which would allow him to walk independently.

The audience at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Wednesday, March 7, applauded and cheered for several minutes at the end of a performance of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Valery Polyansky with virtuoso pianist Valentina Lisita.

This is an elegant production of an elegant play. It’s very funny and it’s very French. At around 90 minutes with no interval, Art by Yasmina Reza has three actors on stage the whole time and it’s quick fire debate.

A councillor has been asked to stand down as Chairman of the Standards Committee after speaking on BBC Radio 2 about the alleged sexual harassment which took place at the Presidents Club dinner in London.

The death of two teenage girls at a level crossing in Elsenham just before Christmas 12 years ago, has inspired a book of photographs from all over the world to raise money for a child bereavement charity.

Folk trio Lau, celebrated at Cambridge Folk Festival, will be at Cambridge Junction on Sunday, December 3.

The Royal Ballet, dancing Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, will be shown live in cinemas in Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Cambridge and Chelmsford on Tuesday, December 5 at 7.15pm.

Comedian Milton Jones will be at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Friday, December 8.

Saffron Walden County High School is the best non-selective state school in East Anglia, according to Parent Power, The Sunday Times School Guide for 2018.

This winter, Cambridge is proud to be hosting its very own winter festival promising more festive fun then you can shake a candy cane at!

Phil Jupitus will be doing his stand up show, Juplicity at Saffron Walden Town Hall on Wednesday, November 1.

The Magic of Motown will be at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Saturday, October 28.

Families are invited to the 10th annual Cambridge Festival of Ideas from October 16-29 (going through half-term) with talks, story-telling, games, exhibitions and interactive fun. There are hundreds of free events over two weeks.

Do you know how much a square metre of space in your house is worth? New figures have revealed the priciest places for property – and the cheapest.

Police are appealing for witnesses after an 86-year-old man died following a road traffic collision on the M11 this week.

Great Dunmow Round Table is celebrating after estimating its members have helped raise almost £2,000 for charity.

One year ago Becky Barletta from Hundon was given the crushing news she was one of the youngest people in Britain to have dementia at just 31. Now her family are raising awareness of the devastation it can bring

A stage version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man will be at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Monday and Tuesday, September 4 and 5.

The Roar Charity Fashion show, which takes place on September 23 at Quy Mill in Cambridgeshire, raising money for the Arthur Rank Hospice, East Anglian Air Ambulance and Cambridge United Community Trust, will have the pop artist Lydia Singer entertaining.

Thousands of students in Suffolk and Essex receive their long-awaited A-level results today, with early reports suggesting the region could post an unexpected rise in results amid national concerns over toughened-up reforms and exam “chaos”.

A young driver was last night fighting for their life in hospital after a crash in Essex.

The 52nd Cambridge Folk Festival opened like a splendid celebration on Thursday night with musicians who got people on their feet.

A magistrate from Saffron Walden has been announced as one of five new Deputy Lieutenants for Essex.

Commuters are being told to expect residual delays between Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport this morning, after a fallen tree damaged overhead electric wires.

Trains between Cambridge and Audley End were severely disrupted today by an overhead line problem in the Great Chesterford area.

An action group against the proposed development at Easton Park has announced a series of events to highlight the importance of the land under threat.

Emergency services were called to two crashes in as many hours on the southbound M11 between junctions nine and eight last night.