More than 200 children and their families took part in the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the very aplty named village of High Easter, on Monday.

Families queued in the Easter sunshine to take part in the Rayne Duck Race on Easter Monday with hundreds taking part.

The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) has funded a pilot scheme which will see additional roads policing officers deployed on the M11 at peak times, in an attempt to stem the rise in serious collisions.

An extraordinary council meeting will take place on Thursday (April 25) to consider whether the final approval notice for Stansted Airport’s planning application to increase passenger numbers should be delayed until after the upcoming local elections.

Irish band, The Hooligans will headline the second Folk at the Fairy session at Fairycroft House in Saffron Walden on Saturday, May 11.

Fame the musical will be at Cambridge Arts Theatre from April 29 to May 4

The summer season at Cambridge Arts Theatre includes The Girl on the Train, The Remains of the Day, Educating Rita, the Rocky Horror Show, Sir Michael Parkinson and the Cambridge Greek Play.

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team – the Red Arrows – are to make a spectacular return to this year’s Flying Legends air show.

Dunmow Rhodes lifted the Braintree & North Essex Sunday League Division One Cup after a 4-2 win over Tiptree Elite at Halstead Town.

Dunmow Crests celebrated another promotion as Crests OTS moved up to Division Three in the Harlow League.

Four members of Grange Farm & Dunmow Runners were among 13,000 finishers at the Greater Manchester Marathon on Sunday.

Dunmow Crests Whites booked a place in the final of the Nicky Clark Cup with a 50-43 win over Westlands B.