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Reporter for Saffron Walden Reporter, covering the Uttlesford district in Essex.
Trained by Press Association and previously reported for Reuters (Singapore), Brent & Kilburn Times, World of Chinese Magazine (Beijing).
There have been more than 30 ram raids or attempted ram raids across Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk so far this year. High-profile incidents in Uttlesford have seen Halifax bank, in Saffron Walden, a branch of the Co-op, in Stansted Mountfitchet, and a Nisa, in Newport, all targeted.
An automatic locking gate for pedestrians at Elsenham level crossing, installed after two teenage girls were killed by a train at the station in 2005, has been out of action for at least five months because engineers have been unable find parts to fix it, it has emerged.
Douglas Kent, a current committee member of the Old Scholars' Association, presented a report at a special general meeting (SGM) of the Friends' School Saffron Walden Old Scholars' Association on May 19.
Archant The projected cost of replacing flood defences and carrying out other works to a culvert running through Saffron Walden has been reduced by about £600,000 following a review of works in "greater detail". Saffron Walden Town Council has approved plans to replace a trash screen at the opening of the culvert which runs under the town.
Saffron Photo 2017 'Nimbys' are telling the 'haves' to ignore the 'have nots', the former MP for Saffron Walden, Lord Alan Haselhurst, has said. The former MP, who held the position for 40 years, says more homes need to be built but 'nimbys' are "never satisfied" with the plan to meet housing need and "no positive alternative is ever articulated".
Archant Uttlesford District Council's Liberal Democrat leader, Councillor Alan Dean, has said the current local plan is "imperfect" but it is the best chance to "avoid a developer free-for-all". On Tuesday, Uttlesford councillors will vote on the new local plan.
A former governor of Walden School, previously Friends' School, has revealed that one fellow governor on the board told him "it would be no bad thing" if the school closed so that any money raised "could be spent on another cause".
The US recently blacklisted China alongside North Korea, Zimbabwe, and Syria as global epicenters for human-trafficking, accusing Beijing of making little attempt to control the problem beyond obfuscating its data.
Archant Bertha Joseph is putting past troubles behind her and returning to politics after being selected to stand for the Conservatives in the May 2018 local elections. Leader of the Brent Conservative branch, Cllr John Warren, confirmed Miss Joseph will be replacing Joel Davidson next year as the candidate for Brondesbury Park.
Summary of key contributions made by China in Hamburg 07·11·2017 Imogen Braddick As the Hamburg G20 Summit comes to a close, here is a summary of the key contributions from China. The official word, according to , is that President Xi Jinping "made a positive contribution to world economic growth and improving global economic governance."