Not that long to go in a cinema very, very close: Sunday, November 23rd sees an opportunity to delve the deep (multi) dimensions of the universe’s favourite genre in a full-day Science Fiction Cinema Course at Saffron Screen - itself an out of this world facility!

We love Uttlesford, obviously, but we also love travelling. Holidays are great but rarely allow you to scratch the surface, so how do you get more out of it? Twinning of course! And if you live in or around Thaxted, the town’s Twinning Association is the perfect place to start.

Anglers seized the day at Clavering Lakes to bag plenty of premium aquatic specimens and net a fantastic £1,700 for St Clare Hospice at their recent annual fishing competition. Overall winner was Craig Gibbons, from Sawbridgeworth, whose total catch weighed in at more than 70lb!

The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season opens on Thursday 16 October with a real-time broadcast at Saffron Screen of Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece, Manon, streamed live from the iconic Covent Garden stage - a must for lovers of dance, music, passion and tragedy!

Saffron Walden Museum has scooped a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for consistently impressing visitors! The local attraction was presented with the accolade based on a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on the website during 2014 - a credit to all the staff and volunteers who make it all happen.

Teenagers have been getting a taste of how to stay safe on the roads thanks to an Uttlesford Community Safety Partnership project. Around 800 students aged 16-17 participated in the annual Motorwise initiative, held at Carver Barracks near Wimbish, which ran for 7 days up to the 22nd September.