HARLOW Penguins took a squad of 8 girls: Celeste Andrew, Georgina Pryor, Megan Cook, Lauren Nelson, Meg Wickham, Caitlin Mascall, Kirsty Vears, Olivia Holleyman and 4 Men: Lee Baker, Bradley Veitch, Hayden Thomas, Mason Arnold to the East Region Swimming Championships in Norwich over the…

Dear Editor, WHAT a disappointment that a well-intentioned but badly phrased question can have escalated into a generalised attack on an amateur theatre company with all the attendant distress as the social media wires ran hot to rub more salt in the wound for this…

LITTLE Parndon Primary School is the newest addition to the ever growing Hip Hop Pop empire. The weekly club offers street dance education to year 2 – 6 students and has proved so popular that a second club to cater for year 1 students has…

  By Eric White ACTIVE Essex is inviting schools in the county to join them on the Road to Rio by encouraging them to make use of a new Olympic-inspired education pack. The County Sports Partnership (CSP) for Essex is supporting schools to deliver initiatives…

A MAN has been charged following an incident in Harlow where a woman was sexually assaulted as she walked from Harlow Town station. It happened at 11.35pm on March 17 on the footpath between Fifth Avenue and Newstead Way. A 38-year-old woman was grabbed from…

A HOME is a remarkable place, rich in its own personal and social history. Have you thought about the people that use to live in your house – what did they do and how did they live? Or would you like to know what was…

A HARLOW man has been charged with attempted murder after a man was found with life-threatening injuries in Potters Field in Harlow. Officers were called shortly 3pm on Friday, May 6 after the man aged in his 50s was found outside an address. He was…

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Harlow which has left a man in a life-threatening condition. Officers were called shortly 3pm on Friday, May 6 with reports of a man aged in his 50s found seriously injured outside an address in…

By Eric White COMMUNITY groups are invited to bid for a share of £1.5 million from Essex County Council’s Community Initiatives Fund, with applications running until the end of the summer. Grants of up to £20,000 are available for parish councils, local charities and other…

A HARLOW man is set to attend court over charges of fly-tipping. Shaba GORUR, aged 37, of Joyners Field is accused of depositing litter in contravention of the Environmental Protection Act The charge is: On 16/09/2015 at the rear of 34-38 Joyners Field, Harlow, threw…

A HARLOW woman has been charged in connection with an assault on a man in Harlow. The 35-year-old victim was assaulted in Copshall Close at 4pm on Tuesday May 3. Kayleigh Blunnie, 30, unemployed, of Shawbridge, Harlow, was charged with GBH and appeared at Chelmsford…

ESSEX County Council has welcomed the Government’s decision to abandon plans to force all schools to become academies. In a letter sent to Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan MP, last week, Cllr Ray Gooding, the council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, had raised a…

CONSERVATIVE Roger Hirst has won the police and crime commissioner election in Essex after second-preference votes were counted. UKIP’s Bob Spink finished second. Roger Hirst – Conservative: 135,948 votes Bob Spink – UKIP: 103,792 votes

LABOUR retained control of the council as they held each of their 7 seats up for re-election. They went on to increase their vote share in 10 out of the 11 wards available for re-election. Despite this, Conservative councillor and council leader Andrew Johnson said…