THE Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) has funded the purchase of two new partnership vehicles. The Essex Air Ambulance received a new Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) and Essex Police has received a new unmarked covert motorbike. SERP has donated funds to allow the partners to…

HARLOW Council is set to hold a minutes silence for Summer Grant at its final meeting of the civic year on Thursday. The announcement was made at a recent cabinet meeting. Harlow Council leader Jon Clempner and Conservative leader, cllr Andrew Johnson both made short…

ESSEX Lib Dem Police Commissioner candidate Kevin McNamara will challenge police failings An experienced, local campaigner is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Essex Police & Crime Commissioner. Kevin McNamara, from Grays , says he plans to tackle the many areas where the Conservatives have let…

PARENTS of pupils at William Martin School where shocked to discover on the last day of term before Easter, that their Lollipop Lady, Catherine, was leaving and would not be replaced. A petition with over 250 signatures was recently presented to Essex County Council calling…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has hailed the introduction of the National Living Wage as a “deserved pay rise” for the people of Harlow From Friday workers aged 25 and over who are not in the first year of an apprenticeship will be legally entitled to…

HARLOW householders are being warned not to use cowboy builders or rogue traders to clear up damage from Storm Katie. Essex County Council Trading Standards issued the advice after high winds swept through the county on Easter Monday bringing down fences and trees and damaging…

A HARLOW man has appeared in court on a number of charges relating to possessing images of children and sexual assault. Jason Sutton, aged 33, of Spinning Wheel Mead in Harlow faced five charges of making an “indecent image of a child” and two charges…

A MAN has been fined for stealing hard drives worth hundreds from Asda in Harlow. Arvydas Bockus (31) of Cavendish Road, Rotherham pled guilty to the following. On 29/01/2016 at Harlow, stole hard drives, to the value of 643.49, belonging to Asda, Watergardens Harlow Backus…

TWO fifths of East Anglia residents have confessed to being so unfit they would get out of breath running for the bus, according to new statistics released as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) brand new fundraising challenge MyMarathon. The BHF poll revealed well…

Ryman Div One North Harlow Town 3 v 2 Tilbury ALEX Read scored with virtually the last kick of the game as Harlow took a dramatic three points to guarantee a place in the playoff positions. In the fifth minute of added time Alex Read…

IN many ways it is a tribute to tragic Summer Grant. In other ways it is a tribute and a testament to the kind-hearted people of Harlow. On Sunday morning at 8am, a single posey of flowers nestled by the front entrance to the town…

POLICE Station front counters close while “do it online” portal lets you report crime and access information from your computer or smartphone Essex Police has launched new ways to report non-emergency crime, meaning that for the first time in the county crime can be reported…

Blogpost by David Foreman WITH such huge resources being pumped into Harlow Common ward many are wondering why this is the ‘Stalingrad’ of all battles for a local election ward. Perhaps Cllr Toal aiming personal attacks at Robert Halfon last year and him quite rightly…

ESSEX Police are appealing for information following an assault which happened in Harlow this morning, Friday, April 1. A 22-year-old man was assaulted with a bottle outside Bar 21 in Post Office Walk and is currently receiving treatment in Broomfield Hospital for injuries to his…