Michael Casey
THE AIR ambulance landed on Thursday morning in the Bush Fair area after report of a woman being injured. An ambulance service spokesperson said: “The ambulance service was called at 8.54am today to Brays Mead, Harlow. An ambulance crew, rapid response vehicle, ambulance officer and…
DO you know a youngster with a passion for helping animals, a scientist whose research has helped improve welfare or a volunteer who dedicates all their spare time to supporting the RSPCA? If so we want to hear all about them. Nominations have opened for…
WE were told that Professor Nancy Fontaine was a “sleeves rolled up” type of nurse and remains so, even though she is now one of the top bosses at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. So we took our cameras down to the hospital to…
DURING the past year large areas of the park have been landscaped and refreshed, while Pets’ Corner recently reopened after undergoing a major refurbishment. Spurriers House is also scheduled for a facelift with the provision of new ground floor café in the spring of next…
ESSEX Police has become the latest emergency service to sign the mental health charity Mind’s ‘Blue Light Time to Change Pledge’. It commits the force to challenging mental health stigma and looking after officers, civilian staff, teams and members of the public. Created by the…
“No cold caller” stickers are being distributed to vulnerable householders across Essex as part of a rogue trader campaign conducted by Essex County Council, Essex Police and Age UK Essex. The stickers are the second phase of the Be Sure at the Door campaign, which…
KITCHEN fire safety advice has been issued following a fire caused by take-away food being left on a hob. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus broke into an unoccupied ground floor flat at Moor House to extinguish the fire by 12:18hrs (Tues Dec 8th). Take-away food and…
ESSEX County Council will not be able to continue to shield residents from the effects of Government cuts, leader Cllr David Finch has said. Speaking at a meeting of the authority’s Full Council, Cllr Finch outlined the challenges faced by the Council following the recent…
A HARLOW athlete’s dreams of competing in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio have hit a major setback after vandals damaged his £8,000 race chair. Richard Chiassaro, 34, tipped for a podium place at the Games, had the steering wrenched off and carbon wheels buckled…
A WEEK-long book fair at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, helped to develop pupils’ interest in books and reading for pleasure. Every day, teachers held reading sessions after school and gave children and their parents an opportunity to visit the fair to…
HARLOW Running Club’s own marathon man Andy Kinney completed two marathons over the weekend, his 9th in 15 days! On Saturday he ran the Waterloo 200th Anniversary Challenge Marathon at Deal in Kent, finishing in 51st place out of 107 finishers in 5hrs 14min 57sec.…
THE HARLOW Playhouse production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was everything that every pantomime could wish itself to be. From the very beginning, the cast gave it everything, in order to ensure that the crowd were thoroughly entertained. Much of the credit must…
HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon MP went on a blindfolded bus journey with the Guide Dogs charity and Harlow constituent Mandy Smith and her guide dog Holly. Robert Halfon said: “I wore a blindfold for the duration of the bus journey to understand the difficulties that…
THE works of Shakespeare were brought to life during a school festival. Students from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, took part in the Shakespeare for Schools Festival at the Playhouse and took the challenge to turn a piece of work into a 30-minute…
PAY and Display Car Park charges will be relaxed in the Epping Forest District in the run-up to Christmas this year. It will be free to park in Council car parks on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays throughout the month of December, with the exception…
