STUDENTS from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, not only achieve highly at school sport, but some are scooping county, regional and national titles. Year 7 student Emma Nunn, 11, has been a judo fighter for six years and has recently been crowned British national…

ANOTHER bumper crowd of over 15,000 people enjoyed Harlow Council’s annual firework and bonfire night celebrations last night (Sunday 1 November 2015). The event, which has been running for more than 40 years, was organised by Harlow Council with support from Great Parndon Community Association.…

HARLOW Running Club member Will Wall had a thoroughly dirty weekend, competing in no less than three cross country races, all with lots of mud and stream crossings, some waist deep. On Saturday morning Wall competed in the Grim Duathlon near Farnborough in Hampshire, consisting…

STUDENTS at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School shared their cultural heritage with their peers through a series of assemblies to celebrate Black History Month, during which drumming, dance, song and traditional dress were presented by pupils. Year 10 performers Ruvimbo Mukachana and Zonelle Mupfayi…

ON Wednesday night (28th October) Robert Halfon MP attended a reception in Parliament held by Breast Cancer Now, where he met with Breast Cancer Now supporter and worker Marilyn Morris. ABOUT BREAST CANCER NOW Their aim is to bring together the brightest minds to discover…

By Julia Salisbury THE Bond film franchise is synonymous with fast cars, daring stunts and glamourous women and Sam Mendes’ newest take on the adventures of Ian Fleming’s 007 character was nothing short of that. Spectre, due to be released on 26th October 2015, was…

THE SQUARE has been shortlisted in the NME/Jack Daniel’s Britains Best Small Venue competition. They need all the votes they can get. A spokesperson said: “If we win this competition it could play a major part in us securing a future for the venue. “It…

ESSEX Police are releasing an efit image of a man they want to speak to in connection with an attempted robbery in Harlow. At around 6.10pm on October 15, a male suspect approached a 14-year-old boy from Harlow while on a public footpath through Tendring…

THE head girl of a Harlow school is on a mission to recruit other teenagers to join the town’s youth council. Lucy Palmer, a Year 11 student at Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, has been a member of Harlow Youth Council for two years…

THE NHS in west Essex has been successful in obtaining a grant from the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund to trial GP appointments on Saturdays and Sundays. Currently, there are five participating practices in Harlow who are taking bookings for the service which is based at…

Update A CYCLIST suffered a head in jury after a collision with a car on Howard Way on Sunday evening. The collision occurred at just before 7pm on Sunday evening. A man in his thirties cam into collision with a Honda Civic near to the…

By Julia Salisbury ON 4th November, the Harlow Playhouse and the Shakespeare Schools Festival will be welcoming to the stage an array of local schools from across Harlow. The four schools participating will perform four of Shakespeare’s plays, showcasing their acting talents. The show will…

A LARGE number of police cars plus two ambulances are on the scene at Occasio House in Harlow. The vehicles arrived at just after 4pm on Sunday afternoon (Nov 1st). A police officer is also protecting a scene close the front of St Paul’s church…