DEVOLUTION offers a “once in a lifetime opportunity” and Essex cannot afford to be left behind, the leader of Essex County Council has warned. Speaking today following the Chancellor’s Summer Budget, Cllr David Finch made a renewed promise to work alongside local council partners and…

FRESHWATERS Primary Academy, in School Lane, held its first Diversity Week to help children to understand the differences between the families and communities around them. Each class discussed family trees before creating their own, demonstrating no two families are the same. The topics of culture,…

THE MP for Harlow has issued a statement about the proposals for a new Junction on the M11 between Junctions 7 and 8. Robert Halfon said: “One thing that everyone is united on is that we need a new M11 Junction. A new junction would…

Major building work will transform a Harlow primary school over the summer. With the first phase of redevelopment completed at Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, earlier this year, more extensive work is now due to start over the six-week holiday. The new-look school…

TWO lorry drivers, who attempted to smuggle almost 200,000 illegal cigarettes into the UK by hiding them in the wheel space of their lorry, have been sentenced after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Gabriel Wisniewski, 34 and Hubert Florczak 29, were arrested…

NORTH Weald Bassett Parish Council has launched dedicated pages on its website to keep people up-to date with its work on a Neighbourhood Plan. The pages feature information about the process and current status of the parish council’s intention to complete a Neighbourhood Plan, which…

WOOD, Stone, Steel and Paint is a fascinating mix of works by two artists who have lived and worked together in Roydon in Essex for nearly 50 years. Angela Godfrey received her first sculpture commission in 1964; in 2014 she was chosen to provide works…

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road collision in Harlow. Just after midnight on Saturday, July 11, a car was involved in a collision with a pedestrian on Fourth Avenue at the junction with Haydens Road. The 20-year-old man from Harlow received…

The Learning Collective Invites YOU to their Launch party! On 19th July 2015 at 1.30pm Picnic, Pimms & Palavah is the theme for the day: Science Alive is a local education charity which manages two amazing venues – the Time Machine hands on gallery and…

1530 hrs From Network Rail Due to overhead wire problems there will be no services departing Liverpool St to Stansted & Cambridge. Individual journey checks can be found at: http://www.journeycheck.com/greateranglia

DURING the Open Studios weekend July 18th and 19th, Parndon Mill presents an almost bewildering array of skills. Along with the fine arts of painting, sculpture, printmaking and constructions, they range from blacksmithing to architecture. There is even a guitar maker and this year it…

’The And Finally Big Band’ is an offshoot of the critically acclaimed ‘And Finally… Phil Collins’. Show producer and drummer Tim Harper has always wanted to create a traditional jazz swing orchestra in the style of Phil’s own big band and this is it!

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EYAL Match Hemel Hempstead 12th July Jarman Park, Hemel Hempstead, was the venue for the penultimate round of fixtures in the Eastern Young Athletes’ League. The weather was mixed providing a fitting metaphor for Harlow’s performance on the day. Numbers were again low but those…