A LEADING paediatrician at Princess Alexandra Hospital has won a prestigious regional award for the training he gives junior doctors. Dr Elmo Thambapillai, Consultant Paediatrician and Lead Neonatologist at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT), won the prestigious Paediatric Award for Training Achievements (PAFTA)…

By Siobhan Wood THE Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller to compare investigations in 1950s America with the Salem witch trials in 1692. Paul Johnson directed the Harlow Theatre Company’s version at The Victoria Hall and it managed to be funny and tense…

THE CANDIDATE for the English Democrat Party has “questioned the integrity’ of a leading Harlow Labour councillor. Eddy Butler has picked up on comments made by deputy leader of Harlow Council, cllr Tony Durcan. Mr Butler said: “Elected councillors are expected to adhere to a…

DIY store, Robert Dyas is set to close. The store is located at the Harvey Centre Approach but will shut its doors for the final time on Friday, May 1. The nearest shops will be at Lakeside in Thurrock or Loughton. Sources state the the…

NORTH Weald Bassett Parish Council has extended the time for comments to be made over its concerns that two significant parts of the parish could be open for development after being omitted from the parish’s Neighbourhood Plan area. The parish council has decided to create…

ST CLARE trustee Debbie Bodhanya will be among the 13 runners taking part in next Sunday’s (Apr 26) London Marathon to raise much-needed funds for the Hospice. Debbie was inspired to sign up for her first marathon in memory of her dad Gerry, who passed…

AFTER listening to couple of TV debates and Election Hustings, I have seen one thing, most candidates for MP only talk about their party manifesto and not what they will do for the constituency they will be elected for, they do attack each other on…

By Adam Dunkley, Ellie Hutchin & Dom Littler. THERE are many Harlow residents who hark back to the days of the record stores. For many it was always Startime, where copies of records from Bowie to the Bay City Rollers were purchased. But as this…

ON Saturday, April 25 Harlow TUC will be commemorating International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) in Broad Walk from 11am. At 12:50pm we will be marching to St Paul’s church for a short service in the side chapel to be conducted by the Town Chaplain Robert…

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a car was deliberately driven at a number of people in Harlow resulting in one being run over. At around 4am on Saturday, April 18, there was a fight between two groups of men behind Seen nightclub just off…

Ryman Div One North Needham Market 2 v 2 Harlow Town HARLOW Town produced a remarkable comeback to deny Needham the championship and take the promotion battle down to the last day. The result was a testament to Danny Chapman’s managerial skills as three deft…

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following the theft of a woman’s handbag in Harlow. A woman aged in her 80s was walking in Potter Street near to the junction of Hillside at 5pm on April 13, when she was approached from behind and her handbag…

NOW, he who is without sin, should then cast the first stone….and if we had a penny for every typo we made then we would be very rich people. However, we had to smile when the UKIP leaflet for Sam Stopplecamp fell on the Your…

HARLOW’S former top police officer, chief inspector Ben Hodder, escaped jail, as he was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court today (Friday April 17th). The (suspended) chief inspector had already pled guilty last month (March) to making five indecent images of children. Sentencing, Judge David Radford…