WITH spring well underway, motorists should be wary of one of the season’s least known driving hazards – deer. About 40,000 deer collisions occur every year in the UK, causing some 350 human injuries. Deer are not afraid of traffic noise. They can be seen…

THE LABOUR candidate for Harlow, Suzy Stride has played down the recent poll that has her Tory rival, ten points ahead. Ms Stride said: “The only poll that matters is the one on 7th May. Tory peer Lord Ashcroft’s poll also says that the Labour…

By Catherine Johnson PARNDON Mill Gallery welcomed a new exhibition last Thursday (9 April) featuring the works of abstract painter and photographer, John Pollard. The exhibition, A Journey to Abstraction, will run until 17 May and marks the development of complexity and variety in Mr…

THE RESPECTED polling by Lord Ashcroft has Conservative candidate, Robert Halfon, in the lead by ten points. Whilst there are many polls, forecasts, assessments and the throwing of straw in the air, the Lord Ashcroft polls are treated by many candidates as an accurate reflection…

AN elderly woman was robbed by two youths on a moped in Pyenest Road, Harlow, shortly before 12.30pm today. The 83-year-old victim was walking on the pavement when the suspects pushed her to the ground as they passed and stole her bag containing her purse.…

DETECTIVES, investigating an attempted murder in which a father and son were attacked in their own home by intruders using a claw hammer and meat cleaver, are re-appealing for witnesses. The victims – one aged in his 50s and one in his 20s – were…

By Maurice Richmond THE SECRETARY of state for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith came to Harlow on Monday and defended his recorded on disability benefits and work creation. The minister visited the Mecca Bingo in Harlow along with Conservative candidate Robert Halfon. After a…

THE opportunity to explore a timeline of maps of Harlow, tracing its development from rural community to post-war New Town, is coming to Harlow Museum. For one day only, the Essex Record Office will be transporting the relevant collection of maps and images from its…

A MAN HAS been airlifted to hospital after an incident at the skip in Harlow. Essex Police were called at 1245 hrs to the Temple Bank amenity unit off Edinburgh Way in Harlow. A man in his forties was airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital with…

Circle Housing unveiled plans, last Thursday for a combination of one, two and three-bedroom flats to form the new housing development in Fourth Avenue. The new development will see Harlow’s iconic music venue The Square demolished. The venue will be knocked down to make way…

Essex Police have released an E-Fit of a man they would like to identify in connection with an indecent exposure in Broadly Road, Sumners. A man exposed himself to a woman in her 30s near the underpass in Broadley Road, Harlow, between 9am and 10am…

HARLOW Town Park will be rocking when Linkfest returns Sunday 31st May. Repertoire Dogs will headline, with support from Cadence, Scooby, Anthem, Retrovox, The Albino Peaches and The Hamwahs. Scam69 will headline the July date. Also at July’s Linkfest – Expose, Hedgehog, The Heaters and…

THREE people have been left homeless following a fire in Moorfield on Sunday evening. Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel to tackle the fire, which is believed to have started in a bedroom.Crews from Harlow and Old Harlow stations arrived at the…

By Steve Rigby and Liam Freeman A HARLOW UKIP councillor said today that he regrets nominating a member of an opposing party. Bush Fair councillor, Dan Long, confessed that nominating a member of the English Democratic party was a mistake. When asked about the situation,…