LABOUR’S parliamentary candidate for Harlow, Suzy Stride, has hit out against the ‘appalling and despicable’ cuts announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which directly impact Harlow College. The Conservative-led government has announced a huge cut to adult further education funding in England,…

AN innovative and unique campaign, which helped victims of domestic abuse to become survivors, was highly commended at the Local Government Chronicle Awards on Wednesday. The joint ‘Standing Together’ campaign by Essex County Council and Essex Police was launched in June 2014 and reached millions…

Communications company EE opened a new store at the Queensgate Centre in Harlow on Thursday. The store has created five new jobs and will be the firm’s second store in the town. For more information, please visit www.ee.co.uk.

A MAN has been arrested following an incident outside Stansted Airport. It happened just after 4.30pm on Friday, March 13. A green Ford Fiesta was driven into the security barrier outside Enterprise House in Thremhall Avenue. The man got out of the car and was…

A DEADLINE given to Essex County Council by Harlow Council over the streetlights has passed. County Hall had until 5pm today (Friday, March 13) to decide whether to accept money to turn street lights back on in the town. In January, Harlow Council voted to…

A SENIOR officer with Essex police is facing jail after pleading guilty to making five indecent images of children. Ben Hodder, 34, former district commander for Thurrock who had spent more than 15 years with the force, was arrested on 8 May last year. Hodder…

THE Bishop of Barking, the Rt Rev Peter Hill, gave a blessing at St Clare Hospice to celebrate the arrival of the charity’s new chaplain. Rev Marion Williams was officially licensed for her new ministry by the Bishop during a ceremony held in the Hospice’s…

Sammy was already the boy wonder of the clarinet, when he joined Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen at the dawn of the ‘60s. Not content with just gigging around at the highest professional UK level, he went to the very cradle of Jazz, New Orleans, to learn…

DAVID Bowie, a living legend, due to his timeless music and many incarnations; from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke. Hear the sound and experience the vision through the performance of Paul Henderson and Aladdinsane, widely acclaimed as the best Bowie tribute in the…

COMMUNICATION between a Harlow primary school and its community is being boosted with a new website. Members of the Freshwaters Primary Academy family can now access all information about the school, in School Lane, in any one of 90 different languages. The new website –…

THE event gave MPs the chance to raise the profile of Red Nose Day by getting involved in the ‘Baking Competition’. MPs were asked to decorate a cupcake, with Ainsley Harriott, the celebrity chef, judging the best cake at the end of the day. The…

Review: Harlow Theatre Company THIS reviewer saw the production on the 70th anniversary of the death of Anne Frank in the death camps ov Belsen. With that in mind, this production by the Harlow Theatre Company was the most wonderful, poignant tribute to the legacy…

1845 hrs A414 Both Directions. Road CLOSED between Bobbingworth Mill and Blake Hall Road following an accident involving a motorcycle and a car. More to follow.

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has praised the news that more students in Harlow are studying the core academic subjects, which will help them to get the best start in life. The new English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is awarded when students achieve A* to C in five…