A NEW youth charity has been launched in Harlow. Harlow Youth Matters, brings together leaders, young people, the head teacher of Passmores Vic Goddard, community leaders like Mick Granger, Heart 4 Harlow Town Chaplain Robert Findlay , Suzy Stride, the Labour parliamentary candidate and many…

A HARLOW teenager was the “star” of Channel 5’s Benefit’s Britain. The cameras followed Dean Rowley,19, as he showed what life is like for him on benefits in Harlow. A number of Harlow residents followed the programme on social media and were not impressed as…

COMMUNITIES minister Eric Pickles was clearly very excited at the progress being made at the Harlow Enterprise Zone. The old Nortel site is in the process of development and so the minister has to don hard hat and wellies but he was clearly very impressed…

HARLOW Running Club member Rob Lowe produced a fantastic performance at the Gunpowder Parkrun 5K at Waltham Abbey finishing in 1st place out of 96 finishers in a personal best time for the distance (PB) of 17min 45sec. Another winner was Jamie Jephcott finishing in…

COMMUNITIES minister Eric Pickles sampled the delights of Harlow Kebabs at Clifton Hatch on Monday afternoon. The opening of the kebab shop was the final piece in the regeneration of the Hatch which now boasts a Spar shop and brand new housing. Just a few…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon has welcomed discussions on the traveller problem with the chief constable, Stephen Kavanagh and Essex Police Crime Commissioner, Nick Alston. Robert Halfon said: “I was encouraged about the progress made in terms of the problem of unauthorised encampments in Harlow. The…

THE TRIAL has begun of a former parish priest at Holy Cross church accused of indecently assaulting children. Father Tony McSweeney was parish priest at Holy Cross in the late nineties. He is on trial at Southwark Crown Court charged with four counts of indecent…

PETS’ Corner is to close to the public from Monday 16 February 2015 to enable major refurbishment works of the facility as part of the Town Park-wide improvement programme to take place. The refurbishments, which are part of a £2.8m investment to regenerate and renovate…

IN total, nearly 9,000 Essex households have signed up to the Essex Energy Switch over the past 12 months following two separate events, with registrants saving on average £262* in the latest auction. Following the second successful phase of the Essex Energy Switch, letters and…

LONG before they became one of the largest grossing acts of all time, Pink Floyd were formed in Cambridge during the halcyon days of flower power, psychedelia, and the Summer of Love. With songs such as See Emily Play and the instrumental experimentation of Interstellar…

Ryman Div One North Harlow Town 1 v 1 Wroxham THIS IS fast becoming a funny old league. Teams seem to dropping points all over the place and it may all be case of who can hold their nerve between now and the end of…

THE Manufacturing and Engineering Forum, set up by Harlow Council in partnership with the Manufacturing Advisory Service, is hosting a one-off workshop aimed at helping businesses identify major challenges and opportunities. The aim of the forum is to bring together industry, support organisations and the…

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses following the robbery of an 84-year-old woman’s handbag on Saturday, February 14. The woman was followed by a white teenage boy as she walked home and was attacked as she entered Guilfords from Old Road around 3pm. He snatched her…

A FIVE year old boy was cut free from a ground floor escalator by firefighters after he got his foot stuck. The incident happened on the ground floor of the Lakeside Shopping Centre outside BHS and Dorothy Perkins stores. At 15:51 hrs, the incident commander…