SYDENHAM House in Long Ley, Harlow is to be used as part of an extra bed plan to relieve pressure on A and E in Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow. Harlow MP Robert Halfon was in discussion with senior health bosses at the beleaguered hospital…

THE Leader of the opposition Ed Milliband has honoured two well known community activists from Harlow at a reception in Parliament. Robert Finlay, town chaplain and founder of Heart for Harlow and Gary Knott the founder of Harlow foodbank joined Mr Milliband and Suzy Stride,…

PLANS for Essex County Council to freeze its council tax for the fifth successive year and invest around £270 million next year in the county’s roads, schools and flood defences are to be discussed at Cabinet next week. The Council is also signalling its desire…

Brinkley, 23, was last known to be living in Northbrooks, Harlow. He is also sometimes known as Ricky Glen. He failed to attend Harlow police station on December 14 in respect of an investigation in to a vehicle taken without the owner’s consent. He is…

THE passing of Peter Dangerfield last year led to a campaign within the world of greyhound racing to try and recognise the effort and amount of work that the Harlow man put into the sport. At the end of each year the sport has a…

PERFECT pooches Peanut and Daisy will be taking the lead when St Clare Hospice holds its popular Winter Walkies on Sunday, February 22. The cute canines are the furry faces of this year’s fundraising event after they won a Facebook competition to find a top…

ON January 29th, 30th and 31st, the years will roll back as the Moot House Players once again present “Full Of Joys” This extraordinary and eclectic extravaganza of entertainment reaches its 30th incarnation in 2015 and is no less than a full-blown Old Time Music…

FIGURES released today revealed that Harlow residents seem to be somewhat reluctant to get married new statistics from the Essex County Council Registration Service reveal. 6,571 couples tied the knot in Essex last year compared to 7,434 a year before, across the county registration offices…

Gate Theatre and Beckie Darlington present Grounded Thursday 12 February, 7.45pm , All Bands £12 (2-4-1 under 21’s and schools) “My pulse quickens. It is not a fair fight, but it quickens.” She’s a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She’s pregnant. Her career in the sky…

ESSEX County Council has claimed to have repaired nearly 7,000 potholes and defects in the last three months. In the last three months, 6,813 defects have been repaired across Essex. Cllr Eddie Johnson, Essex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Maintenance and Small Schemes, said: “It…

IT HAS been another frustrating morning for rail commuters after a number of delays due to signalling problems. There has been signalling problems at Roydon and a points failure at London Liverpool Street. Operator Abellio Greater Anglia said: “Services between Bishop’s Stortford and Stratford have…

Ryman Div One North Soham Town Rangers 0 v 1 Harlow Town HARLOW Town opened up a vital six point lead at the top of the table with a hard-earned 1-0 victory against Soham Town Rangers. Soham are one of many teams in this league,…

IF YOU were in any doubt that we were in general election mode then just have a look at our interview with the Labour candidate for Harlow, Suzy Stride. On Saturday morning, in a flurry of snow, we caught up with Suzy in Northbrooks as…

THAT is probably grammatically incorrect, then again, so was Ich Bin Ein Berliner but last night (Friday), Passmores Academy was lit up in the red, white and blue colours of the Passmores Academy flag. It was heartening to see the school make such a stance…