Michael Casey
THE HARLOW Playhouse pantomime raised over £4,000 for the Harlow-based charity “No Child Without”. The remarkable feat of fund-raising was achieved over just a few short weeks and illustrates how charitable the Harlow panto-goers are as well as underlining how people feel about the local…
IT IS fair to say that the crisis engulfing the A and E department at Princess Alexandra Hospital is borne of many factors: Lack of staff, 111, cuts to social care, GP access, ageing population and cash, to name just a few. There may well…
THE WAR of words between Harlow MP Robert Halfon and the chief constable of Essex, Steven Kavanagh over illegal traveller camps in Harlow has continued. This time the two men used the platform of BBC 5 Live Breakfast with Nicky Campbell to express their differing…
Tuesday Jan 13th Coldharbour Road (land owned by Essex County Council): There are currently seven caravans in this encampment. Essex County Council has a hearing at the county court for possession of the land today (Monday 12 January 2015). Third Avenue/Elizabeth Way (land owned by…
LABOUR Parliamentary candidate Suzy Stride has said that a crisis in local social care services is fuelling the extreme pressure on local A and E services. The Parliamentary candidate has called an urgent summit of local care providers to meet her and Shadow Minister and…
Incident: 0915 hrs Accident on Gilden Way B183 involving two vehicles blocking the carriageway at the junction of Mulberry Green
LITTLE Walk in Harlow town centre closed on Friday as part of plans to improve The Harvey Centre. All tenants from the parade had already either relocated or closed for business. A spokesperson for The Harvey Centre said: “As part of the commitment to enhance…
PRINCESS Alexandra hospital in Harlow has, again, missed their target for the number of people set to be seen within four hours at A and E. The national target is 95% but the Harlow hospital could only achieve a 69.2% success rate. The waiting time…
UKIP’S PROSPECTIVE parliamentary candidate for Harlow, Sam Stopplecamp has slammed both the Tories and Labour over the on-going crisis at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. Mr Stopplecamp said: “Is anyone surprised that our NHS A&E is in such a mess? What about the debacle that…
IN a further commitment to helping Britain’s motorists, the Conservative-led Government has committed a further £6 billion to tackle potholes over the next six years. This is on top of the extra £1 billion that the Government has spent on road maintenance since the previous…
Nishall’s Blog: Do you believe 16 year old should be able to vote in General Elections? SO it is 2015, and this year we have a General Election in May, so I thought as it is election year, I will talk about a election related…
ROBERT Halfon, MP for Harlow, Bob Russell, MP for Colchester, Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, and John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, joined other Parliamentarians today at the stroke of midday in paying special tribute to those who lost their lives in…
Monday 0700 hrs: Jan 12th Coldharbour Road (land owned by Essex County Council): As of 12.15 today (Friday 9 January 2015) there are seven caravans in this encampment; there are reports of some caravans leaving Harlow. Essex County Council has a hearing at the county…
Ryman Div One North Harlow Town 4 v 2 Burnham Ramblers AN ALEX Read hat-trick saw Harlow Town beat basement team Burnham Ramblers and stretch their lead at the top of the league. Burnham are a plucky side and are always competitive, so it took…
A DELEGATION of residents from Pennymead Tower in Harlow have been promised urgent talks with Harlow Council over their living conditions. They attended a recent Harlow Council meeting where they informed the councillors that due to changes in the vent systems,the flats have become “very…
ESSEX County Council is joining the call for families to cut down on their sugar intake as part of a new national Change4Life campaign. According to Public Health England’s latest Health Profile for Essex, 16.7 per cent of Year 6 pupils (2,174) in the county…
