DUE to a technical problem the out-of-hours emergency phone line (01279 446666) to Harlow Council was not working last night (7 December 2014) and into the early hours of today (8 December 2014). From around 6pm yesterday the out-of-hours phone line to Kier Harlow’s Central…

0730 hrs A414 Essex – One lane closed and queuing traffic on A414 in both directions in Harlow at Park Inn Junction, because of an earlier car fire. Congestion to Church Langley Roundabout.

A HARLOW Pc has received praise from his bosses after he performed life-saving CPR on a man who had collapsed while out cycling in the town. Pc Lee Sheppard, based on the Harlow Local Policing Team, was flagged down by a member of the public…

POLICE in Harlow have been granted two closure orders on properties in the town being used for criminal activity. Officers applied successfully for the orders at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on Monday, December 1, where outright possession of the properties in Morley Grove and Amherst Lodge…

THE East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) was called to Kitson Way in Harlow at 1.05pm today (6th December) after a man collapsed. A community first responder, two ambulances, an ambulance officer and an air ambulance were dispatched. The patient, believed to be…

HAZEL Fisher, owner of Joys Flowers, has spoken of her delight at having a christmas wreath she made hung on the door of Number 11 Downing Street. Hazel was asked by Harlow MP, Robert Halfon, to make the wreath to hang on the door of…

FIRE CREWS were called to an RTC on the M11-northbound, between junction 7 and 8 near Harlow. An estate car and trailer had left the roadway and gone down an embankment. One person was trapped and fire crews used specialist cutting equipment to release the…

POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary in Harlow. Between 11am and 3.20pm on December 3, a house in Fennells was broken in to after an insecure shed was entered and a pitchfork was removed. This was used to open a rear patio door…

IN keeping with their Christmas tradition to entertain all the family over the festive season, Victoria Hall presents Sleeping Beauty. Written and directed by Paul Johnson and produced by the same team who bought you last years’ The Nutcracker, and Robin Hood, Beauty and the…

AVOID food poisoning this festive season by following the advice of Harlow Council and the Food Standards Agency to ‘look before you book’ when eating out and check the restaurants’ food hygiene ratings. The food hygiene ratings in Harlow are determined by Harlow Council’s Environmental…

KINGSMOOR Academy has been told by Ofsted that it requires improvement following an inspection in November. The report said that the senior leaders and governors have made improvements since the previous inspection but identified some areas that require further action. Kingsmoor Academy’s policy for marking…

THE DEATHS of six members of the same family in a house fire in Harlow could have been murder, an inquest heard. Dr Sabah Usmani and her five children, Maheen, Rayyan, Muneeb, Hira and Sohaib Shakoor died in the blaze in Barn Mead, Harlow on…

THOUSANDS of Harlow residents were left angry at losing their Sky Broadband connection on Thursday night. Phone lines, computer access and television use were all affected as their appeared to be a power outage. Many residents were equally annoyed at a perceived lack of action…

HARLOW’S streetlight blackout has been criticised by the AA who have highlighted the dangers of driving on unlit roads. Essex County council has come bottom of a league of 78 councils for street lighting and the motoring organisation has called for lights to be switched…