HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon has criticised Harlow Council after Marks and Spencer announced at lunchtime on Thursday, that they will be closing their Broad Walk store in Harlow. A spokesperson for Marks and Spencer said: “We are disappointed by the outcome. We had indicated we…

CHILDREN took on the role of building surveyors as they set about improving their school’s car park. Year 6 pupils at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, Harlow, were invited to put forward their ideas for improving their school further. As part of Primary Futures…

By Nishall Garala OVER the last few days at the One Young World Summit we discuss many world issues and had many inspirational and emotional speakers, however once session really made me think and really applied to our community. The session was titled “We need…

THE COUNCILLOR in charge of regeneration has commented on the decision by Harlow Council that could lead to the closure of Marks and Spencers in Harlow and the loss of sixty jobs. Councillor Tony Durcan, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration & Enterprise, said: “Meetings have been…

By Siobhan Wood HARLOW Council rejected a planning application for a Marks and Spencer (M and S) food store in Edinburgh Way and in doing so may have cost the town over fifty jobs. It appears that last minute negotiations between Harlow MP Robert Halfon…

POLICE in Harlow investigating the theft of a charity box from Halfords, the Oaks retail park would like to identify this man. The Make a Wish Foundation box contained sweets and cash, and was stolen on Monday, September 29 between 12pm and 1.20pm. Anyone with…

HARLOW’S former district commander has been charged with two counts of making indecent images of children. Ben Hodder, 34, was arrested on suspicion of a sex offence on May 8 this year and has subsequently been suspended by Essex Police. He has been released on…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, has today met with senior management of M&S to discuss their proposals to open a new food store in the Queensgate Retail Park, and their plans for the current store in the town centre. M&S has made an application for planning…

SHEEP Shearer was made when Brown was at the Royal College of Art and was bought by the Trust in 1956. It has been granted Grade II listing by English Heritage.

POLICE attended a four-vehicle crash near Milwards in Paringdon Road, Harlow this morning (Tuesday) The accident involved a silver Hyundai, a brown Ford, a red Peugeot 307 and a mobility vehicle. It has yet to be established if there was any injury.

FRIDAY’S International Eradication of Poverty Day was marked by a report demonstrating child poverty has reached 25.24% in the Harlow area. Research by the Child Poverty Action Group showed 3,637 children in Harlow were ‘in-work’ poverty while 1,447 were in ‘out of work’ poverty. This…

HARLOW Running Club were well represented at the inaugural Chelmsford Marathon with 16 runners finishing the course on what was a windy and unseasonably warm day. Leading the way was Jared Bethell in 6th place out of 960 finishers in an excellent 2hrs 57min 33sec.…

OFSTED has published a promising inspection report on Longwood Primary in Harlow. Earlier this year, the Paringdon Road school went into special measures. Since then, staff have been put in a herculean effort to get the school moving forward. Looking at the inspector’s report, it…

SENIOR Conservative councillors have expressed grave reservations over a recommendation by Harlow ruling Labour cabinet to no longer enforce compulsory drug tests for private hire drivers. As reported last week in YH, Harlow Council had detailed the economic and logistical reasons why they wanted to…