Michael Casey
WITH Small Charity Week (23rd to 28th June) celebrating the vital frontline efforts of countless small organisations, Ansvar Insurance is highlighting a critical and often overlooked challenge: financial resilience. While small charities are the backbone of local communities, many can be vulnerable to economic shocks,…
THE West Essex Inclusion Project have launched their new horse riding sessions at Barnfields Riding Stables, offering an exciting and inclusive opportunity for children with learning disabilities, autism, and physical or sensory impairments. The project, which supports children up to the age of 14 across…
A HARLOW resident was set to be sentenced for sexual assault for an offence committed in Harlow Genadijs Panko, aged 61, of Ram Gorse, Harlow has pleaded guilty with the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On September 14th, 2024, at Harlow intentionally touched a woman aged…
TO celebrate Better Transport Week, Greater Anglia is taking a look at how the railway helps connect communities and bring people together. Aside from walking or cycling, rail is the most sustainable mode of transport. In this blog, we speak with Nir Barak, who works…
A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour towards two women. Harry Martin, aged 27, of Ram Gorse, Harlow pled to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On May 22nd, 2025 in Harlow, you used towards two persons, threatening, abusive or insulting words…
HARLOW Council is to seek further funding for Harlow Museum and Walled Gardens as it moves into the next phase of its transformation, Cabinet has agreed. Over the past six years the museum, which is currently open three days a week and is free to…
A PROPOSED ‘Garden Village’-type development including up to 600 homes on the former North Weald Golf Club site “doesn’t make sense” and is being opposed by North Weald Bassett Parish Council. Various issues were highlighted when the parish council’s planning committee considered the outline proposals…
THE next generation of pilots and engineers will benefit from new £750,000 funding to inspire them, support them into jobs and breakdown barriers to the sector. Organisations can from today (Friday 20 June) apply for the latest Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund to help…
ST Clare Hospice has launch its new Hospice User Forum, a dedicated platform designed to listen to and learn from those who matter most – the people who use its services. The first quarterly forum took place in April and the charity is now inviting…
THE Downs Primary School and Nursery is celebrating a milestone achievement after being rated ‘Good’ in all areas by OFSTED in its most recent inspection, conducted on 20 and 21 May 2025. This follows a determined improvement journey since its previous inspection in 2023. Inspectors praised the…
SEVEN members of an organised vehicle theft crime group jailed for a total of more than 33 years. Thanks to the work of theSerious and Organised Crime Unit, 7 men have been jailed for a total of 33 years and 8 months years for their…
AFTER Harlow MP Chris Vince, voted for the Assisted Dying Bill, we asked Robert Halfon. MP for Harlow between 2010 and 2024 how he would vote. Mr Halfon told us that he would have voted against. He signposted us to a debate in the House…
CHRIS Vince, Member of Parliament for Harlow, has voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its Third Reading in the House of Commons. The bill, which allows terminally ill adults the legal right to seek assistance to end their…
JOY, laughter, and a whole lot of colour filled the air at Holy Cross on Thursday as part of their sports week activities, students and staff came together for the school’s much-anticipated Colour Run. The event, saw participants dash through a vibrant obstacle course while…
THE Society of Editors has written to the Department for Education raising serious concerns about recent guidance instructing the Office for Students to de-prioritise high-cost subject funding away from media and journalism courses. The decision, set out in government guidance by the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson last month,…
LONGWOOD Primary set to hold Summer Fete. Full details below.
