EAST Herts Council’s 12-week consultation into the draft District Plan has just passed the half-way stage but there are still five weeks until it closes on May 22. The Plan sets out where the council thinks houses and related infrastructure could go in the district…

RESIDENTS and businesses are being urged to have their say on where new homes and new jobs could be created for Harlow as part of the preparation of the new Local Development Plan. The consultation, which starts on Monday 14 April 2014, will ask for…

DETECTIVES have warned people in west Essex to be on their guard after further fraud attempts by a woman claiming to be a police officer. The woman, who calls herself Jennifer Clark, or Jennifer Lark, has phoned about 15 people in the south and north…

THE last 30 tickets left for the show with Glenn Tilbrook, Mark Morriss and John Lennon McCullagh on Sunday 18th May at 7pm are on sale via www.thesquareharlow.com . If you havent got yours you need to get in quick, going to be a great…

POP-UP Talent will be returning to Harlow this week. They will be in Little Walk between 12pm and 4pm on Friday April 11th. Pop-Up Talent is a £2 million Big Lottery Funded youth led response to rising unemployment in 16-25 year olds. The 18 month…

HARLOW Running Club members competed in various marathons as the Spring Marathon season got under way. At the Greater Manchester Marathon Saira Karim finished in 1869th place out of over 10,000 finishers in an excellent 3hrs 44min 05sec in her debut at the distance. At…

A HARLOW photography student needs the help of Harlow residents in order to help her with her university degree. Former St Marks student, Zoe Macleay is in her final year at the University of the South Bank in London. Her final project is entitled Pram…

SPRING Watch is an initiative by Essex Neighbourhood & Home Watch, a voluntary network of schemes where neighbours, police and local partners come together to build safe and friendly communities. This year Spring Watch marks the launch of a new combined Forest Watch / Park…

OVER the last month I have been working with Harlow Council’s Community Safety Team. It has been absolutely amazing and I can’t thank the whole team enough for letting me shadow them and for making me feel welcome. Harlow Council Community Safety Officers include Community…

ESSEX County Council has pledged to support local business in high growth sectors by creating new or additional apprenticeship places – to encourage young people into work and to provide financial support for companies that are looking to recruit an apprentice. Since 2009 the Essex…

THE next generation of life-savers have begun their new careers in the classroom this week with the start of the student paramedic course. Twenty-two new recruits headed to the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s (EEAST’s) Hellesdon offices in Norwich today (Monday) to begin…

KIER Harlow is providing work experience to three ambitious students from Harlow College wanting to get ahead in the construction and maintenance industry. Leading repairs and maintenance provider, Kier, is working in partnership with Harlow College to provide work experience placements to students to help…

Ryman Div One North Aveley 0 v 1 Harlow Town ALEX Read’s 44th goal of the season was all that separated Aveley and Harlow as the Hawks consolidated a play-off spot with a 1-0 win at Mill Field. Read’s set-piece four minutes into the second…

THE ESSEX Police and Crime Commissioner, Nick Alston has pledged, in his annual report to continue to place domestic violence at the top of his agenda. Mr Alston said: “Every day, Essex Police deal with over 80 incidents of domestic abuse. Whilst real progress has…