LABOUR’S Parliamentary Candidate marks International Women’s Day by finding out what women want in Harlow Suzy Stride hosted a community event with women in Harlow to mark International Women’s Day and heard them talk about their day to day lives, the challenges they face as…

ESSEX County Council’s Trading Standards team is warning parents about purchasing amber teething jewellery for their young children. The jewellery, which is designed to be worn by babies to sooth and calm them when they are teething, has been found to be a potential choking…

HARLOW Running Club’s Steve Murtagh collected two gold medals at the Essex 20 Mile Championships held over an undulating three lap course at Langham near Colchester. Murtagh finished the race in 3rd place out of 452 finishers in an excellent 1hr 58min 53sec, but was…

THE small flag raising ceremony was attended by the Chair of Harlow Council Linda Pailing, Vice-Chair Ian Beckett, Robert Halfon MP, Councillors Edna Stevens, Tony Hall and Muriel Jolles and some Council staff. Before the flag was officially raised Councillor Pailing read the following message…

AN additional £140m is to be made available for councils to repair roads damaged by the bad weather and it is hoped that Harlow may benefit from some of that cash. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said the government is to provide an extra £36.5m…

A GROUP of trainee journalists at Harlow College have been told they will have to resit the law section of the NQJ exam – after their papers were lost as a result of a computer glitch reports Holdthefrontpage.co.uk Reporters were left in tears after the…

HARLOW track star, Andrew Osagie won bronze in the 800m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland on Sunday (March 9). Osagie had finished fourth and just out of the medals but then Polish athlete Marcin Lewandowski was disqualified for stepping into…

A NUMBER of people appeared in court last week charged with drug-dealing following a police crackdown in Harlow to enhance the quality of life for people living and working in the town. Operation Hornet was Essex Police’s response to community concerns and intelligence following reported…

Ryman Div One North Waltham Forest 1 v 0 Harlow Town By Ray Dyer courtesy of www.pitchero.com/harlow HARLOW Town were beaten by a spirited Waltham Forest side on Saturday. Despite domination possession in the second half, Danny Chapman’s men could not find the decisive equaliser.…

BURNT Mill Academy officially opened their mutli-religion Prayer and Reflection Room. The Harlow school welcomed leaders of faiths to answer student questions and view the new room. Decorated to accommodate the six major world religions, the Prayer and Reflection Room provides students and teachers with…

VOLUNTEER-run clubs, dedicated coaches and loyal administrators from Harlow could be recognised by The Football Association on a local, regional and national scale through the annual FA Community Awards, with nominations required online by Friday 28th March at www.TheFA.com/YourGame. Essex County FA Chief Executive, Phil…

FOLLOWING a six-week consultation on proposals to develop and improve the provision of overnight short breaks for disabled children and young people in Essex, Essex County Council has concluded that The Maples in Harlow will remain open unless and until new good quality overnight short…

A BABY born in Harlow has survived despite not breathing for the first 23 minutes of her life. Beatrix Richards had to be resuscitated, but just at the moment when guidelines recommend resuscitation ends, the consultant at the Princess Alexandra hospital, decided to give it…

IT HAS been quite a high profile ten days or so for Harlow MP Robert Halfon. From Sunderland fans to UKIP, he has not been far from the national political spotlight. But at the weekend, it was back to the constituency and back to listening…