A WHEELCHAIR racer who took up the sport less than three years ago will be among the entrants at the starting line for the annual St Clare 10k on Sunday, March 16. The number of disabled athletes who have competed in the sporting event has…

This week Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Wednesday 5 March, from 10:00am, Committee Room 1 Essex Pension Fund Board, Wednesday 5 March, from 14:00, Committee Room 2 Member Development Steering Group, Thursday 6 March, from 14:00, Committee Room 1 Next Week Great Notley Country Park…

THE fight for Bingo was taken directly to London as nearly 200 people marched to voice their support for lowering the tax duty on bingo. They were met by Harlow MP, Robert Halfon who was delighted to see such a large crowd of constituents as…

POLICE have released CCTV images of a man and two women suspected of working together to steal computer equipment from a store in Harlow. Various items of computer hardware were taken from Wilkinsons in the Harvey Centre at about 1.45pm on Wednesday February 5. CCTV…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon found himself at the centre of a twitter-storm after he described the 8,000 football fans who had created chaos in Covent Garden as “Scumbag hooligans.” Mr Halfon was in central London on Saturday night having dinner. At the same time, thousands…

HARLOW Town’s promotion hopes were dealt a hammer blow as they lost 2-1 to what was almost the last kick of the game against Dereham Town. Dereham, who have definite promotion hopes of their own, were 1-0 up after a Ryan Hawkins strike after five…

MINISTERS have massively miscalculated the number of people unlawfully charged the Bedroom Tax in the last year, figures released by Labour claim. Responses to a Freedom of Information request show that claims by Iain Duncan-Smith that up to 5,000 people had been affected by a…

STEWARDS Academy set off on it’s 13th New York adventure under the now experienced guidance of Debbie Fargeot. 44 year 11 pupils and 4 lucky staff headed off to the Big Apple – and immediately wondered if they had detoured into the Winter Olympics, as…

YOUR HARLOW writer, Mark Sweeney will run a half marathon in aid of Prostate Cancer UK this Sunday. Mr Sweeney, 20, will be running the Addidas Half Marathon (21.1km), which consists of three laps around the famous Silverstone race track. Mark’s chosen charity, Prostate Cancer…

A FORMER Mark Hall student died when he lost control of his car on a bend in Hatfield Heath an inquest heard. Connor Ashmore, of The Plashetts, Sheering, oversteered when his Vauxhall Corsa began to rotate and collided with a clump of tree stumps on…

ESSEX County Council is pleased to announce the award of 57 grants from the Family Innovation Fund to voluntary and community sector organisations across Essex. The Family Innovation Fund (FIF) enables voluntary and community sector organisations working with children, young people and parents/carers to establish…

AS part of National Apprenticeships Week a special information event is taking place in Chelmsford. This year National Apprenticeship Week will run between Monday 3rd March and Friday 7th March. The apprenticeship information event, which is open to young people aged 16-19 (or up to…

OVER 30 local Essex grassroots coaches learned more about ‘Developing Attacking Play for 12s-16s’ at a free, three-hour in-service coaching event on the 3G pitch at Harlow Town FC on Tuesday 25th February. The well-attended session included practical and classroom-based elements and discussions about the…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to promote his proposal to reform the Conservative Party as the Workers’ Party. Mr Halfon spoke on the subject during Business of the House Questions in the House of Commons yesterday. He…