Michael Casey
HARLOW Running Club member Andy Kinney endured an exhausting weekend by completing the Saxon Shore Marathon, a double marathon event over two days run on a tiring sandy course along the coast from Deal to Sandwich in Kent. Kinney finished the first day in 48th…
AS winter arrives, and the mercury drops, Essex County Council is reminding residents that it’s really important for everyone to keep warm so that they can keep well. It’s been estimated that for every degree change in the average weather temperature, there is a rise…
Harlow 2s 5 v 1 Redbridge and Ilford 3s A 5-1 home win moves Harlow one position up the league table. Harlow generally looked the stronger team throughout the match with all players keeping Redbridge and Ilford out of the Harlow D. Harlow link up…
A DELEGATION of Chinese Government officials and businesses visited Harlow and the Enterprise Zone at London Road yesterday (6 December 2013) as part of exploring business opportunities in the UK. A group, which was made up of officials from Jiangsu province, together with representatives from…
HARLOW COUNCIL have gone to the courts to once again apply for an eviction notice against a group of travellers who have pitched on land. As reported on Wednesday, the group of ten caravans have settled on a field opposite St Marks school in Tripton…
POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary in Harlow. The patio door at the back of a house in Shawbridge was smashed between 11.15am and 2.45pm on Monday, December, to gain entry. A jewellery box and some jewellery was stolen. Anyone with information is…
HARLOW Council has officially launched Harlow Shops Local, a campaign and website to promote the diverse range of small and independent businesses operating across the town. Harlow Shops Local offers a dedicated website for businesses to advertise their products and services. Businesses are able to…
THIS Saturday, (December 7), is the UK’s first ever Small Business Saturday, and it’s set to be the biggest celebration of small businesses that Britain has ever seen. In January of this year, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna was the first to call for…
NEW measures will speed up the delivery of homes by cutting down unnecessary planning processes and providing more certainty about where sensible development should take place. Proposals outlined will boost housebuilding and support businesses keen to expand by removing delays from the planning system, stopping…
THIS PRESS-release comes from Epping Forest District Council but it is worth publicising here, just in case, someone tries this with you. “Residents are being advised to be on their guard. Staff at Epping Forest District Council have received reports of a company operating in…
HARLOW politicians have paid tribute to former South African president, Nelson Mandela, who has passed away at the age of 95. Harlow re-named two of its streets (Mandela Avenue and Kitson Way) in the seventies to pay tribute to those who were being oppressed by…
HARLOW Tennis Club’s men’s first team started their division two Winter League season with a 3-1 home win over Rochford. Alex Dodd (14) made his first team debut and partnered captain Luke Spooner to a 10-1, 10-1 win. Harlow’s second pair, Harry Melluish and Dan…
HARLOW Hawks hit the summit in division two of the Herts Basketball League after securing a 58-51 victory against fellow promotion-chasers North Herts Knights in their first home game in a month. Knights brought a strong team to the Leisurezone for this match. The first…
THE choir’s Christmas concert was slated for Thaxted, but there has been a complete breakdown of the heating system in the church. Not wanting to disappoint our audience, or turn them into blocks of ice, they have relocated to All Saints Church, Hockerill, Bishop’s Stortford…
THE CONSERVATIVE candidate for Old Harlow, Joel Charles has written to Essex County Council to make an appeal for the ABC Centre in the village. His letter to cllr Dick Madden states: “Thank you for accepting an invitation to come and speak to Harlow Conservatives…
HARLOW MP Robert Halfon was today praised by the Chancellor, George Osborne, for his campaign to keep fuel duty down, as he revealed in the Autumn Statement that next year’s planned fuel duty increase will be cancelled. This follows the positive action from the Conservative-led…





