Staff Reporter
AT the Full Council meeting this evening, the new Conservative Council is set to deliver on their long standing pledge about development on the border of Harlow. The Harlow Conservatives have campaigned against development to the south and west of Harlow since the idea was first posed…
WELL done to Harlow’s Lawn Tennis men’s first team who competed in the Division 1 Essex League on Saturday. The team played Westcliff Lawn Tennis Club and took the win 3-1. Well done guys on some great tennis played. Here’s Saturdays team: Andy, Chris, Theo…
A PLANNING application for 82 new homes in Wych Elm has been rejected by the Harlow Council’s planning committee. The crux of the matter for councillors seemed to be the lack of parking bays for residents. The agenda item began with a general overview presented…
Oktoberfest is an annual festival in Munich, Germany, held over a two-week period and ending on the first Sunday in October. The festival originated on October 1810, in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria. These days Oktoberfest in Munich draws more than six million people…
COMPETITIVE school sport has made a welcome return in Harlow as St Mark’s travelled to St Nicholas’ for a Netball tournament in Old Harlow on Wednesday afternoon. There was a great atmosphere down at St Nicholas’ as the teams played a number of very competitive…
ROBERT Halfon MP, Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee, has been made an Honorary Professor by Nottingham Trent University. Mr Halfon has developed strong links with the university.He has visited NTU to meet with colleagues and to hear first-hand about the university’s…
THE HARLOW Wombles have been given a cash boost after winning funds at Harlow Soup. Harlow Soup basically works like this: Four organisations make representations as to why they would like a little bit of funding. They do this in first of an assembled group…
THE Essex Lottery is an online lottery created by Essex County Council to support local causes across the county. More than 300 good causes are now receiving funding from the Essex Lottery and more are invited to join. Since the Essex Lottery launched in 2017…
ONE of the most ambitious aspects of the new Sir Frederick Gibberd College (SFG) is their sixth form. It really signifies the ambition in the school and will surely herald a new era in sixth form education in Harlow. Earlier this week, we sat down…
FIRE Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack has told a cross-party committee of MPs that “governments for decades” have been responsible for reducing emphasis on fire safety, in a session on post-Grenfell building rule changes yesterday. He said there had been a period “where the…
CESL – a leading financial services company, which operates across England and Wales has chosen to relocate its headquarters to Harlow. The move is good news for both job seekers in the town and the local economy. CESL was only established seven years ago and…
STAFF and Students were presented with a plaque awarded by The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights. In attendance were Head Boy, Kowen Dalziel and Head Girl, Dilys Cook. The plaque represents the support that Wheelwrights will offer the school. Their goal is to raise aspirations of…
PASSMORES Academy set to host Open Evening. Passmores Academy continues to be a vibrant and exciting place to be in every day. They are of course very privileged to have the amazing resources available in their lovely building but that is not the best of…
A MAN and two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a collision in Harlow. An Audi was reported to have been seen driving at speed in the drive-thru outside McDonald’s in Edinburgh Way, just before 11.30pm on Saturday 28 August. It is believed a…
DETECTIVE Supt Stephen Jennings, the Senior Investigating Officer leading the investigation into the murder and indecent assault of Stuart Lubbock, today paid tribute to Terry Lubbock who sadly passed away. Det Supt Jennings said: “It is with a really heavy heart that I and my…
THE father of a man found dead at Michael Barrymore’s home has died. Terry Lubbock’s son Stuart, 31, was found dead in the TV presenter’s pool in Roydon in March 2001. In February this year the 76-year-old, from Harlow, said he had been diagnosed with…
