Michael Casey
HARLOW Council has published its biggest-ever budget, proposing a record £350 million investment to “Build Harlow’s Future” while freezing Council Tax for the fifth consecutive year. The council’s 2026 budget proposals, released today, will go to Cabinet on 26 February ahead of a final decision…
AN Essex lettings boss who declared he wanted to become the Mayor of London has been sentenced for fraud following Insolvency Service investigations. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, also known as Shyam Batra, was the director of Dylan Lettings Worldwide Limited, a company managing four London-based ‘Aparthotels’.…
THE county council has pledged to “expedite” a solution to road traffic chaos exacerbated by airport parking and hundreds of HGV quarry lorries travelling along a village road in Essex – two years after the issue was first raised reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The…
THE UK’s inflation rate fell to 3% in January, down from 3.4% in December, driven by a decrease in food, fuel and airfare prices reports the BBC. Economists said the decrease raised the likelihood the Bank of England will cut interest rates at its March…
IN its first months since opening, David Lloyd Harlow Club is celebrating the success of its new team, following successful recruitment partnerships with Harlow College and Jobcentre Plus. The new health and wellbeing Club has created over 150 jobs for local people, with a wide range of roles from sport and fitness to business admin and hospitality. Jo Miller, general manager at…
THE Stan Newens Bursary is a bi-annual fund administered by Harlow Health Centres Trust designed to enable an individual from the Harlow community to pursue further study or research in to an aspect of Health / Wellbeing and Healthcare Sciences, the results of which will…
NHS England has published the latest data on productivity growth to October, data that compares the same period in the previous year, for activity (cost‑weighted), resource use (in real terms), and productivity. Coming out with the greatest increase in October’s figures for acute providers was The Princess…
THREE ladies from Harlow Netball Association (HNA) have been recognised by England Netball for their contributions to their sport. HNA chairman Pat O’Mara; Beryl Davy (a founder member of Harlow Netball over 60 years ago and Vice President of the HNA) and Marion Hooke (…
RETAIL trade union Usdaw is concerned by today’s police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales showing that in the year to September 2025, there was an overall 5% increase in shoplifting. Usdaw’s annual survey of nearly 9,500 retail staff showed that over three-quarters had…
NOTICE of Public Consultation Exhibition for Green Data Solar Farm, a solar farm on land to the North of Foster Street, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9HR. You are invited to attend the second stage of our community drop-in sessions being held by the project team from…
HARLOW Council will unveil its budget proposals for 2026 later today. The council says Budget 2026 will “transform our council” to Build Harlow’s Future. It includes a record‑breaking fifth consecutive Council Tax freeze – the first time in the council’s history that Council Tax has…
FOURTEEN organisations across Essex have secured funding from the council’s Arts and Cultural fund. The successful organisations will receive between £2,600 and £20,000. The fund supports projects that engage with community groups and bring communities together. Councillor Mark Durham, Cabinet Member for Devolution, the Arts,…
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) marks the 10th anniversary of The Sarah Hope Line, the flagship customer incident support service that offers compassionate, practical support to anyone affected by a fatal, life-changing, or traumatic incident on TfL’s transport network. Alongside TfL’s steadfast and ongoing commitment to…
TWO Waltham Abbey dog owners have agreed to strict conditions relating to dog ownership after their pets killed or injured 20 sheep. The Rural Engagement Team investigated after police received reports of two dogs attacking livestock in a field in Nazeing on 30 December 2025.…
THE Amy Winehouse Band – Amy’s original band who were with her from the very start throughout her meteoric rise – have announced a major UK tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her defining album, Back to Black. Released in 2006, Back to Black became…
MEET Hayden — a 7-year-old with unstoppable determination. Born three months early and living with hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy, Hayden has faced more challenges in his young life than most ever will. After fighting sepsis and meningitis at just 11 months old and recently completing…
