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TWO hard-working Harlow mums have gone back to school during half-term in order to “makeover” the school playground. Lauren Stilton and Grace Sadler both have children at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy. Over the past few months, they had noticed that the school playground was looking…
A NEW scheme has been launched by Essex County Council’s Superfast Essex programme to enable local communities to access a public Wi-Fi service in community buildings or ‘hubs’. Superfast Essex is the county’s broadband improvement programme which is working to make Essex one of the…
ANNE Wafula Strike MBE has been named a Winner for the Play for Change Award in TV Sports Awards 2016. The Play for Change award recognises her as a top-class athlete who is responsible for extraordinary work with AbleChildAfrica and the Olympia-Wafula Foundation, supporting, funding…
HARLOW Tesco ditches receipts as people ‘don’t like putting paper in their wallets’ A supermarket in Harlow says it has become the first to ditch traditional paper receipts and replace them with digital ones on your smartphone. Tesco says it believes more stores will follow…
A CHARITY covering Essex, Herts and parts of Greater London which specialises in providing free counselling and therapeutic support to children and young people is saving energy and money thanks to a new electronic timer for its boiler, donated by the E.ON Energy Action Fund.…
A NUMBER of police cars raced to the scene of an incident in the car park of The Phoenix public house in Harlow. Three cars were at the scene of the Tillwicks Road public house. YH contacted the Essex Police press office but they had…
ESSEX Firefighters have been called to a house fire in Hamlet Hill on the outskirts of Harlow. When crews arrived they reported the fire is in the roof void of a converted barn, which measures 20m x 10m.
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) officers will be out and about in this week to deter cycle thieves and to reinforce safety messages about locking bikes securely. Many stations have designated areas where you can park your bicycle, however sadly due to being left for long…
ADOPTERS in Harlow are encouraging other families to follow their lead during National Adoption Week. Essex County Council helps find families for dozens of children every year and is currently looking for a loving home for more than 20 young children. Many of the children…
FIRE Crews were called to a single vehicle road traffic collision after a van had rolled over on its side on Tyler’s Road in Harlow. Firefighters used one set of cutting equipment to release the casualty by 18:48hrs (Sat) before making the incident scene safe.…
THE Copse (a small wood) in Sheering forms an important link in a chain of woodlands linking Epping Forest with Hatfield Forest. The site was an open field until the 1950’s and 1960’s when it was planted with a mixture of woodland trees. It was…
BURNT Mill praised by Regional Schools Commission at awards presentation Guest of honour at the event was Dr Tim Coulson, regional schools commissioner for the East of England and North-East Londonwho presented awards to the students. Speaking at the event, Dr Coulson praised the hard…
ON World Mental Health Day (10th October) Longwood Primary Academy are being recognised for their commitment to children and young people’s mental health. Longwood Primary Academy are finalists at the Wellbeing in Schools Awards, organised by children’s mental health charity Place2Be and supported by The…
POLICE investigating the theft of an elderly woman’s purse have released CCTV images of two people they would like to speak to. It happened between 12.30pm and 12.50pm on October 4 in Harlow Post Office in Stone Cross. POLICE investigating the theft of an elderly…
A FORMER patient of St Clare Hospice is hosting a Cabaret Event to raise funds for the charity which cared for her following a devastating cancer diagnosis. Jem Ayres, 33 years from Harlow, is the founder of Burlesque Jems dance school and will be hosting…
