ESSEX County Fire and Rescue Service will soon be providing fire safety advice to all East of England Cooperative Society Ltd’s branches across three counties. Councillor Anthony Hedley, Chairman of Essex Fire Authority, has today (October 7) signed a Primary Authority Agreement with Mike Faulkner,…

IT IS already beginning to look a lot like Christmas at St Clare Hospice as the fundraising team prepare for the charity’s annual festive 5k fun run and walk in Harlow. The St Clare ‘Santa Dash’ is taking place on Sunday 4 December at The…

Latton Green – World Teacher Day 5th October According to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contributions that teachers make to education and development. At NET…

VITAL information support services run by charity Action on Hearing Loss that enable isolated older people to better manage their hearing loss will be expanded across three areas of the UK including Essex in a bid to tackle social isolation. 268,000 people are living with…

GRITNEY Spears, Alexander the Grit and the Big G will be seen riding around the county over the coming months as gritters make early preparations for winter. Schools from across the county helped name a number of Essex County Council’s gritters earlier this year as…

Thomas Battelley, ex pupil who left Stewards in 2006, came in to describe his personal life journey to conquer a serious speech impediment. Thomas spoke with great candour about his fear of speaking when younger and how he spent many years attending specialist appointments to…

A DRUG dealer who took over the home of a vulnerable man and used it as a base from which to deal has been jailed for two years. Karl Wickham- Downes was arrested after officers from Operation Raptor, a team set up to detect and…

ESSEX Police would like to trace 37-year-old Bryan Nash who is wanted in connection with an assault. The offence is alleged to have happened at an address in Harlow on September 7. Bryan, who was last known to be living in Harlow, is black, wears…

STEWARDS Academy has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award for 2016 to 2019 in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom. The International School Award is a badge of honour for schools that do outstanding work in international…

ST Clare Hospice is highlighting the vital contribution made by their ‘heroic’ supporters as it prepares to celebrate national Hospice Care Week (3-9 October). The Hastingwood-based charity is marking the national week of campaigning with the theme ‘Hospice care is Heroic’ and is celebrating the…

THIS Saturday is the perfect day to kick the smoking habit with the start of Stoptober. Throughout October Essex smokers are being urged to join the millions of people in the UK who have already quit and take part in Public Health England’s Stoptober campaign,…

ON behalf of the Trustees, stalwart volunteers and guests, the Chair has announced that The Chocolate Run has a new Patron, Dame Claire Bertschinger. The chair has said: “Some of your will have met her Claire as she volunteers for us on Sundays and at…

THE BERECROFT Residents Association received the Queens Award for their community work. The award was the culmination of close to twenty years work by Zulqar Cheema and his team off Commonside Road. The Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, John Petre presented the award. The chair of Harlow…

STEWARDS Academy opened its doors for the second time in less than a week for its annual Open Evening on Tuesday 20th September. Prospective students flocked with their parents to explore all the wonderful things on offer and to find out more about our recent…