LOCAL health and care professionals are reminding everyone who is eligible for a free influenza (flu) vaccine about the importance of getting theirs before winter. This includes people aged 65 or over, people of all ages with a relevant health condition, pregnant women and children…

Update: 1100 hrs POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the A414 in Harlow in which a man was seriously injured. The collision, involving a black Renault Megane and a black Ford Galaxy, happened on the A414 roundabout junction with the A1169 Southern…

Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, has an apple theme running through it all year round, with its behaviour management system and class names using apples for inspiration. The apple themed day, however, saw children use the apple as the basis for written…

Living with Luke 50 Oct 2014 Dear Tiddles… When I started writing these, it was to document the ever growing distance between us. It was also a way of telling you things that you would never know, never care about, or even ever give a…

THERE were a number of concerns in Harlow as the water levels rose in certain parts of the town. One twitter warning said: “Warning Broadly Common Road, Harlow and Nazeing are badly flooded. Avoid if you can”. Statement from Environment Agency “A band of heavy…

THE latest roll-out of brand new ambulances for the region’s frontline crews has begun and Harlow is set to benefit. Twelve have already been delivered to ambulance stations across the region in the past two weeks as part of the East of England Ambulance Service…

Another local resident got completely carried away with the project and has knitted over 200 poppies. Julie Lilley James, of Westfield, Harlow said “I didn’t set out to knit so many but once I started I just couldn’t stop” Cllr Ian Beckett, Chairman of Harlow…

MOTORISTS, dog walkers and visitors to Epping Forest are advised to be aware that the deer mating season, also known as the rutting season, has begun. The rut starts late September and peaks in mid October. Motorists – accidents on the roads involving deer increase…

A FIRE TO signage left Next at the Water Gardens in Harlow closed. The fire broke out at just after 11am this morning. Although the fire was put out, the shop remained closed to customers up until early afternoon. The sign was outside the shop.

THE Rotary Club of Epping has launched an email media service to keep people informed about its news and events. Anyone can register to receive the club’s media releases and pictures to keep up-to-date with its work in the local community. The club is involved…

A WOMAN who torched her council home just a fortnight after moving in because she ‘didn’t like her new neighbours’ comparing her new estate to TV show Shameless has been jailed. Leesa Wenman moved into her new home in Harlow, Essex, at the end of…

A TEACHING school has been launched this month in Harlow to create outstanding teachers for across the country. Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, has been appointed as one of just a handful of teaching schools in the country. With its own teaching classified as…

The event, which is to be held at Latton Bush Centre, in Southern Way, has been organised in the wake of changes to the law that define what schools, local authorities and health services should provide with children with special education needs and disabilities which…

THE wife of a St Clare patient has shared her story of how her husband was able to see the book he had been working on for several years published before he died thanks to the support of our Hospice at Home team as we…