THE HARLOW community was in mourning today after receiving the news that a popular teenager had passed away. YH understands that Marcel Jayden passed away on Sunday morning at his address in Warley Hook in Harlow. Floral tributes have been arriving all morning on Monday…

ESSEX Police were called to a car park at the Harvey Centre in Harlow shortly before 2.15pm on Sunday March 6 following reports that a woman had fallen from a four storey building. Officers and paramedics attended to find a woman, thought to be in…

A MAN who died in Harlow yesterday was killed by a single stab wound to the chest a forensic post mortem has revealed. The victim believed to be a 48-year-old man from the town was attacked close to HollyField on a pathway that leads from…

1300 hrs ESSEX Police have launched a murder investigation after a man died in hospital in Harlow shortly after midday today following a suspected stabbing. Officers were called by the Ambulance Service shortly after 10.45am today to reports that the man had been found collapsed…

HARLOW Council is advising dog owners to avoid walking their dogs on an area of land between Second Avenue/Third Avenue (A1025) and Tendring Road where there might be ticks associated with the disease Babesiosis. The area potentially affected is marked on the attached map. The…

AFTER the theft of the vehicle used by Harlow Rockschool to transport equipment to and from their gigs, a local business has stepped forward to help ensure the same fate does not befall its replacement. Rockschool trustee and volunteer Martin Elven had his Transit van…

BLIND Veterans UK is challenging Harlow residents to take on a 100 kilometre walk from London to Brighton in 24 hours this July while raising money for a great cause. Blind Veterans UK supports vision-impaired ex-Service men and women and believes no one who has…

PARENTS, schools and GPs are being urged to be vigilant as scarlet fever hits Essex once again. Fifty three cases of the illness have been reported in Essex and Anglia in the first six weeks of 2015, a Public Health England (PHE) statement revealed. Nationally,…

NADA Aswad could be in line for a £5,000 prize and a work placement at law firm Simpson Millar, having wowed the award’s judges with an essay on the future of legal services for firms and consumers. Nada is a final year law student at…

A bridge near Nazeing is set to reopen following its complete reconstruction. Fish and Eels Bridge, which carries Dobbs Weir Road over the River Lee Navigation between Hoddesdon and Nazeing/Harlow, will reopen to traffic by midday on Tuesday, 1 March enabling the current diversion to…

UPWARDS with Downs are holding a charity night at Harlow Dog Stadium to raise money and awareness. The charity, based in Greygoose Park, Harlow, which supports sufferers of down’s syndrome and their families, raised £3,000 through the event last year. Anyone is welcome to enjoy…

A MAN armed with a knife is in hospital after jumping from a second floor flat in Harlow. Police were contacted shortly after 1.25pm on February 29 with reports of a disturbance at an address in Felmongers, Harlow. Officers attended to speak to the two…

A MAN who robbed a pensioner of £4 on Christmas eve last year has been jailed for three years. The victim, a 76-year-old man, was walking home after a Christmas drink with friends at about 7.30pm. He was walking through an underpass between Latton Common…

TESCO colleagues from stores throughout the east of England, including Harlow, will bring out their superhero alter egos over the weekend of 11-13 March when they take part in the nationwide Superheroes fundraiser challenge for the National Charity Partnership between Tesco, Diabetes UK and the…