Communities
CHURCH Langley residents are up in arms over trees planted as part of the Olympic legacy that mean children cannot play sport on the field. The field in question is outside Henry Moore school on Kiln Lane. The trees were planted by Harlow Council as…
PART of the car park at Thornwood Village Hall has been resurfaced thanks to a grant from Essex County Council. North Weald Bassett Parish Council received £17,866 from the county council’s Community Initiatives Fund towards the surfacing of the remaining part of the car park…
NEXT litter pick will take place on WEDNESDAY MARCH 4TH not Tuesday 3rd as previously planned. Hope this is not inconvenient anyone but if you can help – great – the more the merrier and the quicker we’ll get it done! 10 am outside 199…
Update: All suspects have been bailed to May 29 pending further enquiries. Condition of victim remains the same. THREE people are in custody having been arrested in connection with the assault of a man in his 50s in The Stow, Harlow, at about 10.10pm on…
PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital has been appointed to deliver the nursing input into the new county-wide Child Death Review Rapid Response Service which will commence on 1 March 2015. The Child Death Rapid Response Service will review all unexpected deaths of children up to 18-years-old throughout…
A NUMBER of people were rescued from a lift in Princess Alexandra Hospital. Despite there being an Essex Fire Brigade Union strike, officers attended at the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after it was reported of difficulties in the lift. The crews reported that people were…
PUPILS at Little Parndon Primary School sang in front of thousands at the O2 Arena as part of the Young Voices concert. The 32 members of the school’s choir sang alongside 7,000 other children from around the country. Natalie Duncan, music leader for Little Parndon,…
POLICE are investigating the possibility four cats which had to be put to sleep in Harlow may have ingested anti-freeze. Between 12am on June 1, 2014 and February 2, 2015 in the area of Red Lion Crescent, four cats are believed to have ingested something,…
TWO Year 11 students at Burnt Mill Academy competed against eight others from across Essex and Hertfordshire in the FutureChef catering contest. Amy Croucher and Connor Dollard took part in the competition which gives teenagers direct access to chefs and industry experts. The local finals…
MINI sagas created by mini writers are being published in a book. The Year 1 to 6 pupils at Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, took up the challenge of writing 100-word mini saga stories, starting with Once Upon A Time. A total…
CHILDREN were evacuated from school and marched to the train station. Wearing name badges and carrying suitcases, the Year 6 pupils from Roydon Primary School, in Epping Road, lived out the emotional walk children in WWII would have experienced. Claire Dennis, Year 6 teacher, said:…
RESEARCH suggests that planning applications in off gas areas for self build and renovation projects in Essex are among the highest in the country, meaning that more people are upping tools and tackling construction projects here than elsewhere in the UK. The research was conducted…
ESSEX Police are investigating a stabbing in Harlow Town Centre on Friday night/Saturday morning. Police went to Terminus Street in Harlow at 1.15am today (Sat) following reports of a fight taking place and that a woman had been assaulted. Officers attended and initially arrested a…
ST Clare patron Christine Walkden will be sharing anecdotes from her green-fingered career during an ‘Evening With…’ on Friday, March 20. The TV gardener has devoted her life to horticulture since discovering a passion for plants at the age of 10. During the course of…
YEAR 9, 10 and 11 students from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, attended several hours of lessons throughout the week. Revision and tailored classes in all subjects were put on for those students who would benefit from extra time with their teachers. While…
