Communities
YOU may have wondered who the women were, who were handing out leaflets on Saturday afternoon in Harlow town centre? So did we. So we stopped and asked Tracy Brewster about her Find Marmie campaign. mr
CHILDREN will soon be able to enjoy learning in a hidden forest within their school. A long forgotten wildlife area in the grounds of Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, is having new life breathed into it. An overgrown pond has been rediscovered…
ARE you community-minded and have a couple of spare hours a day? If so, how about becoming a lollipop person? Essex County Council is recruiting school crossing patrol officers across the county to fill vacancies at established crossings. The three Harlow schools are Latton Green,…
POLICE investigating the attempted rape of a woman in Harlow are appealing for a witness to contact them. A 65-year-old woman from Harlow was approached by a man while walking in Southern Way near Paringdon Road at around 6am this morning, Sunday, September 28. He…
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was injured after a vehicle drove at her aggressively and failed to stop. It happened in Station Road, Old Harlow, at around 11.45am on Friday, September 19. The woman pedestrian, aged 57 and from the Harlow area,…
SHE may only be small, but Kayleigh Tyler is kicking and punching above her weight. The karate kid – just four belts off her black belt – scooped gold and silver medals at the United Martial Arts Academy dojo in Croydon. At the event, the…
PARENTS and carers across west Essex have the opportunity to discuss how they get the most out of local health and care services at a parent focus group on Monday 22 September. The event will take place between 1pm and 2.30pm at the Latton Bush…
THE first day at school included a dinner date with mum and dad for these Harlow pupils. Reception pupils at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, invited their parents in to school for their first day to enjoy lunch together. The 45 children, now entitled…
A BRAND new Children’s Emergency Department is due to open at Princess Alexandra Hospital on 15 September 2014. The unit will move out of the hospital’s main Emergency Department into a separate building next door, offering a much larger and friendlier environment for patients under…
St Clare Hospice has received a £1,000 grant from the Santandar Foundation after being nominated by a Hospice supporter as thanks for caring for her father. The Hospice was put forward for the Community Plus cash award by St Clare supporter Tracy Begley who filled…
WE say confusion but a YH reporter rang the Churchgate Hotel on Wednesday afternoon and asked if they were closing. The receptionist said: “Yes, we are. On September 18th. So, we are not taking any bookings.” For a week now, there has been strong rumours…
BURNT Mill Academy, in First Avenue, had to open up its playing fields for parking to accommodate the numbers of people who poured through the door. More than 500 welcome packs were handed out and two talks given by headteacher Helena Mills were full to…
Mr Harris, a great-grandfather from Harlow, has been helping out at the hospital for the last ten years as a way of repaying the care they gave his late wife. And it was the turn of everyone on Fleming Ward, where cardiac patients are cared…
POLICE went to the scene of an incident at a gym in West Gate in Harlow. They attended at around 1pm on Friday September 5 following a report from a member of the public of concerns for a man inside the premises. The male was…
THE GAME OF cat and mouse has now morphed into my little pony as four wild ponies roamed the Harlow roads on Monday afternoon. Essex Police turned up in Tumbler Road. Didn’t do an awful lot and went away again. If they had strayed into…
Incident: 0700hrs EDINBURGH Way is shut eastbound (towards Old Harlow) after a lorry over-turned shedding its load of wood. As you can see fom our film, the wood has spilled over onto a number of cars at the Peugeot garage on Edinburgh Way. There are…
