Update: 1010hrs A MAN has died following a road crash in Harlow. Police were called to Fifth Avenue at about 3am on Sunday, December 15, after a Volkswagen Golf mounted the roundabout and crashed. The driver, a 33-year-old man from the Harlow area, was declared…

NOW the countdown to the festive season has officially begun, Essex Police is warning motorists not to even think about drink driving. Essex Police takes the issue of drink driving seriously all year round. However during December and the New Year period officers make a…

STEWARDS AND Passmores students are being offered the opportunity to gain first-hand experience working in a laboratory testing chemicals in just one of the education and industry projects set up to help encourage young people to consider careers in the science, technology, engineering and maths…

HARLOW-based artist Julie Johnstone has ambitious plans for a mural at Burnt Mill. In many ways the plans harness the ambition, energy and zeal that the school possesses. We had run a story a few weeks ago but we were keen to find out more…

THE TRAVELLERS who had pitched up on Tripton Road for a week have now moved back to Old Harlow. Having been given a notice to quit by Harlow Council on Thursday, the wagons duly rolled on Thursday night. But only as far as Old Harlow…

WITH the festive season fast approaching, students at Harlow University Centre are inviting people to a Christmas cake sale in aid of St Clare Hospice on Monday, December 16. Organiser Charlotte Castle, who is studying BA Journalism, said: “We hope that many of Harlow’s locals…

CHILDREN as young as five decided they wanted to support devastated families in the Philippines. Pupils on the school council at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, Harlow, made it their mission to collect money for those who are suffering as a result of the…

AT 16 years old, the Essex Book Festival proves itself to be all grown up in 2014 with a wicked sense of humour and a penchant for crime as it brings together a highly entertaining mix of authors from Joanna Trollope to Terry Waite, Simon…

A CHURCH LANGLEY based pre-school has received a glowing Ofsted report by the government watchdog. Smiles Montessori New Hall was only opened earlier this year but it is clear that the school has made an impression on the inspectors. Among the positive points made were:…

HARLOW residents are being encouraged to recycle their unwanted electrical goods this Christmas, so they can be used to make new products instead of being sent to landfill. Over the festive period many households will have replaced electrical goods, either with new models bought as…

LAST WEEK, we conducted a long interview with the chief executive of the Princess Alexandra hospital, Melanie Walker. We covered a large number of issues, including the pressures on the Accident and Emergency Department. Mrs Walker took this opportunity to make an appeal to people…

A ground-breaking ceremony took place last week to symbolise major construction work beginning on the new multi-million pound University Technical College opening in Harlow. Mike McKeaveney, Principal of Sir Charles Kao UTC, led the ceremony on Friday 6th December 2013 accompanied by Robert Halfon MP,…

AT the start of the Pop Up Talent project, I could see the potential this project has and how lucky I am to be involved, and how lucky those that would be part of it are. When I was their age, there was nothing like…

THE HARLOW community gathered together at St Paul’s church to give thanks for the work of the community. The Heart for Harlow community carol service was organised by Heart for Harlow chaplain Robert Findlay, This was a service to thank those who work incredibly hard…