HOME-Start Harlow held their first Quiz Night at St John’s ARC on Friday 18th October and raised £500. The event was organised by Home-Start Trustee Wendy Beckett, and compiled and hosted by her husband, Harlow Council Vice-Chair Ian Beckett. Wendy said “It was a bit…

PROPOSALS for the delivery of health care in Harlow for the next ten years will be laid out this month. Following consultations across the town, the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (WECCG) has drawn up a strategy. The model of delivery and proposed solutions to…

BUSY BEES Nursery in Harlow Business Park are starting a new ten week baby group every Tuesday morning 10am-11.15am beginning 26th February next year. Babies can enjoy a range of activities such as Tiny Mites, Messy Play and an Easter Egg Hunt! The group is…

IMPROVEMENT works to Burnt Mills roundabout are to begin next Monday, Essex Country Council have confirmed. The scheme which has been designed to improve roadspace capacity and reduce congestion at the A1169 Elizabeth Way/A1019 Fifth Avenue/A414 Edinburgh Way junction, commonly known as the Burnt Mills…

VOCATIONAL Business students and staff at Harlow College have been really busy gathering shoe boxes FULL of toys for the Samaritan’s Operation Christmas Child. The team are delighted with what they have achieved, having exceeded their predictions. They managed to fill and gift wrap thirty-seven…

HARLOW COLLEGE has paid tribute to a former student who died in a road traffic collision on Tuesday. The 18-year-old, from Hoddesdon, and fellow trainee dance teacher Charlotte Dove, from Cheshunt, died in a crash on the northbound A10 just south of Puckeridge after their…

THE search is on to find the Top 10 Best Modern Churches built since 1953 in a new architecture competition run by the National Churches Trust, the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association and the 20th Century Society. They have now shortlisted 24 churches from over…

The IQM award was first achieved by Stewards in 2010 and this re-validation exercise has led to an even more prestigious award with the achievement of Flagship Academy Status. This marks Stewards out as an school of exemplary inclusive practice and was the due recognition…

AN INTREPID team of cyclists are cycling from Harlow to the the Republic of Ireland and all for a great cause. Earlier this year, Church Langley residents Alissa and James’ Ashworth little boy Billy was born asleep on the 14th February – unfortunately Billy suffered…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to praise the success of Burnt Mill Academy. Mr Halfon said: “Thank you Mr Speaker. Is my Honourable Friend aware that under the leadership of Helena Mills at Burnt Mill School in…

OFSTED have published their report into Cooks Spinney primary. The inspection has come just after the infants and junior schools amalgamated. The government watch-dog has said the school requires improvement (the term used to be satisfactory) but many seasoned Ofsted observers believe that newly amalgamated…

THERE DOES appear to be something of a wind of change in the way Essex Police are giving an account of themselves in public. Whether it is the installing of chief constable Stephen Kavanagh and police crime commissioner, Nick Alston but there appears to be…

A NEWS team has been formed at Burnt Mill Academy, with students filming reports to broadcast online and around school. The first special report, which is available on YouTube, was put together during the recent open evening by Year 8 students Sophie Gander and Cat…

WITH rising travel fares, a lot of people depend on their bicycles and especially in a town that has such an excellent series of cycle-tracks, so it is especially annoying when someone has their bike stolen. This bike was stolen between 5pm and 7pm on…