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ON Sunday, Frontiers played host to Rayleigh Town. First half, Frontiers were on the front foot for the majority of the half but it was a half of missed chances be it saved by the Rayleigh keeper or wayward shots off target. But trying hard…
Update: Statement from Herts Police: “We can confirm that the body of a man was found near Eastwick Road (A414) shortly after midday on Saturday (4 February). Officers are linking this with the search for 62-year-old Christopher, from Puckeridge, who had been missing since 1…
UPPER Park residents have written to Post Office bosses, dismayed at the loss of their postman. The letter states: Dear Sirs. We are writing to you as a community to let you know how upset and angry we are that we are about to lose…
POLICE, Fire and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst is proposing a budget for 2023-2024 that will “enable Essex Police to complete its ambitious expansion, increasing officer numbers by 905 and taking the total number of officers in Essex to 3,755, the biggest and strongest in its…
ON WEDNESDAY, a Right to Strike Rally was held in Harlow Town Centre. This was part of the TUC day of strikes and actions. Other events were held in Southend Chelmsford, Colchester and Stevanage. At the rally, they heard from many unions as well has…
ESSEX needs its own specific centre to look after rape and sexual assault victims, the county’s police chief constable has said reports the Local Democracy Reporter. While Essex currently has its own Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) – located in Brentwood – there are options…
HARLOW struggled somewhat on Saturday at Latton Park but in the end ground out a valuable victory against an obdurate Wanstead side. The Redmen on this occasion lacked much of the fluency in attack that normally serves them so well but displayed moments of quality…
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THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is introducing open visiting from Monday (30 January), enabling adult inpatients to have visitors with greater flexibility any time between 9am and 8pm, seven days a week. The change is being introduced alongside a new visitors’ charter that…
MPs have accused the UK’s biggest local news publishers of “compromising the quality” of their journalism in a new report on the sustainability of local journalism reports the Press Gazette. The DCMS Committee report suggested several means of support that, it said, were necessary to end the…
HERTFORDSHIRE Constabulary is appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man. David Potter, aged 29, of Thistle Grove, Welwyn Garden City is wanted in connection with three commercial burglaries which took place in Harlow, Welwyn Garden City and Knebworth. https://twitter.com/HertsPolice/status/1617503644634554370?s=20&t=N72ShqHTsulttEBU9brgOg
Update: Report from Essex Fire Service CREWS have issued safety advice following a fire at a mid terraced home in Harlow. Our Control team were called to reports of a fire in a three-storey property in Purford Green today at 6.09pm. Two crews from Harlow and…
HALF Term production of ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’. Fun for all the family. Performances daily at 10.30am and 2.30pm from 13th – 18th February 2023. Tickets always sell out – secure yours early!
A LUNCHTIME recital will take place at St Johns Arc on Friday. James Flannery (Viola) and Jennifer Carter (Piano), will play music by Hummel, Schumann, Fauré and Bowen. For more details, go to: http://www.stjohnsarc.org.uk/whatson.html
A HARLOW plumber stole more than £10,000 of jewellery from a home where he had fitted a new boiler reports Kentonline. Andrew Skingley, Little Cattins, Sumners, Harlow had been tasked as a sub-contractor by Ability Ltd, a plumbing firm in Tunbridge Wells, to fit a…
AN increase in the number of hours that Essex streetlights are switched off is “unsafe” and “not a sensible way” to save money, councillors have said reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Around 70 per cent of Essex County Council street lights have been switched off…
