MONDAY 19th September, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, will be a national bank holiday. BMAT schools will be closed on this date. Schools will resume at normal time on Tuesday 20th September. We will publish another announcements as we receive…

WE have asked a number of back bench councillors to give us their view from their seat at the back. Whilst others at the front make the speeches and big decisions, it is often the back benchers who work under the radar. This month, we…

THE participants at the Harlow park run held a minutes silence as a mark of respect after the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth 11. Race Director Tracie Cook asked for a minutes silence that was beautifully observed. Afterwards, 167 people, ran, jogged or walked…

ESSEX Police officers have secured justice for the family of Jimmy Moore after the man who murdered him was jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years. Jimmy, 33, was killed by Robert Crabtree Nazeing on the morning of Saturday 25 September last year.…

THE LEADER of the Harlow Labour Group has issued a statement following the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Councillor Chris Vince said: “It is very sad news to hear of the passing of the Queen. “I am thinking of her family at this difficult…

QUEEN Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years reports the BBC. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and…

A NUMBER of Harlow Conservatives have slammed the leader of the Labour group for making a bid to stand as a prospective parliamentary candidate in Colchester. Little Parndon councillor, Chris Vince announced his candidacy at the weekend. https://twitter.com/ChrisJVince/status/1565769024553861126?s=20&t=2PhA1ZkxvxkbwTwAILWnRw But this has drawn severe criticism from…

ON Tuesday, Essex Police – Harlow District Community Policing Team arrested a 21 year old male from Ware and a 17 year old male from Stevenage for criminal damage and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. This was following reports from 3rd September that…

THE Gibberd Garden IS set to host a Heritage Open Day. Sunday 11th September 2022 Enjoy your local heritage on this special day as part of Heritage Open Days. Family Activities Refreshments available to purchase Dogs welcome on a lead. Garden Open 2pm – 6pm…

NORTH Weald Bassett Parish Council is seeking the support of the parish’s district and county councillors over its wish to move its offices back into North Weald Library. The parish council wants its district and county council representatives to lobby the county council on behalf…

THE arrival of new teachers resulted in students achieving higher GCSE grades than they thought possible. As Year 11 students returned to Mark Hall Academy, in Harlow, to collect their results, they were quick to praise the work that has taken place at the school…

Review: Harlow Playhouse: Harlow75 by Matipo Arts IF you wanted to see what a celebration, in the truest sense of the word, of Harlow’s 75 years, should look like, then this was it. This was an hour of fun, pride, joy and laughter held in…

FA Cup: First Qualifying Round Harlow Town 0 v 2 Kings Langley HARLOW Town crashed out of the FA Cup, losing to Kings Langley by a goal in each half. The scorers for Kings Langley were Kennedy Feyi (6) and Harry Crawford (62). Kings Langley…

POPULAR Grime artist, MoStack has shot his latest video in The Water Gardens. The video for Can’t Forgive already has 157,000 views since its launch on September 1st. We do hope he put the shopping trolley back where he found it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixbIFPJsHms