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ESSEX Police are investigating reports of an assault in Harlow town centre which occurred shortly before 6.30pm on Tuesday 22 March. Officers attended the Harvey Centre to find that a teenage girl had been punched several times. A second teenage girl was spoken to by…
THERE are some runners who have just taken up the sport and there are those who, how do we say, have been treading the roads for a few years more. Among those runners at the weekend was Joanne Mills, who put in her fastest ever…
A CONCERT to celebrate six decades of hit singles by Sir Cliff Richard, Wired For Sound is a must see for the ultimate Cliff Richard musical experience when you can’t see the real Cliff. Featuring multi award winning Jimmy Jemain and his sensational band. The…
HARLOW & Gilston Garden Town is one of 28 national projects to be chosen for funding by the Dept of Levelling Up, Homes and Communities. The Garden Town will receive almost £230,000 from the £3.25m Proptech Engagement Fund which aims to give members of the public…
A CASH injection from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will see a range of educational initiatives launch within schools to help children better understand air quality and how they can reduce their exposure to air pollution and tackle it too, making our…
A HARLOW man has been charged with threatening to burn a woman’s house down. Richard Orsbourn, aged 55, of Herons Wood, Harlow has been charged with the following. On October 1st 2021 at Herons Wood, Harlow, without lawful excuse, you threatened a woman, that you…
ST MARK’S West Essex Catholic School brought home an impressive array of medals from the West Essex Cross Country Championships this week. The races were held at Chigwell Metropolitan Training Ground. Two athletes won gold outright (George in Year 7 and Archie in Year 10)…
AMBITIOUS plans for the major regeneration of Harlow Town Centre are set for a major boost with the agreement of a masterplan which will help to inform developers and guide planning decisions for the town centre. The town centre planning framework, which is set to…
WE are giving you updates on the Covid-19 situation in Harlow as the needs arise. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. From January 31st, we are providing a weekly report. It…
A MAJOR new quality housebuilding programme, which will see the construction of 99 council houses, apartments and bungalows over the next two years and plans for hundreds of more homes to follow, is set to be agreed by Harlow Council’s cabinet. The new homes, built for…
A SENIOR Labour councillor has expressed his concerns over the progress for a new hospital for Harlow residents. The plans are to build a new Princess Alexandra Hospital near the new junction of the M11 near Sheering. But after health bosses appeared in front of…
A HARLOW mum whose teenage son was killed in 2006 wants to bring The Knife Angel to the town. Tommy Jones was stabbed to death outside a London pub. The subsequent trial saw the man accused walk free. Since then, Mel Hopwood has campaigned for…
THIS morning 124 boxes from Harlow Council’s donation point at the Civic Centre were loaded carefully on to van which is now on its way to the White Eagle Club in London. The donations will then make their way to a hub in Poland. The…
A BID for a housing development of more than 60 new homes has been launched for a hamlet near Harlow reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS). Epping Road Ltd, the applicant, submitted an application for 62 houses in Thornwood to Epping Forest District Council…
A FORMER Harlow councillor has written to us and demanded tougher action on the illegal use of e scooters in the town centre. Dan Long said: “Me, my wife and my daughter were walking along Eastgate in Harlow town centre when all of a sudden…
