ON Friday, Essex County Council announced its “levelling up” plans for Harlow. The news items are all on our politics page. We asked the leader of Harlow Labour for his response. Cllr Vince said: “Although I welcome any investment in Harlow, which has suffered from…

THE Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has opened nominations for people who would like to apply or to nominate someone to be a Batonbearer for the Queen’s Baton Relay.Criteria for a BatonbearerTo be considered for a Batonbearer, you must meet one or more of the following:Is…

FARE dodgers and fraudsters paid over £4 million to Greater Anglia in 2021 in fines from fare evasion and repayments for claiming compensation or refunds for journeys they didn’t make. The company’s revenue protection officers – ticket inspectors – issued over 54,000 penalty fares in…

PLANS for a 5G Telecommunication mast in Church Langley has been submitted to Harlow Council. The mast is set to be installed on Church Langley Way at junction of Ashworth Place. The mast is described as: Full details of the application can be found on…

FLY-tipping has continued to blight the country lanes outside Harlow. On Monday, YH drove down Green Lane that connects Foster Street with Magdalen Laver. The lane had a number of fly-tips in lay-bys and in ditches. YH has spoken to the councillor for Hastingwood, Matching…

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson today said he is lifting Plan B Covid curbs in England. The Prime Minister said that ‘from now’ the Government’s work from home guidance will no longer apply.  Meanwhile, Covid passes and compulsory face masks will be axed from next Thursday…

A HARLOW resident has appeared in court charged with modern slavery offences. Rafal Lacki, of Felmongers, Harlow appeared at Isleworth Crown Court along with Anna Zimoch, 44, of Harlesden, Sebastian Zimoch, 48, of Romford, Michal Lozinski, 52, of Hayes, and Gregaor Borowka, 44, of Harrow,…

JUST six homes out of 35 being developed by Essex County Council in Harlow will be affordable. The development of land at the former primary school at Purford Green will eventually provide 29 open market homes and six affordable homes – three of which will…

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. It is by no mean perfect but it gives you,…

HARLOW Amateur Theatre Company (HATS) will be holding open auditions on Saturday 22nd January at 11am at Harlow Playhouse for our June production of Big Fish. Rehearsals will be Monday & Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings starting in February. Show week will be June 12th…

MANCHESTER Airports Group (MAG) today said it is confident of a strong recovery in 2022 after Omicron restrictions on travel were removed last week. Before temporary restrictions were introduced in November and December, MAG airports were seeing a stronger recovery than other UK airports. According…

ON 16th January, Harlow and Ongar colts took on Campion in a rearranged league fixture. Harlow and Ongar started brightly, working away in attack, producing some great opportunities to run some tries. After and early opportunity was spurned, the team used the momentum they had…

LOCAL charity St Clare Hospice held a tree-mendously successful Christmas tree recycling fundraiser last weekend (8 and 9 January) raising over £17,300 for the hospice from the donations people made to have their tree collected. St Clare provides specialist free, compassionate care and support to…

BOSS manager Danny Chapman has strengthened the Hawks squad with the signing of Charlie Taylor. Taylor, who is a goalkeeper, has signed for Harlow Town on dual registration from Isthmian Premier Division side Cheshunt. The Panama-born stopper has also recently played in Bulgaria for Second…