Dear Editor, As a nation of animal lovers we are calling on your readers to speak up for animals to make sure that animal sentience becomes enshrined in UK law.  Animal sentience was the only issue which was not carried over after Brexit and so…

ESSEX Police are investigating a complaint from a number of parents regarding a man’s conduct at a supermarket in Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously in Tesco in Church Langely at around 10.15am today (Monday…

MAGISTRATES in England and Wales will be able to jail criminals for twice as long as they currently can, under plans to clear court backlogs reports the BBC. The government is planning to allow magistrates to hand out sentences of up to a year, rather…

RESIDENTS of Hunsdon, Eastwick and Gilston have hit back at plans by Harlow Council to effectively take over the area. Members of the Hunsdon, Eastwick and Gilston Neighbourhood Plan Group (NPG) responded to the recent public consultation on the Harlow Town Plan, which set out…

ESSEX Police are appealing for anyone who saw or has footage of a collision in Harlow where a cyclist was injured.A car and a bicycle were in collision in Haydens Road at around 7.55pm on Monday 17 January. It was reported the car failed 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. It is by no mean perfect but it gives you,…

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…

TRAFFIC regulations are set to get a lot tougher outside St Mark’s school in Harlow. Local residents and commuters will know that Tripton Road is close to gridlock as parents drop off their children in the morning and then wait to pick them up at…

Latest walk-in vaccination clinics * No appointment* Just turn up* No ID* You do not need to be registered with a GP* Booster vaccines can be a different type e.g. if you had AstraZeneca for your 1st & 2nd dose you can have Pfizer for…

Update: 1900 hrs: Tuesday What we’re doing Our repair team are still on Latton Mews and are continuing to repair the burst water main. The team are still redirecting water from other areas of our network so this may still be at a lower pressure than normal…

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,…

CONSERVATIVE controlled Essex County Council has announced this week that they will be raising their proportion of Council Tax by 5% this year. Interestingly, the only time in recent history that Essex County Council has frozen the level of Council Tax that they charge was…

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…

LAST May, the Conservatives won a shock landslide election victory to turn Harlow Council blue for only the second time in Harlow’s history. Next Wednesday, they will unveil their long-awaited Budget. Will that Budget hail the major changes they promised at Harlow Council? Today, the…