INSTAGRAM was the most used platform in child grooming crimes during lockdown, research by the NSPCC suggests. New data shows there were more than 1,200 online grooming crimes recorded against children in the three months from April to June across the UK, with the true…

A HARLOW teenager pleaded guilty to non-compliance with a community protection notice. Hassan Elamahmoud, aged 19, of Brays Mead, Harlow pled to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On 20/10/2020 at Harlow being an individual to whom a community protection notice had been issued, failed…

THE Labour Party is pleased to announce that Chris Vince will our candidate for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, in the election due to be held in May 2021. Chris Vince lives in Harlow with his fiancée, where he is also a…

THREE men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at a shop in Harlow.   A Range Rover had been used to reverse into the Co-Op in North Square, Newhall in the early hours of Tuesday 10 November. A cash machine was stolen but was…

DETECTIVES investigating the death of a man in Harlow are appealing for information.  Police were called around 7.15am on Thursday 12 November, with concerns for the welfare of a man on Eastgate. Officers went to check on the man, but sadly he had died. His…

ESSEX Police is appealing for witness following a stabbing in the underpass on Third Avenue, Harlow on Saturday 7 November. They were called at around 2.30pm after a teenage boy had been found with stab wounds and taken to hospital with serious injuries.  They are keen…

DRIVERS caught doing “highly excessive” speeds while most people were staying home to save lives have been fined a total of more than £12,000, banned for a total of more than nine months, and given a total of 110 points. Over the course of a…

OFFICERS from Harlow Community Policing Team and the Council Community Safety Team have been out, in and around Harlow Town Centre. They have been carrying out searches for knives and weapons under Operation Sceptre, to help reduce knife crime.

ESSEX Police are investigating a burglary in which a cash machine was stolen from a Harlow shop. They were called to the Co-Op in North Square shortly after 3.15am today, Tuesday 10 November. North Square is in Newhall at the junction with London Road. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wt-hQF-gz18…

A HARLOW man charged with dealing in cocaine has had his application for bail refused. Christopher Golding, aged 38, of Hart Road, Harlow appeared on Monday afternoon , along with seven others, at Chelmsford magistrates court. Golding was arrested during a series of nineteen dawn…

MINDLESS vandals have struck at a popular play park in Harlow. The playground is next to Pet’s Corner in the town park. A Harlow Council spokesperson said: “Sadly one of the swings has been broken and the surface of the trampoline ripped. Both have been…

LAST week officers from Harlow police were informed of a cannabis factory located within the area of Templefields. Templefields is off Edinburgh Way in Harlow. On attending the scene it was found that a warehouse was being used for growing and harvesting cannabis. Factory has…

Update: 1745 hrs Further statement by Essex Police We are currently on scene following an incident in the underpass on Third Avenue, Harlow. A teenager has been found with stab wounds and has been taken to hospital with serious, but not life threatening injuries.  We are…

A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman. Barry Nicholson, aged 45, of Lower Meadow, Harlow pleaded guilty to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On 01/02/2020 at Harlow assaulted a woman by beating her. On 01/02/2020 at Harlow without lawful excuse, destroyed…