A DRUG dealer, found with 24 wraps of heroin and a combat knife, has been jailed for six years. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how members of the Harlow Council Community Safety Team spotted 20-year-old Bradley Boateng in Harlow on May 25 this year. They contacted…

A MAN has been charged for driving on the hard shoulder on the M11 near Harlow. Yaroslav Orishko, aged 47, of Jervis Avenue, Enfield was charged with the following. Middlesex On 21/05/2017 at Stansted drove a vehicle, namely VOLVO S40, on the hard shoulder or…

A man in his 20s has suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ following a fight in Harlow. It’s believed he was stabbed in the arm with a glass bottle during the incident which happened on Post Office Walk just before 5am on Sunday morning. Another 21-year-old man was…

A HARLOW man has detailed his movements on the day he is alleged to have attempted to murder a man in The Downs. Osa Akapta, aged 21, was charged with attacking Robert Sommerville on Thursday January 26th, 2017. Akapta described how he and Charlie Knight…

EMERGENCY services staff will be holding a 999 open day this weekend to give visitors a unique insight into their work. Ambulance, fire and police will be at the free event, at Harlow Fire Station on Saturday (2nd September) between 10am-4pm. The open day will…

Thursday Car has been recovered A CAR was stolen between 11pm and 6.30am in Hookfield overnight (Tuesday). A red Citroen Grand Picasso C4 reg number AU59 YNV with three children’s car seats and a pram. If anyone knows where it is please e mail us…

HARLOW police appear to be no further forward in getting to the bottom of four serious assaults that took place in July. YH asked Essex Police for an update at the weekend and will continue to keep tabs on the investigations. The four assaults were…

AN additional crackdown, aimed at targeting offenders downloading taking and distributing indecent images of children online will be extended for another six months. In November last year, using an intelligence-led approach, a dedicated team of specialist officers have targeted those involved in the downloading taking…

POLICE are investigating an incident after a football match where a player is alleged to have threatened his opponents with acid. The incident occurred at a match on Saturday August 19th between Sawbridgeworth Town Reserves and Thurrock Reserves in the Essex Senior League. A scuffle…

A wife has paid tribute to her “gorgeous husband” of eight weeks, who died after being assaulted in Harlow. Police were called with reports of a fight at the Poplar Kitten pub in Tawneys Road just after 10.40pm on Thursday, August 17. A 48-year-old man…

A HARLOW man has been charged with theft of £50,000 worth of children’s clothes from a Harlow factory. Sonny Waterfield, aged 40, of Elizabeth Way has been charged with the following. On 16/04/2017 at Harlow having entered as a trespasser a building, namely MAFANA LTD,…

A WOMAN faces several charges of letting a dog be out of control and injuring a person in Harlow Cherise Hart, aged 29, Carnegie Close Enfield was charged with the following On 22/01/2017 at Harlow, were the owner of a dog, namely TAN AND WHITE…

A MAN living in Harlow is set to stand trial over possession of a false passport. Olude Damilola Dorcus, aged 35, of Westfield, Harlow has been charged with the following. On 15/08/2017 at Harlow possessed or controlled an identity document that was false and that…

TWO fairground workers have pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a girl who was fatally injured when the bouncy castle she was playing on blew away. Summer Grant, seven, from Norwich, was visiting the funfair in Harlow Town Park, on 26 March 2016 and…