OFFICERS have arrested a man in connection with their investigation into a serious assault in Harlow in which a boy sustained a serious head injury. The 17-year-old boy had been found injured in a car park in the Guilfords area on Sunday 2 February. The…

HARLOW MP Chris Vince has written to the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner over concerns that the front desk at Harlow police station may close with the possible loss of jobs. Mr Vince’s letter to Roger Hirst can be seen below. It may have…

POLICE officers have launched an investigation after a man was found with serious injuries in Harlow in the early hours of this morning. Colleagues from the ambulance service called the police to the Esso Garage in Fourth Avenue at just after 3.30am. https://youtu.be/7oqLFhMkuyU?si=zLnz8Oqd2rCjorSj A man,…

ESSEX Police have not made any arrests in two cases in Harlow, which have left young men with serious injuries. On Sunday morning, a young man was found with serious head injuries in Guilfords, Old Harlow. On Wednesday afternoon, a man was found with injuries…

A HARLOW resident has been charged with assault and resisting arrest. Fynnley Manser, aged 20, of Hodings Road, Harlow, has been charged with the following. On September 7th, 2024, in Harlow, assaulted a female by beating her. On September 7th, 2024, wilfully obstructed a police…

A CHURCH LANGLEY man has pleaded guilty to sending a message that included “planning an attack on a Muslim school”. Tristan Ambrose, aged 32, of Challinor, Church Langley, Harlow pled guilty at Colchester magistrates court to the following. Between June 8th, 2023 and July 24th,…

A NEW project to help prisoners rehabilitate into society and support the local bird population has been launched by Essex Country Parks and HMP Chelmsford. The project has seen inmates make bird boxes in a HMP Chelmsford workshop which will be sold at some Essex…

ESSEX-based Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Caroline Woodcock works closely with people who have been impacted by sexual violence. Today, she talks about the vital work of the county’s specialised services teams as part of the national Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week (Feb…

ESSEX Police have sealed off an area of Princess Alexandra Hospital after reports of a male found with injuries. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were alerted by NHS colleagues to a patient arriving at Princess Alexandra Hospital, in Harlow, shortly after 1.45pm today, Wednesday…

A HARLOW man has been charged with assault and criminal damage. Kashif Mahmood, aged 36, of Woodcroft, Harlow has been charged with the following. On July 14th, 2024, in Harlow assaulted a male by beating him. On July 14th, 2024, without lawful excuse,  damaged Polygon…

A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to a number of road traffic offences. Sonny Rider, aged 23, of Westfield, Harlow pled guilty at Colchester magistrates court to the following. On July 8th, 2024 at Cressing, being the driver of a Volkswagen Golf, failed to stop…

POLICE forces across the country are urging the owners of specific brands of blank-firing guns to hand them in at station front counters across a month-long national amnesty. Essex Police is taking part in the amnesty, running from 3rd – 28th February, which applies only…

FEWER than one in 300 investigations by Essex Police involving stolen work tools last year resulted in a charge reports the BBC. Nine in ten investigations were dropped without a suspect being identified, and tools were recovered in fewer than one in 100 cases, a…

A MAN jailed for 10 years after stabbing two women with a carving fork multiple times in Harlow died behind bars after taking an overdose of an antidepressant drug reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Alan Giles of Woodley’s attacked the women in their own home…