HARLOW Council is disappointed to announce that several new plants installed in the East Gate area of the town centre have been vandalised overnight. A spokesperson said: “We have CCTV footage of the incident and are working with Essex Police to investigate. Be assured that…

ESSEX Police want to speak to 16 year-old Danny Mitchell in connection with a burglary investigation and a failure to appear at court. He has links to Harlow and the surrounding area. If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation…

SENIOR police officers in Harlow visited The Stow area last week to speak to shop owners and residents regarding concerns over anti-social behaviour. Chief Inspector Paul Austin and Inspector Natalie Rooney walked the beat along with community officers in the shopping area and surrounding streets.…

LAST month, Essex Police’s Roads Policing officers conducted 25 eyesight tests in support of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Campaign, “Is Your Vision Roadworthy?” The campaign aimed to highlight drivers have a legal obligation to ensure that their vision is good before they take to…

ADULTS arrested in Essex will be tested for cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin use if officers believe Class A drugs have contributed to the crime. There is often a direct connection between Class A drug use and violence, either in the form of domestic abuse…

DETECTIVES are investigating a robbery in Harlow where a delivery driver had his van stolen. It was reported the victim, who’s in his 30s, had been approached by a man from behind in Westfield at around 12.45pm on Thursday (30 March) and pulled to the…

A MAN has been arrested in connection with an assault in Harlow. It was reported a woman in her 20s had been assaulted outside the Co-op in North Square, New Hall, near to a white Range Rover, between 4pm and 6pm on Wednesday (29 March).…

THE LEADER of Harlow Labour poured scorn on the latest Conservative plans for tackling anti-social behaviour. Cllr Chris Vince said: The Conservative MP for Harlow’s announcement that his government is going to crack down on anti-social behaviour is a bit like a bank robber returning…

TWO drug dealers who were part of a county lines drug network in Broxbourne have been jailed for a combined total of more than eight years. The duo were arrested in October 2020, after an investigation by Hertfordshire Constabulary’s dedicated Operation Mantis team. The two…

A FORMER police officer made sexualised comments to female colleagues and lied about a military tour in Afghanistan, a misconduct panel heard. Matthew Lawrence-Stearn was also accused of inappropriate behaviour during his training with Essex Police. He would have been dismissed from the force had…

THE Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has today announced an action plan for a major crackdown on antisocial behaviour in Harlow, promising to ‘stamp it out once and for all’.  Harlow will be used as a trailblazer area, one of ten in the country, meaning the…

Update: Grace Hawkins has now been found. Thank you for supporting our appeal. ESSEX Police is asking for the public’s help to find Grace Hawkins, who is missing from her home in North Weald.  A spokesperson said: “We’re carrying out a number of enquiries in…

Update: Essex Police has confirmed that the search is connected to the Phillip Lewis murder investigation. A LARGE police presence is in attendance at a pond in Harlow. A marine unit is searching the Church End pond in the Katherines area of Harlow. The police…

THE sale of laughing gas will be banned under plans to tackle anti-social behaviour, Michael Gove has announced reports the BBC. The levelling up secretary told the BBC nitrous oxide can have a “damaging effect on young brains” and its public use can lead to…