Crime
CHARITIES, community groups and voluntary organisations can receive thousands of pounds towards their ideas to improve community safety across Essex. The Community Safety Initiatives Fund (CSIF) by Essex County Council offers £500 to £2,000 for new or existing projects keeping communities safe, protecting people from…
OFFICERS investigating a serious collision in Epping are appealing for dashcam footage. At just after 5.30pm this evening (Saturday 9 November) emergency services were called to a collision between a motorbike and a car in outside Harvest Energy petrol station in High Road, Thornwood. The…
ESSEX Police are investigating a robbery which took place in Old Harlow. A police spokesperson said: “We are investigating a robbery at the Coop, High Street, Old Harlow reported to have taken place at around 9am on Wednesday 6 November. “No one was injured. Our…
REDUCING crime by a further 40 per cent over the next four years and more prevention work to reduce fires and road deaths are challenges contained in the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex’s Police and Crime Plan 2024-2028 and Fire and Rescue Plan…
LIVEWIRE Theatre are heading to the Stow for a brand new project with the The Safer Harlow Partnership. With funding from Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner; Livewire will be providing a safe creative space for young people in the Stow area. As part of an…
OFFICERS investigating a collision in Quendon are asking for witnesses and dash cam footage. A spokesperson said: “We were called to a two-car collision at the B1383 London Road, Quendon, Bishop’s Stortford, at around 7.20pm on Thursday 31 October. The driver (70s) of a blue…
A HARLOW woman has been charged for driving whilst disqualified. Lucy Gibson-Hill, aged 44, of Canons Gate, Harlow has been charged with the following. On July 26th, 2024 at Harlow, drove a Lexus in The Stow while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence.…
Update: Sunday: Essex Police has informed us that Bobby and Tommy have been found. ESSEX Police has made an appeal to find two teenagers, missing from their homes in Harlow. Bobby Mitchell, 15, is very slim and has dark blonde mid-length hair and regularly wears…
Update: The arrested man has been re-bailed to 19 March Update: He is on bail until 6 January 2025. A MAN has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Church Langley. Essex Police were called to the car park of the Tesco store…
OVER the past two years, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has overseen a ‘Reporting Pilot’ to allow accredited journalists and legal bloggers to report on what they see and hear in children cases in the family courts. In January 2024, the…
A SERIAL shoplifter has been jailed for four months and banned from entering the City of London for five years. Kyle Harrington, 37, of Harlow,, was convicted of stealing more than £1,400 worth of items between 31 March and 9 October 2024 and of a…
ESSEX Police are appealing for anyone who saw or has footage of a collision on the M11 near Harlow. It was reported a red Lexus LS430 had left the road southbound near to Junction 7a shortly after 11.10am today (Friday 1 November), had been in…
A HARLOW woman has appeared in court and pled guilty to a number of charges including threats to kill. Tina Rose, aged 43, of Quarry Spring, Harlow has pled to the following. On October 1st, 2024, without lawful excuse made to another, a threat to…
A 24-year-old man has been sent back to prison after he harassed a woman who was selling baby products online. As a registered sex offender, Josh Guilder, previously of Harlow and then Northampton, was required to abide by very strict conditions after leaving prison or…
A VULNERABLE man with a history of mental issues took his own life just nine days after arriving at Chelmsford Prison after being remanded into custody. Mohammed Eumda died in his cell at HMP Chelmsford on January 30, 2023, after he had been charged by…
A SERVING Essex Police officer has been charged with a number of child sexual offences. PC Mark Ling, 38, of Ipswich, was arrested in September and has now been charged with eight counts of sexual communications with a child, two counts of cyber flashing, and…





