AS part of Brake’s Road Safety Week 2023, Essex’s Head of Road Policing has laid out key priorities, in tackling the issues of speed and dangerous driving. Road Safety Week takes place between 19-25 November, with a different theme each year and will include a…

AN appeal has been made after a vehicle was stolen over night in Harlow. The vehicle in question is: Peugeot Boxer Crew cab tipper. It was stolen from the Bishopsfield area of Harlow between 2330 hours and 0500 hrs on Sunday night. If anyone has…

SIR FREDERICK Gibberd College remains closed after they suffered a break in at the weekend. The chief executive of BMAT, Helena Mills has published the following letter. Dear Parents and Carers,  Following today’s closure, the school site will unfortunately have to remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday…

A MAN accused of soliciting to murder and incitement to kidnap the TV presenter Holly Willoughby has been refused bail reports the BBC. Gavin Plumb, of Potters Field, Harlow, denies charges relating to an alleged plot between 2 and 5 October involving the former presenter…

HARLOW father of four, Wayne Ambridge lost his life on November 9th following an attack in Tesco Car Park in Hertford on the 4th November 2023.  Wayne was just 50 years old and had four children aged 21, 19, 17 and 15. A GoFundMe page…

ESSEX Police’s specialist Business Crime Team works with retailers to encourage them to report shop thefts and assaults of shop staff to us. And, in the past week, Essex Police officers have arrested 19 people on suspicion of shoplifting across the county, with 17 subsequently…

A MURDER investigation has been launched after an incident in Hertford at the weekend. It was reported that an altercation occurred between a group of people in the car park of Tesco in Ware Road, at around 8.15pm on Saturday, November 4th. A man aged…

ON MONDAY, police officers from Town Centre Team and Community Policing team were out in Harlow Town Centre undertaking hi-vis patrols and using knife arches for our #OpSceptre week. A spokesperson said: “We will continue activities throughout the week working with partner agencies to educate…

A FORMER Essex Police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct after she was convicted of drink driving. Former PC Cockrell was stopped in her personal vehicle while off-duty in August 2023. She provided a sample of breath which showed a measure well…

POLICE have arrested the third of three men who absconded from an open prison on the same day.  Levi Mitchell, 39, fled from Hollesley Bay in Woodbridge, near Ipswich, on 21 October, along with Aidan McGuinness, 44, and Joshua Terry, 29.  Mitchell, who is serving…

TODAY (Monday, 13 November) sees the beginning of Op Sceptre Week – a national week where forces intensify their work. Detective Chief Inspector Ian Hughes of Essex Police is leading the county force’s work, which has driven down serious knife offences by more than 12%…

FOURTEEN men were arrested after the latest operation targeting criminal activity along Essex’s borders with London and Hertfordshire. Eleven of the individuals detained were arrested for burglary or related offences. Operation Claymore is Essex Police-led but also involves officers from Hertfordshire, the Met and the…

A RECENT inquest into the death of a prison at Chelmsford prison, where where many inmates from the Harlow area are held, has highlighted a report from the Prison and Probation Ombudsman reports the Local Democracy Reporter. A belated inquest was held last month into…

Update: Good news! Georgia Dyer, who had been missing form Harlow, has now been found. HAVE you seen 13-year-old Georgia Dyer? She’s gone missing from Harlow and police need to make sure she’s safe. Georgia was last seen on Thursday 9 November in the area…