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…

HARLOW’S District Commander, Chief Inspector Paul Austin, says reducing violence in the district remains his top priority. Ch Insp Austin, who joined Essex Police in 2006, said more officers had been committed to hotspots where trouble has occurred. “We know from our analysis that violence…

A dispersal order was put in place in Harlow following concerns relating to a large car meet. The meet had congregated in Queensgate Retail Park, in Edinburgh Way and consisted of hundreds of vehicles. This has led to concerns around anti-social behaviour and excessive noise…

ESSEX Police has served a closure order on a house in Harlow following reports of links to drugs and anti-social behaviour. A spokesperson said: “We had received reports of anti-social behaviour linked to the property in The Oxleys, Old Harlow. In the last few months,…

MODERN slavery victims will be treated the same as a victim of any other type of crime by Essex Police, the force’s chief has said. His statement comes after a question was put to Roger Hirst, Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, asking if…

A SERVING Essex Police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct for putting false information in an application for taser training. PC Ben Burnell, who was based in the west of the county, was accused of filling in an application form and using…

“IT’S only a matter of time before we find you. The best thing you can do is hand yourself in and tell your side of the story, before it’s told for you.” That’s the message from Detective Superintendent Stephen Jennings, who’s appealing for the whereabouts…