Update: 1100 hrs OFFICERS investigating the death of a man in Harlow are continuing search enquiries at Netteswell Pond in Harlow. Specialist search teams began work on Monday (30 January) and are likely to remain there until the end of the week.  This relates to…

Update: Statement from Essex Police A 16 year-old boy from Harlow was arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent, possession of a weapon in a public place, and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place. He has since been told he faces no…

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses to a criminal damage which occurred to the ATM located at the Harlow Food Express in Pollards Hatch yesterday (Sunday). Police were called by several members of the public at 7.30pm after they heard what they believed to be…

ESSEX Police has revealed why the police helicopter was over Church Langley area of Harlow on Sunday afternoon. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We received reports around 5pm of youths on motorbikes including one with a reported weapon in and around the Church Langley and…

ESSEX Police is appealing for witnesses following a collision involving a pedestrian and a car in Harlow at the end of last year.  Officers were called to Howard Way, The Stow at around 5pm on 5 December 2022 following reports of a woman being hit…

THAT’S 11,263 knives and bladed articles taken off our streets and out of our homes since May 2022.   We’ve destroyed almost a tonne of knives, surrendered in knife bins across Essex in the past six months.  That’s 11,263 knives and other sharp objects & weapons,…

TO keep roads in Essex safe, more than 370 arrests were made for drink or drug driving offences in the last six weeks of 2022. Forty-two drivers were fast tracked to court, as part of our #drinkdrivingtogetherwecanstopit campaign, appearing just 48 hours later after they…

ESSEX Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington has dismissed an officer after a conduct hearing found he had breached standards of professional behaviour regarding discreditable conduct, duties and responsibilities, confidentiality, orders and instructions.  The allegations were in relation to five incidents, some of which occurring whilst…

ESSEX Police has confirmed that they cannot find any trace of a call to a disturbance at the Harlow Hotel earlier in the week. YH spoke to Essex Police following a posting an a Facebook page called Spotted in Harlow that made reference to armed…

Update: Lucy Beaumont, who had been missing in Harlow, has now been found. ========== ESSEX Police are looking for 13 year-old Lucy Beaumont who is missing in Harlow. Lucy was reported missing shortly before 10.20am today (Wednesday 25 January) and is described as white, slim,…

HERTFORDSHIRE Constabulary is appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man. David Potter, aged 29, of Thistle Grove, Welwyn Garden City is wanted in connection with three commercial burglaries which took place in Harlow, Welwyn Garden City and Knebworth. https://twitter.com/HertsPolice/status/1617503644634554370?s=20&t=N72ShqHTsulttEBU9brgOg

Update: Natasha Lawton, who had been missing from Harlow, has now been found. ======================= NATASHA Lawton, 40, is missing from Harlow. She was reported missing on Monday (16 January) and the police have been carrying out enquiries to find her. She’s described as white, 5ft…

FOUR men involved in ramraids and other thefts across Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire have been handed sentences totalling more than 20 years. Tony Smith, 23, John Mitchell, 20, Alan Smith, 47, and Samuel Mitchell, 19, all pleaded guilty to their parts in the various offences…

A HARLOW plumber stole more than £10,000 of jewellery from a home where he had fitted a new boiler reports Kentonline. Andrew Skingley, Little Cattins, Sumners, Harlow had been tasked as a sub-contractor by Ability Ltd, a plumbing firm in Tunbridge Wells, to fit a…