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THE theme for the first Party in the Park at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, is all things sun, sea and sand. The outdoor event – which replaces the traditional school fete – is being held to bring the community together for an afternoon…
MOTORISTS and the county’s most vulnerable people will benefit from a package of measures agreed today (Tuesday) funded by £17 million additional savings made by Essex County Council last year. The Council had set a target of making £55m savings during the 2013/14 financial year…
HARLOW Council hosted a service outside the Civic Centre yesterday (Monday 23 June 2014) to commemorate Armed Forces Day, which is on Saturday 28 June 2014, and the contribution made by those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. The service, which was…
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after an alleged attack in Puffers Green in Harlow. Essex Police were called at just after 1.30pm on Monday June 23rd to the Puffers Green area near to the Clock Tower on Second Avenue. On arrival they found a…
FIRE CREWS were called to the M11 between junction 7 and 8 to a LGV lorry on fire. Crews reported the cab was 100 percent alight. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire by 11:34hrs.
GREEN-fingered supporters will be throwing open their gates for the 20th annual St Clare Open Gardens Weekend organised by the Harlow Friends. The two-day event on June 28 and 29 is an opportunity to have a wander round some of the best kept green spaces…
HARLOW bus passengers are being asked to plan for disruption to services when the Tour de France comes to the county on Monday 7th July. In total, 24 services will be affected between 7.30am and 5pm – 13 services will not be running while others…
Incident: 1430 hrs M11 s/bound J8 (Stansted) – J7 (Harlow). Lanes 1 and 2 closed, officers are on the way to an accident involving 2 cars. Expect delays.
UNDER-FIRE Princess Alexandra Hospital has decided to close their main car park on what may be one of the busiest days of the year. Cars were turning up to the main completely unaware of the decision to close the car park. Some were parking in…
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was assaulted on a night out in Harlow leaving him with a broken jaw. The man, a member of bar staff, in his 20s, from Braintree, was near the dance floor in Bar 21, Harlow at 2am…
POLICE are appealing for information after a man in his 20s was robbed in Harlow. A local man was walking in Staple Tye at about 3pm on May 16 when he was attacked by a group of young men and his mobile phone was stolen.…
Incident: 1600 hrs River Way in Harlow partially blocked in both directions near the Temple Bank junction, because of an accident involving a lorry and a motorcycle. More to follow.
A HARLOW woman faces jail after she set alight her council flat a fortnight after moving in because she ‘did not like the neighbours’. Leesa Wenman, 32, has been found guilty of arson after she started two fires in the bedroom of her home in…
WITH THE big game approaching, the Essex Archive office have done what they do so well and had a bit of a delve. They have found out that in 1966, Uruguay stayed at the Saxon Inn (now the Park Inn Raddison) Here is the link…
POLICE are looking to identify a man they want to speak to in connection with a theft from a shop in Harlow. The theft happened on May 13 at 5:10pm at Holland and Barrett in the town. Thieves left the store with over £100 worth…
0800 hrs M11 Essex – One lane closed and heavy traffic on M11 northbound between J6 M25 and J7, A414 (Harlow), because of a broken down vehicle. M11 Essex – Slow traffic on M11 southbound between J6 M25 and J4, A406 (Woodford).
