AS the FBU national strike moves into its fourth hour, working Essex crews have attended nine incidents. At 13:46 hrs, two appliances attended a kitchen fire in a ground floor flat in Long Banks, Harlow (incident 7340). Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel…

TOWNS are just one of four acts at The Square on Saturday May 3rd. Town, Slumber Girls, Nick O’Shea and The Moon and The Tide. For full details click here

PEOPLE with a disability in Epping Forest will have more opportunities to get involved in sport after Epping Forest District Council received £145,479 of funding from Sport England’s Inclusive Sport fund. The project is one of 44 across England that will benefit from £8.06 million…

A NEW road safety campaign to reduce motorcyclist deaths and injuries on Essex roads will launch this weekend at the Motorcycle Show at North Weald Airfield. On Sunday 4 May, the Essex Casualty Reduction Board (which comprises partners including Essex County Council, Essex Fire and…

ESSEX Libraries are recruiting for young volunteers aged 14 and over to support library staff with the Summer Reading Challenge 2014. This year the challenge is ‘Mythical Maze’. The role of a volunteer is to encourage children and young people to read and to talk…

STORTFORD Music Festival is now in its 14th year and boasts an attendance of around 3000 people over the Saturday & Sunday of the May Day Bank Holiday. The event relies on a team of volunteers, from the stewards on the day to directors, all…

CORNISH comedy legend Jethro is back, as large as life, and on tour in 2014 with his very own unique brand of irresistible West Country tales for a fun-filled night of adult comedy. Jethro promises more tear-jerking, farcical stories featuring his old mates Denzil and…

A REPORT into several police forces, including Essex, has found tens of thousands of offences could be going unrecorded. A fifth of crimes – equivalent to tens of thousands of offences – could be going unrecorded by police, a damning report has found. An inspection…

THE Extreme Torque Show has monster trucks, motorbikes and the urban sports of BMX and parkour at North Weald Airfield on Sunday 4 May and Monday 5 May 2014. All day entertainment with Monster trucks, BMX & mountain bikes, Free running, Street bikes, Freestyle motocross,…

Incident: 1645 hrs M11 Essex – M11 lane closed on entry slip road southbound at J7, A414 (Harlow), because of an accident involving a lorry.

DELICIOUS home-baked cakes and lovingly made jams and preserves will be bringing a quintessentially British touch to the St Clare Hospice annual May Fayre on Saturday, May 10. More than 10 stallholders will be selling their wares to raise funds for the Hastingwood-based Hospice at…

STEWARDS Academy drew an enthusiastic audience along to support their second annual Cultural Fashion Event. Over 100 pupils paraded the catwalk in an array of stunning outfits from around the globe. All of the pupils were members of the longstanding and award winning Ethnic Minority…

INTERNATIONAL Workers Memorial Day was commemorated at the Obelisk in Harlow Town Centre this week with Labour PPC Suzy Stride and Labour Councillors Maggie Hulcoop, Edna Stevens and Waida Forman. UCATT UF044 branch secretary and “blacklisted” bricklayer Allan Jolley led the march to St Pauls…

FOSTER Care Fortnight, the UK’s biggest fostering campaign will run from Monday 12 to Sunday 25 May 2014 with members of the public being asked if they could consider fostering. Here in Essex we are aiming to recruit another 100 foster carers and are particularly…