ESSEX Police is set to make every one of its 99 police community support officers (PCSOs) redundant due to a huge funding shortfall reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Roger Hirst, police and crime commissioner for Essex, has said he will have to make 99 PCSOs…

ROGER Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, has proposed a budget to the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel that will raise the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service precept by £4.95 a year, or 9p a week, a 5.99% increase for a Band…

HARLOW MP Chris Vince rose on the floor of the House of Commons to express his continued concerns over the on going challenges for Sir Frederick Gibberd College (SFG). Mr Vince said: “Students at Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Harlow have been taught in marquees…

THE Perfume Shop celebrated the scent-sational new addition of another new and improved experiential store at Unit 26d, Harvey Centre in Harlow. The iconic retailer revealed a new and improved customer experience with a stylish new layout and upgraded services including a digital screen, personalised…

A HARLOW man has been jailed for an assault on an emergency worker. Liam Kingett, aged 29, No Fixed Abode, Harlow pled guilty to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On January 18th, 2025, in Harlow assaulted a police officer, acting in the exercise of…

OVER 18,000 appointments at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in a five-week period were either cancelled or re-scheduled due to the introduction of a new electronic patient record system. Back in late October, the hospital announced that the embedding of the new system called Alex Health…

NEW research commissioned by the NSPCC highlights the different ways that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to groom, harass and manipulate children and young people. This comes as polling shows that the UK public are concerned about the rollout of AI. Savanta surveyed…

THIRTY Year 10 GCSE students visited the Education Parliament Centre and Palace of Westminster. Pupils began their day with a fully immersive video on the history of Parliament from the Magna Carta (1215) to present day, supporting both their Citizenship and History GCSE studies. Pupils…

STEWARDS Academy’s collaboration with local dance company Dance Fusion continued recently with a fabulous all-day workshop.  One of our Jack Petchey Achievement Award winners, Daisie, decided to use her award money for this wonderful opportunity.  Daisie had a clear vision for the purpose of the…

1700 hrs: Traffic is stopped on the M11 in Essex on the entry slip road to the link road from the M11 J6 southbound to M25 J27 anti-clockwise due to a collision. Delays of at least 50 minutes above normal travel time. https://twitter.com/HighwaysEAST/status/1883920198408843737

HARLOW Council has announced four key appointments to its new Executive Management Team which it says will transform the council and build Harlow’s future. Last October the Leader of the Council, Councillor Dan Swords took the decision to restructure the senior management of the council.…

GREATER Anglia customers and staff have donated almost 1,900 worth of meals to help people in crisis this winter through foodbank collections at stations across West Essex and Hertfordshire. Between 28 October and 18 December, collections took place at Bishops Stortford, Harlow Mill, Harlow Town,…

AFTER we had interviewed the new chief executive of Princess Alexandra Hospital, we interviewed Harlow MP Chris Vince. We wanted to get his view on the new hospital programme. For some, it is a definite road map to a new hospital off Junction 7a of…

LAST week, we sat down with the new chief executive of Princess Alexandra Hospital, Thom Lafferty to see how he has settled into the job. This is a mighty undertaking, with the hospital at a key point in its history. Mr Lafferty and his team…