STEWARDS Academy are delighted to have been awarded £2000 in the latest round of Locality Fund allocations. Between May 2024 and February 2025 all Essex County Councillors were invited to nominate schemes or projects to benefit the division they represent. County Councillor Clive Souter supported…

WHAT’S holding you back? What’s keeping you in your place? What is stopping you from being you? “Play Dead” is an original piece of theatre devised by Livewire Theatre as part of Harlow Playhouse Summer School. Young practitioners who have left school can apply for a place…

CREATE unforgettable memories and seize the chance to win a thrilling flight for two in a 1960’s Navy helicopter with Essex & Herts Air Ambulance’s (EHAAT) I Did It My Way Motorcycle Challenge. Registration is now open, inviting riders to embark on their very own…

DESPITE having spent over a decade campaigning for Labour in Essex and six years as a Harlow Councillor, nothing quite prepares you for stepping in to the Houses of Parliament for the first time. Just navigating the labyrinth of corridors is a challenging experience. They still…

ESSEX Police is appealing for the public’s help to locate 42-year-old Alan Jones, who is wanted for failure to appear in court and breach of police bail. Jones is described as a white man, around 6ft tall with short brown hair. He has links across…

SIR Jack founded the Jack Petchey Foundation in 1999 to recognise the positive contributions young people make to society and to support them in achieving their potential. Since then, the Foundation has supported over 1.2m young people through our programmes across London and Essex and…

GREATER Anglia (GA) has begun the programme to fit its Stansted Express trains with tables this week, two months earlier than scheduled. The significant customer-focused upgrade will see all these trains upgraded before the end of 2025, with four tables due to be fitted to…

TRANSPORT Secretary Louise Haigh will visit Greater Manchester today [Thursday 11th July] to begin the Government’s bus revolution, as she pledges to support every community to take back control of buses through franchising or public ownership. She will meet with the Mayor of Greater Manchester,…

ACL Essex has recognised a learner from High Wych with a top award at a ceremony. The celebration event took place at Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, on Wednesday 3 July. The adult education provider’s annual awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions made…

A MATERNITY support worker at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has been awarded the Chief Midwifery Officer Award under the ‘working together for patients’ category. Orla Piggott, maternity support worker, was surprised with a special awards presentation on Tuesday 2 July, with Wendy Matthews OBE, chief…

THE Essex Record Office (ERO) will receive £60,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to immortalise local communities. ‘Open the Box: Connecting Communities Through Archives’ will enable groups of Essex residents to record their own stories in the ERO archives for future generations to discover.…

The Addams Family: Passmores Academy: Tuesday July 9th, 2024 THE ADDAMS Family is one the most ambitious shows for any school to perform, produce and present. The fact that the school produced a wonderful, vibrant,hilarious, darkly comic and richly entertaining show pays testament to every…

THE MP for Harlow, Chris Vince has had a very busy first week but he has already written to two senior minsters of two matters of urgency for Harlow. Mr Vince said: “The first week of being MP for Harlow and the villages is a…

COMMERCIAL Vehicle Unit tackles road safety in an operation that saw 122 drivers reported for a variety of offences. As part of Operation Tramline, Essex Police’s Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU) used a supercab to identify unsafe and distracting driver behaviour on the major routes across…