LAST weekend, speed enforcement policing in west Essex saw a speeding motorist reach 131mph on M11. Over the bank holiday weekend, Roads Policing Unit officers carried out speed enforcement checks on M11 as part of a road safety operation in support of Vision Zero, to…

YH understands that Great Parndon councillor, Hannah Ellis has been selected as the Conservative candidate for the General Election on July 4th. A selection meeting amongst members of the Harlow Conservatives was held this evening. We are awaiting an official statement but former MP Robert…

Update-0600 hrs: Crews have been working throughout the night to extinguish a fire in an industrial unit in Parkway, Harlow.  The fire is out and we were in a position to scale the incident down throughout the night from midnight.  Firefighters worked to extinguish the…

END of life care volunteers at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) have reached the finals of a national awards programme. The volunteers, known as the Butterfly team, have been recognised in the Palliative and End of Life Care Awards for the compassion, companionship…

A GOVERNMENT report has revealed that the planned UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) site in The Pinnacles area of Harlow has seen costs spiral by millions of pounds. The report has also stated that it may not even open for another 12 years. Land for…

A MAN has been arrested in Spain in connection with a fatal shooting on the Harlow border. Robert Powell, 50, suffered 15 bullet wounds as he left a house party in Roydon, near Harlow, in the early hours of 13 June 2020. Temitope Adeyinka, 40,…

JUNIOR doctors in England are to stage a five-day strike in the lead-up to the election in their long-running pay dispute with the government reports the BBC. British Medical Association (BMA) members will walk out from 07:00 BST on 27 June – a week before…

IMPROVEMENTS include more services and Norwich to London services now on average 6 minutes faster than before new trains were introduced. Greater Anglia is introducing more services and improving some intercity journey times from this weekend, as it continues to increase timetables in line with…

GRANT funding awarded to 14 projects through Essex County Council’s Public Health Accelerator Bids programme. More than £3 million is being awarded to projects which benefit the mental and physical health of Essex residents. A total of £3,121,685 will support 14 schemes via the second…

THIS coming 6th June 2024 it will be 80 years since the D-Day Normandy landings.  Join Harlow Council in commemorating this historical event and thanking all those who so bravely took part in these landings. Details are below.

A MAN has been charged with breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) in Harlow. It is alleged 18 year-old Logan Howe, of Spring Hills, Harlow entered the car park of the Harvey Centre on 22 May, which he is banned from doing as part of…

ESSEX Police want to speak to this man in connection with a robbery in Harlow. It was reported a 15 year-old boy was approached at the underpass between Sainsbury’s and Netteswell Tower at around 5.45pm on 8 May. He was threatened with a knife and…

THE Terminus House footbridge has been successfully demolished over the Bank Holiday weekend as work continues to rebuild Harlow bus station and transform Terminus Street. The structure was removed using specialist machinery with the bus stops temporarily relocated while the work took place. The footbridge,…

AN amazing £18,000 has been raised for PACT for Autism and Plant Pots and Wellies after a range of events were held by the Chair of Harlow Council.  The money will be split equally between the charities after they were selected as the Chair of…