May Half Term Activities Tuesday 28th May – Invent a Vehicle 10am – 12pm Suitable for ages 7+ THIS half term we are celebrating Harlow Inventors, first with ‘Invent a Vehicle’ where you can use your creativity to design a futuristic vehicle, then build a…

ESSEX FIRE service spent £350,000 plugging staffing shortages thousands of times in a year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed reports the BBC. Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) moved firefighters from their usual bases to elsewhere in the county on 2,570 occasions…

HARLOW IS among a number of towns and villages across the East of England to benefit from a “huge” high-speed internet update, a broadband provider has confirmed. Openreach said full-fibre broadband was heading to a further 67 locations – in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk…

FEW shows have experienced the phenomenal global success of The Simon & Garfunkel Story, with multiple sold-out shows in over 50-countries worldwide and over 20 headline performances in London’s West End, including multiple appearances at the world-famous London Palladium. Using huge projection photos and original…

ON SUNDAY afternoon, we popped down to the Harlow Town Park to see who was on stage a part of the Rock The Park weekend. We were delighted to see that it was the Harlow Rock Choir. Here are three of their numbers they performed.…

 A NEW report, published and released by Redwings Horse Sanctuary says the Animal Welfare Act does not offer recourse or protection for pets or livestock caused to suffer because of firework displays, and the assertion by Ministers that it does is an ‘illusion’.   The largest…

THE inaugural Essex Global Summit was a tremendous success for Essex Chambers of Commerce. We welcomed over 100 attendees to the wonderfully opulent surroundings of Hylands House in Chelmsford on Wednesday 22nd May to partake in a conference unlike anything bought to Essex before. Working…

THE LEADER OF Harlow Labour has claimed that the present position of the Tories in power is “undemocratic’. Councillor James Griggs said: “The claims by Harlow Conservatives to have a majority and the authority to form an administration were left looking ridiculous this week when,…

ESSEX Police regularly carry out proactive patrols and operations to make roads in Essex safe for everyone and reduce the number of fatalities. A spokespEarlier this month, our Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU) worked with other forces on a multi-agency, multi-force road safety operation, focussing on…

A PLANNING application for a children’s home on Latton Common Road has been submitted to Harlow Council. The application is for the following: Change of use of residential dwelling and outbuilding from Use Class C3 (Residential Dwelling) to Use Class C2 (Residential Care Home for…

MPs have backed Essex County Council’s delivery of life-saving bleed control kits as part of Knife Crime Awareness Week. Deputy Leader Councillor Louise McKinlay joined MPs in Westminster as the council funds 60 new bleed control kits across Essex. Each £100 kit contains equipment to…

A NEW report published by respected law firm Tees has revealed startling disparities in stillbirth rates across UK NHS Trusts. The report also found significant variations in Trusts’ policies with regards to referring neonatal deaths to a Coroner. Fifty-six percent of the Trusts approached for…

RISHI Sunak has announced that a future Conservative government would bring back mandatory national service, as he attempted to reignite his election campaign after an error-strewn start reports The Guardian. Under the plan, which appeared to be his latest attempt to reduce Tory losses by…

LAST month, the Essex Police Roads Policing Unit (RPU) officers arrested a total of 285 people. That figure included 101 drink drivers and 58 drug drivers as a result of a pro-active national road safety.  A spokesperson said: “Throughout the road safety operation, our officers…