OFFICERS have arrested two people in connection with a disturbance at an address in North Weald on Saturday night. At just after 6.15pm we were called to reports of a fight taking place at the Phoenix Hotel off the A414. Emergency services were quickly deployed…

A HARLOW-based domestic abuse charity boss has today announced a complete rebrand and a new website in order to reach as many survivors of domestic abuse as possible in the local area.  Safer Places have been supporting domestic abuse survivors for nearly 50 years and,…

AS part of our road safety responsibilities, we are committed to tackling illegal car meets and ensuring public safety across our county.  Unauthorised car meets, or car cruises, are where drivers meet on the public highway or large public car parks to race or show…

ONE of the partner organisations involved in a scheme for schools to grow food led by Harlow resident Carly Burd has told YH that Ms Burd has “cancelled the project”. As readers may know Ms Burd rose to fame after people all across the world…

THE BUSH Fair shopping centre will be used as a filming location all next week. Notices have been placed all over the shopping centre as well as the Tye Green Bowling Club as well as a number of other car parks. It is believed that…

A MAN has been arrested in connection with an arson investigation in Harlow. Police were called to a wooded area of Wych Elm shortly before 2.55am on Friday. Officers investigating the incident arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of arson endangering life. He has been…

SOME schools in England are sending police to the homes of children who are persistently absent, or warning them their parents may go to prison if their attendance doesn’t improve, the Observer has learned reports The Guardian Headteachers say they are now under intense pressure from the…

STEWARDS Academy pupils were privileged to attend the Delfont Mackintosh Les Miserable education performance on Tuesday 14th May.  Thirty students accompanied by three staff travelled to London to watch the show and technical demonstration.  The students behaviour was impeccable as they joined hundreds of others…

RESIDENTS, business owners and charity representatives joined police, NHS and council staff at Moot House in The Stow for the launch of an initiative to cut crime and regenerate the area. Clear, Hold, Build is a Home Office-backed scheme that brings together public services to…

ESSEX Police is no longer looking to identify a man we wanted to speak to in connection with an assault in Harlow. It was reported a woman was assaulted as she walked along a cycle path in Fourth Avenue at 7am on Monday 29 April.…

THE cost of alcohol abuse is laid bare in a new study that shows £27bn a year being spent in England on the health and social harms of drinking reports The Guardian. The research that found the extra burden on the NHS, social services, the criminal justice…

Credit: chrisdorney – stock.adobe.com UNPAID carers must repay more than £250 million after many were unknowingly overpaid their allowance, new figures show reports the BBC. The government is seeking to recover money from more than 134,000 carers. Carer’s Allowance must be repaid in full if a…

IN July 2023 Labour Cllrs Chris Vince and James Griggs tabled a motion calling for Harlow Council to locate and register as many defibrillators as possible within the town. They further called for funding to identify key locations for publicly accessible defibrillators to be installed.…

EPPING Forest District Council (EFDC) announce a new partnership with contract hire and fleet management company Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS). FS has been awarded an 8-year contract for the provision and maintenance of a new fleet of waste and recycling vehicles, which commences on…