TAKING on a role that is steeped in history and making it relevant and a force for good in modern times is a challenge being met with enthusiasm and determination by David Hurst. He is joining the ranks of men and a few women who,…

THIS April, Britain’s bosses are being invited to follow five simple steps to prevent and reduce stress in their workplace. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Working Minds campaign has called on employers to support workers mental health during Stress Awareness Month. Liz Goodwill, head…

A HORTICULTURE company has been fined £3,000 after a lorry driver suffered third degree burns on his body while making a delivery to a site in Essex. The man had been delivering a load of hardcore aggregate to Plants Galore Horticulture Limited’s Eagle Nursery in…

PLANNING permission has been approved for a multi-million pound major development next to the Harlow Playhouse. The Harlow Council planning committee voted unanimously to support it on Wednesday night. The proposal will now see new cultural facilities including a 350 “seater” music venue as well…

THE EMERGENCY services were called out after reports of a large explosion in the Potter Street area of Harlow. The “large bangs” shook houses and set off alarms in the area near Potter Street Academy on Carters Mead. An Essex Fire Service spokesperson said: “Crews…

RECORD-breaking March rounded off a very strong winter season at London Stansted that resulted in the airport registering its busiest ever 12-month period. The early Easter helped boost monthly numbers to record levels as more than 2.18 million passengers passed through the terminal, beating the…

THERE IS a new fashion collection by Chilean-born designer Marlie Fuentes Palacios in the Gibberd Gallery window galleries during April.  “Moths” is a collection in which pieces of fabric are assembled to create dresses reminiscent of the essence of stained glass, highlighting the “overlapping curves”…

THE RSPCA says we need to “radically rethink” our relationship with all animals as it launches its new For Every Kind campaign to mark its 200th year – as it reveals in the East of England there is a stark difference between what people think…

A HARLOW man has been charged and remanded for an allegedly racially aggravated public order offence. Jake Hamill, aged 24, from Longfield, Harlow was arrested by police following an incident in February. Hamill was charged and remanded following reports of harassment without violence and racially…

A HARLOW-based domestic abuse charity will be running a series of free community fitness sessions open to any women in the local community to raise awareness of domestic abuse and empower survivors.  Safer Places, a domestic abuse service based in Essex and Hertfordshire, have received…

ESSEX Police has issued a statement after a man was found seriously assaulted in Harlow Town Centre. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to Kitson Way in Harlow at around 1am on Tuesday, 26 March following reports of a man being seriously assaulted. The…

SEVERAL Old Harlow families want to make sure disabled children can access local play equipment, following their own lived experience, and have started a campaign to install an accessible swing at the council playground opposite the Norman Booth Centre. Availability of accessible playgrounds is a…

A PROGRAMME of pothole repairs and road resurfacing projects for the East of England, made possible by the first tranche of £609 million in reallocated HS2 funding for the region, has been revealed – with the first set of roads already resurfaced to make journeys…

A MAN was stabbed with a machete after confronting another man who was scaring children near a playground, a court heard reports the BBC. Max Richardson, 35, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital after the altercation in Joyners Field in Harlow in…