COUNCILLOR Joel Charles, who has been working with Cllr Mike Garnett and Robert Halfon MP to respond to the Gilden Way roundabout situation, has issued a further update now that the traffic lights are working. Cllr Charles said: “The fact that it took two days…

BACK in November 2023, the children of Windsor Class (Year 6) at William Martin Schools and Nursery were asked to write poems as part of their work on ” Anti – Bullying week”. Dylan Aley produced the most fantastic piece of poetry, based around this…

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, following an incident in Harlow Town Centre earlier today. Officers were called to Harlow Town Centre, outside the library shortly before midday on Friday, 8 March following reports of a member of…

A MAN, who thought he could get away with killing his friend and disposing of his body across Harlow has been found guilty of murder.  Lee Clarke, 56 of Wedhey, Harlow appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court today, where a jury found him unanimously guilty of…

GREATER Anglia is showing how it is supporting its female workforce as part of International Women’s Day 2024. The train company, which runs trains between London and Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, has a range of policies in place for its colleagues so they…

Essex: Jan 2023 to Jan 2024: 2170 rapes: 73 solved/detected Harlow: Jan 2023 to Jan 2024: 119 rapes-4 solved/detected “Protecting women is a priority – and we’re innovating and keeping people safe.”That’s from their officer who leads our work tackling violence against women and girls.…

ENGLAND’S roads authority has launched a campaign aimed at drivers who hog the middle lane on motorways. Some 32% of drivers admit to middle lane hogging at least “occasionally” and 5% say they “always” do it, according to a recent survey by National Highways. More…

FRIDAY has begun with another road traffic collision as the traffic lights continue to be out of operation. On Friday morning YH was sent photographs of an apparent road traffic collision on the Old Harlow junction. Most traffic coming from Junction 7a or from Mark…

DO you remember that time you pooed yourself in public? How about all those times you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone pointed out your cellulite when you were…

THIS budget confirms the UK has the highest tax burden in 70 years, as households in Harlow are £870 worse off on average under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s tax plan say Labour Figures show that for every 10p working people will pay in tax under…

LOCAL authorities are struggling to implement their electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure plans, seriously putting at risk the UK Government’s ambition to have 300,000 public charge points available by 120301.  A major research project for the Charge Point Operator (CPO) Believ shows that many local authorities have…

ONE of our avid readers has started an appeal after one of her pugs has become very poorly. We will let Lauren take up the story. Lauren said: “Those who know me well know I am obsessed with animals. I am mostly known as the…

YESTERDAY, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, unveiled plans to cut National Insurance and extend child benefit as part of his Spring Budget. Alongside an extra £20 million to regenerate and rebuild Harlow, local MP, Robert Halfon, says this budget delivers for hardworking Harlow…

AFTER about ten minutes, this reviewer was starting to think he was watching a Harlow Theatre Van production from 1980. All radical politics and the country falling apart (luckily those days are gone eh readers). After the interval, we thought that Harlow MP Robert Halfon…