HARLOW Council’s planning committee got tough with planners when they made it plain that a community centre must be built as part of plans for new houses in Newhall. Harlow Council approved two applications for 38 and 26 houses respectively at a development management committee…

A PLANNING application in relation to a new Nisa Local shop in Potter Street has been deferred until June. A number of local residents as well as the owners of the franchise had turned up to the meeting on Wednesday night hoping for the item…

OFFICERS from Essex Police – Harlow District are investigating in Hookfield, Harlow and are appealing for witnesses. At about 11pm a male was attacked by a dog that was off of his lead and has been left with very serious injuries. The two suspects who…

HARLOW Council has issued the following statement following the recent unauthorised traveller encampment on Second Avenue: “The caravans and vehicles left Second Avenue on Easter Monday afternoon (10 April 2023) after we served a notice asking that the site is vacated by the end of…

THE number of people living with diabetes has topped five million for the first time, Diabetes UK analysis shows. We are calling on the government to ensure that national and local health systems put diabetes at the heart of their plans ensuring they identify more…

GREATER Anglia saw even more railway land converted into gardens and wildlife areas last year, thanks to its team of volunteer station adopters across the region. A recent audit of gardening activity across Greater Anglia’s network revealed that the area of land dedicated to gardens…

WEST Essex and East Hertfordshire charity, St Clare Hospice, will be taking part in the national ‘Big Help Out’ festival of volunteering, to mark The King’s Coronation on the final day of the long weekend, Monday 8th May. King Charles III’s Coronation will take place on…

JUST a few days ago, we reported how upset but defiant Harlow resident Carly Burd was after her allotment off Hobtoe Road had been vandalised. Carly was filmed in tears when she discovered that salt had been thrown over the food she had planted. Now…

WEAPONS were seized and seven suspects were arrested in connection with an investigation into Class A drug supply across West Essex. Officers with Operation Raptor, our team dedicated to dismantling drug gangs, executed eight warrants this morning in Chingford and Waltham Abbey. The searches followed…

A JUDICIAL review is to be held into Sadiq Khan’s plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) across London reports the BBC. Five Conservative-led councils – Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Hillingdon and Surrey – launched legal action over the expanded scheme which is due to begin…

RESIDENTS are keen to celebrate the Kings Coronation in style and many have applied to Harlow Council’s Civic Pride Community Fund to help out with the cost of street and garden parties.  Due to extremely high demand, the amount of funding for Coronation events has…

THE LEADER of Harlow Labour has looked at the record of the Conservatives since they were elected in 2010 and found them wanting. Councillor Chris Vince said: “While Harlow’s Conservative MP lords over his so called achievements in office, notice how the new hospital has…

OVER the weekend, vandals got into Carly Burd’s allotment and spread salt on the crops. As readers may know, the crops are part of a voluntary food distribution scheme that Carly has undertaken over the last year. What started in her garden has now bloomed…

A MAN has died after being found injured on a street in Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Pollards Hatch, Harlow shortly after 11.20pm on 10 April. “Emergency services attended and found a…