DRIVERS are being urged by road safety experts to think about the dangers of driving too fast for road conditions in a new THINK! campaign which launches today (Monday 6 March 2023). The new THINK! campaign, “Is pushing it worth it?” is targeted at young…

CITIZENS Advice Essex to provide countywide adviceline for evenings and weekends thanks to funding from Essex County Council. Funding will support network of community-based advice charities to respond to increased demand.  Essex County Council has announced a package of support for the county’s Citizens Advice…

Update: Charlie Wass, 16, who was missing in Harlow has now been found. ========= ESSEX Police are looking for Charlie Wass, 16, who is missing from Harlow. Charlie was reported missing from the Moorfield area shortly before 1 am today (Monday March 6th). He left…

“I WALKED inside, and rather than everyone looking at me like I was some sort of weirdo, they just pulled me in.’ Shortly after Andrea is fired from her job, she finds herself overwhelmed by feelings of frustration and depression. She attempts to combat her…

“OUR commitment to Ashley is to do everything we can to ensure something like this can’t happen again” That’s from a detective leading on the new way Essex Police assesses the risk posed by domestic abusers. Nineteen year-old Ashley Wadsworth was murdered by her boyfriend…

A FLIGHT was diverted to Stansted Airport after communications with the pilot had been lost. The plane, which had been flying from Iceland to Nairobi via Southend was escorted to the airport by RAF jets and landed shortly before 12.50pm today (Saturday 4 March). Two…

FIGURES released to YH reveal the breakdown for school places in Harlow. Passmores Academy had the most first preferences (234) followed by the increasingly popular Sir Frederick Gibberd College (208). The breakdown is as follows Burnt Mill Academy 531 put the school down as a…

EAST Herts Councillors have questioned whether they are being “taken for a ride” over funding for Harlow Town railway station. As part of plans for six new villages featuring 8,500 homes on the Herts and Essex border, East Herts District Council has told a developer…

HARLOW Council has welcomed the historic decision to grant planning permission for 8,500 homes to be built as part of the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town. Earlier this week, the application, submitted by Places for People, was brought before the East Herts Development Management Committee…

COMMUNITY organisation, Rainbow Services had a busy week cleaning up Wych Elm. A spokesperson said: “Rainbow Services had a £500 grant from Harlow Council from their Civic Pride fund.  “Wickes Harlow donated the decking for the planters, and our Young Peoples Project were tasked with…

ON Monday February 20th, Harlow Youth Councillors invited all Harlow adult councillors to take part in an Apprentice TV show style activity at the Latton Bush Centre. The activity evening was delivered in the format of the BBC reality game show ‘The Apprentice’, and consisted…

ESSEX Police are appealing for information about a number of incidents where parked vehicles have been damaged in a part of Harlow. Vehicles have been left with scratch marks on the front and rear driver and passenger doors between February 8th and 20th. If you…

THE Prime Minister has decided to proclaim an additional bank holiday to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. The bank holiday will fall on Monday 8 May, following the Coronation on Saturday 6 May. In line with the bank holiday to mark…

THE total amount Harlow residents will pay in Council Tax from 1 April 2023 has been set and this year’s bill will include a freeze in Harlow Council’s share.  Essex County Council will increase its share by 3.5%, which includes 2% for Adult Social Care,…