WEST Essex and East Herts charity, St Clare Hospice, is set to host a series of heartfelt ‘Light up a Life’ memorial services this December; giving families the opportunity to celebrate the lives of their loved ones this winter. The festive season can be a…

RESIDENTS and businesses are being given the opportunity to train in Retrofit via fully funded courses, thanks to Essex County Council (ECC). Retrofitting is the process of adding new technology or features to homes in order to make them more energy efficient. This can play…

A KIND-hearted young Harlow boy is undertaking a charity head shave for his young friend Stanley who has a brain tumour. Stanley is fighting a rare aggressive brain tumour. It was around September last year, when Stanley Batten started to have the odd headache, occasionally…

A PLANNING application for a foot golf course in the town park has been submitted to Harlow Council. The course would be situated where the old nine-hole pitch and putt course is situated. The course has remained unused for over twenty years but remains a…

Swann Engineering Group Ltd’s Structural & Architectural Division has successfully delivered a bespoke metalwork package to a brand-new residential development in Harlow. This latest metalwork package is comprised of over £500k worth of bespoke structural steelwork, with each element designed and fabricated at our dedicated manufacturing headquarters…

THIS week, Harlow’s MP, Robert Halfon, presented a new 10-Minute Rule Bill on Consumer Telephone Service Standards in the Chamber. This Bill aims to end the increasingly long waiting times that consumers face everyday when trying to get through to utility and service providers. Hundreds…

ON Thursday 6th October, as part of our National Poetry Day celebrations, author Ray Star came to speak to pupils and run workshops around this year’s theme of the environment. Speaking to Years 10 and 11 in assembly, Ray shared her story of becoming a…

THESE were the words of veteran Labour councillor Jean Clark just before planning permission was granted for over 800 homes in the town centre. It was councillor Clark’s response to the news that there would be no affordable homes in the development. It now looks…

ESSEX Firefighters were called to reports of smoke issuing from farm building in Harlow this afternoon (Thursday 27 October). When fire crews first arrived on Hastingwood Road, at the scene they reported that an outbuilding and adjoining stables were completely alight.Firefighters managed to extinguish the…

A REPRESENTATIVE of a number of organisations run by the Ghadami family has threatened Harlow Council with legal action over the proposed plans for over 800 homes in the town centre. Davood Ghadami was given three minutes (see film below) to voice his objections at…

UBER has extended Local Cab in Essex, enabling passengers to book trips with two additional local taxi operators via the Uber app. Anyone opening the Uber app in Basildon or Harlow will be presented with the Local Cab option, which connects them with Value Cars…

GREATER Anglia is warning passengers of disruption caused by rail strikes next month – and advising that rail union RMT has changed one of the dates. RMT strikes will severely impact Greater Anglia’s services on Saturday 5, Monday 7 and Wednesday 9 November – but…

THE company behind plans to build close to 800 homes in Harlow Town Centre have reacted with joy at being granted planning permission. Overall, the Harlow Quarter scheme, by Strawberry Star, will create 741 new apartments, along with flexible ground floor retail space to attract…

HARLOW Council has approved plans for the £46m major redevelopment of buildings and land in Harlow town centre. Plans submitted by the Strawberry Star Group which were approved last night (26 October 2022) by the Development Management Committee will see the redevelopment of derelict land…