BMAT STEM Academy are holding two open evenings for both Year 10 and Year 12 intake for September 2023.  Thursday 13th October and Wednesday 23rd November – both events run 6pm – 8pm with presentations at 6:45pm and 7:30pm We look forward to welcoming prospective students and…

THANKS to a generous donation of £25,000 from The Charles French Charitable Trust, St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood, Harlow, will soon be welcoming patients and family members to their newly equipped outpatient consulting rooms. The rooms will be set up for both face-to-face and virtual…

CONGRATULATIONS to the team of Year 5 and 6 Girls from Freshwaters, who edged out Church Langley A in a very close final with virtually the last kick of the game. A busy morning of Girls football at Mark Hall Academy saw 15 teams booked…

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in a derelict building this afternoon (Saturday 8 October). Fire crews reported that the fire was in the roof space of the two storey building. Firefighters used an aerial ladder platform to put water on the fire from above…

A GOFUNDME page has been set up for two children left orphaned after the death of their father last week. Richard Purvis, of Elsenham, was just 51. His wife Beth, passed away in June last year, five days after her 42nd birthday. An online fundraising appeal…

WE went down to HTS in Mead Park to speak to Renata Greenwood. Renata is from Poland but has also lived in Chicago before coming to the United Kingdom. As you may have noticed, we like to end interviews by asking people, where they consider…

TODAY, Saturday 8 October, marks the start of this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Throughout the next seven days, we’ll be raising awareness of different hate crime offences, how to report them and the organisations you can go to…

ABSENTEEISM from school is storing up problems for young people for “decades to come”, a senior MP has warned reports the BBC. Education Select Committee chair Robert Halfon said more than 100,000 “ghost children” had not returned to school since the coronavirus pandemic began. In…

THIS is a national strike day. Please avoid travelling with Greater Anglia. Their service will be heavily reduced and disrupted. And, most routes will not have trains or bus replacements for them. Trains will run from 7.30am, with all last trains completing their journey by…

PRIME Minister, Liz Truss is said to be considering a shake-up of the childcare subsidy system whereby parents, rather than nurseries, would be given government cash to spend as they see fit reports The Guardian. At present, all three and four-year-olds in England are entitled to 15…

OPENING on Saturday, a new art installation in the Harvey Centre, Harlow To the thousands of people passing through the Harvey Centre daily, two cars on the ground floor may seem to have taken a wrong turn – as if GPS has led them up…

THE number of patients in Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) has taken a sudden increase. The latest data released by the government reveals that there are 69 patients in PAH up to October 3rd. The figure had remained relatively low through the spring and summer but…

THREE people have been arrested following a robbery in the town centre. Essex Police reported that on Thursday they responded to reports of a robbery at McDonalds in Harlow Town Centre. Officers from their Town Centre Team, Community Police Team and CID conducted area searches…

Local Harlow company looking to train veterans with key cyber security skills RAYTHEON UK, a local Harlow technology company, are offering 50 fully funded places for veterans to attend their Cyber Academy workshop. The online workshops focus on training those with no previous experience in…