EPPING FOREST District Council is expected to vote on adopting a planning blueprint for over 11,000 homes this autumn, cabinet members have said reports the Local Democracy Reporter. A final six-week public consultation over Epping Forest District Council’s local plan is set to happen in…

OVER the last few days, Veolia bin crews have been out again working hard in the soaring heat to empty as many bins as possible. However, due to the rising temperatures earlier today, not all collections delayed so far this week have been completed. The…

LATE-summer strikes by 115,000 Royal Mail workers have moved a step closer after an overwhelming vote in favour of walkouts, threatening massive disruption to postal deliveries across the country reports Sky News. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said 97.6% of members who voted backed strikes…

A HARLOW man has been charged with stealing a Range Rover worth over £20,000. Danny Wallace, aged 32, of Cloverfield, Harlow has been charged with the following. On January 20th, 2022 at Harlow stole a motor vehicle, namely Range Rover Evoque, to the value of…

FIREFIGHTERS are working incredibly hard at incidents across Essex, on the hottest day recorded in the county. Control teams are continuing to receive an extremely high number of calls as record-high temperatures continue. Between 10am and midday, Contol officers received 110 calls. Area Manager Neil…

BECAUSE of the hot weather, many of us are using much more water. This means you may notice lower pressure or no water when demand is higher in your area. A spokesperson for Anglia Water said: “We want to let you know that we’re on…

HARLOW dance school of 20 years, Hip Hop Pop, whom are based at the Harlow Playhouse we’re delighted when they were approached by chair James Griggs, of the Harlow Playhouse Trust (charity reg no: 1082649 , offering the opportunity for 14 Hip Hop Pop members to…

LAST week, homeless charity, Streets2Homes opened their doors at their Bromley Cottages base to say thank you to staff, stakeholders and clients for their work over the last few years. We took the opportunity to speak to chief executive, Kerry Eastman about the challenges in…

YOUNG people stopped to think about whether the language they use could be deemed unkind or inappropriate. Students in Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, worked with the Hope Not Hate advocacy group. Workshops focused on language and the…

THIS will be our first visit to the football fields which are graced by Changing Lives FC. Changing Lives are a refugee-filled team based in Harlow. We went to the Northbrooks Playing Fields to speak to Egyptian-born Fehti Ahmed. He was brought up into city…

DRINKING too much alcohol then driving home after a day out this summer could have far-reaching consequences for everyone concerned: that’s the message from Essex Police ahead of the summer holidays. Last week we launched our #SummerRoadSafetyEssex campaign to highlight and tackle the issues on…

WITH the possibility that the temperatures could reach cosine to 40 degrees, some schools have decided not to open today. Kingsmoor Academy on Ployters Road in Harlow is one of them. A school spokesperson said: “In light of the red weather warning and extremely hot…

HARLOW Council hopes to open the town’s paddling pools at Bush Fair, Norman Booth, Sumners and Town Park later this week. The council is sorry that it has not been able to fill them up from Monday 18 July as planned. This is because of…

VEOILA bin crews have been working hard today in the heat to empty as many bins as possible. Due to the rising temperatures, not all collections could be completed. The council would like to thank the bin crews for their work today. There is a…