A MAN from Newhall has been charged with violent disorder. Asheley Jarrett, aged 23, of Perry Lane, Newhall has been charged with the following. On December 10th, 2025, at Waltham Abbey, used or threatened unlawful violence when present together with others being three or more…

TEAM Tanya was established following the news that local community champion Tanya Harwood Turner was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia in January 2025.  Tanya was born in Harlow and is known to many local people. Her family and friends are very important to her, and…

LAST WEEKEND, the Barrington’s Charity Jingle Bell sleigh ride wound its way around Harlow. Santa and his elves started out at the Green Man in Old Harlow and made the long journey through the streets, all the way to Newhall. The whole event was held…

AN NHS surgeon who was shot dead in South Africa in front of his family while on a once-in-a-lifetime trip was unlawfully killed, a coroner has concluded reports the BBC. Credit: Teoh Family Kar Hao Teoh, 40, was driving with his mother, wife and one-year-old…

GREATER Anglia helped spread festive cheer at Stansted Airport station last week by hosting a Christmas carols performance from pupils at Bentfield Primary School. Around 30 pupils delighted passengers and staff with a selection of well-known Christmas carols, filling the station with seasonal music as…

ESSEX County Council has allocated funding as part of preparations for winter conditions on the roads. £300,000 will be invested in repairing damage caused by the winter weather on the roads across Essex. Roads are more likely to become damaged over winter due to rain,…

FIRE Service staff from across Essex have raised £4,263 for two local charities, SAVS and NEST, helping to make Christmas brighter for children, families and vulnerable people in local communities. The funds were raised in just two months after staff rallied together to hold charity…

PUTTING on Alice in Wonderland is incredibly ambitious. Putting on Alice in Wonderland as a first time director (Jess Ricketts) is even more so. The annual Victoria Hall Christmas show is a great showcase for the wealth of young acting talent that we have in…

Update: Sunday: Those found inside the lorry and arrested have/will be transferred to the UK Border Force while the lorry driver has been released under investigation. ==== THE emergency services swooped on a lorry in Harlow on Friday night. A large number of police, ambulance…

ESSEX Police are investigating an incident in Harlow town centre where a teenager was assaulted. A spokesperson said: “We received a call shortly before 3.45pm on Friday 19 December reporting a 19 year-old man had been found injured and taken to hospital. “Officers have established…

ULA Samms, aged 8, from Ongar, has turned her love of beekeeping into a sweet success, raising over £2,000 for St Clare Hospice in just three years. By selling jars of honey produced from her family’s own bee hives and donating the profits to St…

RAIL passengers are reminded to check before they travel this Christmas and New Year, so they are aware of earlier last train times on Christmas Eve, and timetable changes due to bank holidays and engineering works. London Liverpool Street station will be closed for eight days while…

PLAYERS from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club surprise young people on children’s ward at local hospital Young people on the children’s ward  (Dolphin Ward) at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) in Harlow got a very big surprise yesterday (18 December) when James Maddison, Archie Gray and…

“ESSEX is facing a drug driving epidemic and it can have fatal consequences – if you do it, expect to be arrested” That’s the message from our Chief Constable ahead of what we’re expecting to be a busy weekend before Christmas. So far this year…