THE Violence and Vulnerability Unit (VVU) are delighted to announce that the new Violence & Vulnerability Community Safety (VVCS) Grant 2021-2023 is now open for applications.As a partnership, the strategic goal of the V&V Partnership is to reduce serious violence, the harm it causes, and…

EMERGENCY powers to handle post-Brexit queues of lorries heading for France are being made permanent, signalling the government expects further cross-Channel disruption. Operation Brock, a traffic management system designed to cope with queues of up to 13,000 lorries heading for mainland Europe across Kent, was meant…

ESSEX local authorities need to draw on their impressive networking capabilities to improve the county’s poor electric vehicle uptake, which is among the worst in the country, according to new research reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The comments from New AutoMotive, a transport research group…

LEGAL action is being taken against Essex County Council for its failure to prevent scores of children “being put at risk” by placing them in care far away from home reports our Local Democracy Reporter. Although 67 percent of all looked after children are placed…

Statement from Essex Police We were called to reports a man had been struck to head with what has been described as a bottle in the Pennymead area of Harlow at 11.30pm on Tuesday 10 August. The man had sustained an injury to his head.…

RENOWNED as the original and very best Bee Gees tribute show, and THE ONLY Bee Gees tribute show that have actually performed with the original Bee Gees! In 1997 Gary & Darren from Jive Talkin performed LIVE on HEART FM with THE BEE GEES and received…

WITH release from lockdown now passed, we will do the Covid-19 report a few times a week. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. The report covers UK figures; Princess Alexandra Hospital…

By Local Democracy Reporter A NEW tube station might be coming to Harlow as the town’s council confirms it will lobby for an extension of the central line and London Transport Zones. Harlow Council also said it will examine connectivity to Crossrail 2, which runs from…

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is inviting members of the public to join its Annual General Meeting (AGM).  The AGM is an opportunity to reflect on the past year, highlight key milestones, challenges and successes, and look at future plans. A major focus…

DESPITE having to work under incredibly challenging circumstances due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, our students have still recorded some fantastic results this year. A Level students have achieved a 99% pass rate for the fourth year in a row with an…

AFTER another year of uncertainty for pupils, staff, and parents, St Mark’s is celebrating the hard work, resilience and resolve that have led today to continuing success, with A level pupils once again achieving results that have enabled them to go to universities, often the…

A GROWING sixth form is today celebrating a leap in top grades from its biggest ever cohort of students. Teenagers in Epping received their eagerly awaited A-level and BTEC results today from Epping St John’s Church of England School Sixth Form along with their peers…

AN extra £1.5m of funding is being made available to assist community buildings, such as village halls, community centres, and faith buildings, with the costs of being Covid-19 safe. The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to provide challenges to Essex communities. As we emerge from lockdown and…

TODAY (9 August 2021), the Leader of Harlow Council, Councillor Andrew Johnson, and Councillor Alastair Gunn, Portfolio Holder for Environment, met with senior Veolia bosses to express their dissatisfaction and concerns with the current state of the bin collection service in Harlow. The meeting, held…