MORRISONS is giving customers the opportunity to support children and their families who may struggle with the cost of going back to school by creating stationery Pick Up Packs in store which can be bought and donated in time for the new school year. Pre-packed…

UK experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17-year-olds should be offered a Covid vaccine, the BBC has been told. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation stopped short of making the move last month, saying it was still assessing the benefits and risks.…

HARLOW Council has issued an enforcement notice after developers working on a controversial development near houses in Katherines breached regulations. Harlow Council has also detailed the planning groupie the application has gone through over the last four years. This comes as residents have bitterly complained…

RESIDENTS in the Katherines area have slammed Harlow Council for granting planning permission for huge warehouses that now loom over their homes and are making their lives a misery. In 2017, general planning permission was granted for warehouse developments in the former GSK site on…

THE UK is facing the collapse of the supply chain in the next two to three weeks, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett (pictured) warned this week reports MotorTransport . Co.Uk. Speaking to the BBC, Burnett said that despite meeting with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last…

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…

A NEW trial date has been set for a Harlow gym owner accused of breaching Coronavirus restrictions. Michelle Meade-Wyatt, aged 46, of Faraway House, High Hills, Liverpool has been charged with the following. On November 5th, 2020 at Harlow being the owner of premises at…

THE council recognises that residents are disappointed that the Town Park paddling pool remains closed. Repair work is continuing on site and the revised target opening date for the pool is the 13th of August. This is not where the council wanted to be and all…

A COUNTY lines gang that trafficked a vulnerable London schoolboy to Wales where he was exploited as a drugs runner have been jailed for a total of more than 40 years. Five men were sentenced over two days on Thursday, 29 July and Friday, 30…

TWO people arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a baby in Harlow have answered bail. Essex Police has confirmed that they have been re-bailed until August 27th while they continue with their enquiries. Essex Police are investigating the circumstances behind the death…

THE leader of Harlow Labour has slammed the Conservatives over their handling of the bin collections since they came to power in May. Councillor Chris Vince said: “It doesn’t seem that long ago that the Conservatives were criticising the then Labour Council Administration for the…

A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman. George Bloxham, aged 28, of Brummel Place, Walford Close, Old Harlow made the plea to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On July 26th, 2021 assaulted a woman by beating her. Bloxham was made subject…

A CHURCH Langley man has been jailed for driving whilst disqualified. Anthony Hurlock, aged 31, of Malkins Drive, Harlow pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On February 16th, 2021 at Birmingham drove a Volvo motor vehicle on a road, Saxon Way, Chelmsley…

THE Government has launched a new National Disability Strategy backed by £1.6 billion of investment and over 100 commitments to deliver a fairer society and new opportunities for disabled people following enormous public consultation.  The new plan includes: Investing £300 million to create places, improve…