ESSEX Police have welcomed a further 58 new officers into the force taking the total number who have passed out since the first lockdown in March 2020 to 451 – that equates to just under one new officer per day. As the country endured the…

A HARLOW College student has won the prestigious Royal Opera House Design Challenge – a first for the College! Taylor Cable, 19 from Stansted, a recent graduate from the Level 3 Art & Design course, saw his stunning costume design win first prize in the…

A ROAD in Harlow was shut for a short time after a road traffic collision. An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “An ambulance and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance attended a road traffic collision on Fourth Avenue in Harlow just after 1.30pm…

NEW changes to the Highway Code will give pedestrians greater priority over cars at junctions and crossings, the transport secretary has announced. Under the current code, motorists only have to give way when pedestrians step onto a crossing. The new code will also ensure cyclists…

PETS’ Corner, one of the Town Park’s most popular attractions, has been operating a booking system during the pandemic. The council has decide to reinstate walk-in visits, as most restrictions have been lifted under stage four of the government’s COVID-19 roadmap, with immediate effect. Until…

HARLOW-based Shadowfax are delighted that their MSP has ranked among the best global MSP’s on the 2021 channel futures NextGen 101 rankings list. A managed service provider (MSP) is a company that manages a customer’s IT infrastructure and/or end-user systems, typically on a proactive basis…

THIS week, Essex and Thurrock Libraries officially join The Library Consortium (TLC), a network of 18 library authorities across London and the South East. Joining the consortium means that Essex and Thurrock Library members will now be able to access an additional six million items…

A SENIOR Harlow councillor has expressed his concern over disturbances on Market Street in Old Harlow. Councillor Alastair Gunn, Portfolio Holder for Environment, said: “Harlow Council is concerned that further incidents of antisocial behaviour took place over the weekend in the Market Street area. Community Safety…

A FAMILY feud resulted in an ill-fated armed heist at a Bristol home. An elderly man, women and children were terrified when two balaclava-clad men, brandishing at least one revolver, burst into their home in December last year reports The Bristol Post. But instead of…

IT was a so-so week for the number of vaccinations issued in Harlow. There were 1,245 issued. Last week there was 2,682 and the week before that there was just 866. Most weeks, the number of vaccines issued has been anywhere between 3 and 4,000.…

AN APPEAL has been made after two bikes were stolen outside a Co-Op in Harlow. The bikes were stolen outside the Co-Op in Manor Hatch, Tumbler Road at around 8.40pm on Wednesday evening (July 28th). The bikes are a blue BMX and a purple mountain…

HARLOW Council has welcomed new residents to the regenerated housing and retail building in Prentice Place in Potter Street. The £3m project has transformed the neighbourhood shopping centre, with a complete refurbishment inside and out of 15 homes, all of which are council housing, new…

WEST Essex and East Herts charity, St Clare Hospice, is inviting members of the local community to attend their third annual Walking in Memory event, which will take place at the Hospice in Hastingwood on Sunday 19thSeptember 2021 at 11am.   “Walking in Memory is a…