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…

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…

ESSEX Police are sending a very simple message to dealers who are intent on bringing drugs into the county as new figures reveal the impact their specialist teams are having on drug supply across Essex. Fresh statistics show, between January 1 and June 30, Op…

ESSEX County Council has welcomed the Strengthening Home Education report published by the Education Committee (26 July 2021) and has committed to establishing a cross-party group to look at how to address the findings and recommendations. The report highlighted a number of key findings including:…

ON Friday afternoon, we visited Prezzo on North Street in Bishop Stortford to try out their summer menu. It was a bright warm summers day and we had the good fortune to be met by pleasant and friendly staff at the restaurant. The review has…

A HARLOW resident has been charged with breaching the conditions of a community protection notice. Janis Kukars, aged 33, of Great Brays, Harlow was charged with the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On July 29th, 2021, at Harlow, being an individual to whom a community…

OFFICERS have arrested a man on suspicion of committing arson after a fire at a car wash in Thornwood. Officers in the area noticed the smoke at Applegreen Service Station at around 1.50am this morning, Monday 9 August, and notified colleagues in Essex County Fire…

By Local Democracy Reporter FAMILIES in Essex owe councils more than £11 million in care home bills – to be paid back by selling their loved ones’ properties. The number of Deferred Payment Agreements, or DPAs, that are outstanding have nearly tripled in Essex. A…

Photo courtesy of The Enfield Dispatch By Local Democracy Reporter Simon Allin HOMELESS people placed in a temporary housing block by Enfield Council have been hit by repeated flooding, leaving them in “unliveable” conditions. A resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said he and dozens…

HARLOW’S MP, Robert Halfon, has championed apprenticeships and skills since he was first elected in 2010. He was the first MP ever to employ an apprentice in his Parliamentary office, and has subsequently employed five more. He has campaigned tirelessly to “rocket-boost” apprenticeship opportunities, which…

UP to 14 million people could be on NHS waiting lists in England by next autumn, new analysis suggests reports the BBC. Currently, some five million are waiting for routine operations and procedures – many of whom are in pain. But the Institute for Fiscal…