This is a pay what you can online performance, please add a donation if you can upon checkout.  RHIANNON Faith Company presents the international premiere of Drowntown in partnership with the Barbican Centre, London 2021. Six strangers, weighed down by individual darkness, come to coastal land. Seemingly abandoned,…

A HARLOW teenager is set to stand trial over an alleged malicious wounding. Kelsie Charles-Giles, aged 19, of Templefields House, Harlow has been charged with the following. On December 9th, 2020, at Basildon unlawfully and maliciously wounded a male.Contrary to section 20 of the Offences…

A PETITION against the building of a large road right through the heart of a Harlow beauty spot has now gained over 4,000 signatures. As part of the plans for over 23,000 homes around Harlow, including many as part of the Harlow and Gilston Garden…

Dear Editor, IT can be a frightening reality when we share an intimate image in confidence only for it to spread amongst strangers across the web. This situation is understandably mortifying for anyone who goes through it, but for our young people this is an…

ON Tuesday 16th February, the documentary ‘Framing Britney Spears’ was aired in the UK. The documentary has sparked much debate about why Britney Spears’ father has control over her finances and there is currently a #FreeBritney movement started by members of the public who are…

By Local Democracy Reporter: Piers Meyler EASE of driving has been cited as one of the main barriers to get people walking, according to the findings of a new consultation. A number of issues were raised by the public ahead of the adoption of Essex…

Insurance giant issues warning for E-scooter users Analysis of Admiral data reveals a rise in E-scooter claims this yearE-scooter trials currently in place in more than 30 locations across EnglandAdmiral predicts accidents involving E-scooters and cars will increase this year Adam Gavin, Deputy Head of…

TWO men who were caught driving dangerously on the M11 during the first national lockdown have been convicted at court. Police Constable Gill Brettell, from the Chigwell Roads Policing Unit, was patrolling the M11 near Harlow on Friday 22 May last year. At around 8.55pm,…

LEADERS Romans Group has acquired another lettings agency – the fourth lettings-led acquisition this year reports lettingagenttoday This time it is Guardian Residential Lettings that has been snapped up; the firm is based in Harlow, just 15 miles from EuroLet in Bishop’s Stortford, which LRG…

DOMESTIC Abuse cases rise by 38% if England lose a major football tournament but still rise by 27% if they win.  Lucy Whittaker, Founding Director and Lead Trainer of Alpha Vesta explores this complex phenomenon. On Friday 11th June, Euro 2021 begins and for many…

A MAN has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after robbing a stranger of his belongings in a Nazeing park. At around 6pm on 9 April 2019, the victim, a man in his 20s, was stopped on his e-scooter at the entry to Clayton…

CHILDREN at Fawbert & Barnard’s Primary School won the inaugural Harlow & Gilston Garden Town’s (HGGT) trophy for the Sustrans Big Pedal. The competition encourages more children, parents and staff to walk, cycle, scoot and wheel to school. The school were the best performing school in Essex…

RESIDENTS will be asked what a new east-west public transport link, being planned by a council, should look like. Hertfordshire County Council has announced plans for a Hertfordshire-Essex Rapid Transit (HERT) system from Hemel Hempstead to Stansted Airport. But it said the type of transport it would…

A NEW survey to gain insight into public safety is launching on Monday 28 June.The online survey, which aims to explore how residents in the county feel about public safety, also asks about attitudes towards women in society. The survey, which has been developed by…