THE government is to impose a UK-wide pre-9pm ban on TV adverts for food high in sugar, salt and fat reports the BBC. Products affected include chocolate, burgers, soft drinks, cakes, sweets, ice cream, biscuits, sweetened juices, crisps, chips and pizzas. There will also be…

HARLOW Leisurezone is open until 7.30pm for Pfizer vaccinations today (Thursday 24 June) and tomorrow (Friday 25 June). Bookings are open to everyone aged over 18. Please book your appointment https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/

THE Range is excited to announce that it will be opening a branch of Iceland within its Harlow store on Friday 30th July. It opens on the same day as an Iceland in the Loughborough store, which will take the total number of Iceland branches…

LINE OF Duty star, Vicky McClure was part of a film crew in Harlow shooting dramatic funeral scenes for her new ITV drama Trigger Point.  The actress, 38, who has reunited with Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio for the series, recorded the scenes outside St Paul’s…

SIX men have been convicted for their parts in a ‘county lines’ modern slavery operation that saw a north London schoolboy trafficked for use as a drugs runner. County lines cases involve phone numbers known as lines which are used by drugs users in a…

A COLT who was found collapsed, with necrotic wounds to the bone for which his owner had failed to seek vet treatment, had to be put down to prevent him suffering further reports Horse and Hound. Carl Knowles, 29, of Halbutt Street, Dagenham, appeared at…

By Local Democracy Reporter: Piers Meyler AN ambitious ‘whole system approach’ to support the wellbeing of residents – which taps into volunteer groups – has been branded a way to cut costs for Essex health commitments, a council meeting has heard. Essex County Council (ECC)…

A HOMEOWNER in Essex has praised Essex County Council’s (ECC) Green Home Grants Local Authority Delivery scheme, after unsafe loft insulation was quickly identified in her home and replaced within two weeks. The Council is inviting all local homeowners with a low income and low…

THE government has been accused of “kicking the can down the road” over its appalling rape conviction record reports The Mirror Dame Vera Baird QC, the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, described a long awaited government Rape Review published last week as “underwhelming”. Rape…

THE LEADER of the Harlow Labour Group has praised the head of Passmores Academy for his response to an education report headed by Harlow MP Robert Halfon. Councillor Chris Vince said: : “Once again Harlow’s MP has shown he has no understanding of how schools…

POLICE officers swooped on a street in Harlow after reports of a person with a firearm. Armed police were seen on Broadfields (off Maddox Road) whilst the police helicopter circled overhead. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to reports someone had been seen…

COLLEAGUES at Manchester Airports Group (MAG) – the UK’s largest airport group – will mimic a pre-pandemic day of flying on social media, as part of a nationwide protest at the government’s handling of international travel. Staff at all three MAG airports – Manchester, London…

QUICK action from the new Conservative leadership of Harlow has seen a reduction in rogue estate agent boards, following a crackdown. Days after the introduction of a new, tougher policy on estate agents advertising illegally on road signs and public land, several prominent signs that…

THIS morning, we published a report by Harlow MP Robert Halfon’s education committee called: “The forgotten: how white working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it” This afternoon, we went to Passmores Academy on Tracyes Road, Harlow to speak to the chief…