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ESSEX County Council has welcomed a new Government campaign, the ‘National Year of Reading’, following the success of its own Essex Year of Reading. The National Year of Reading was recently launched at 10 Downing Street. It aims to inspire the nation to rediscover the…
A POLICE crackdown on drivers detected a large number of offences and ended up with one man being arrested. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “This morning, our Roads Policing Team, supported by officers from Harlow and Epping Forest, launched an operation to tackle road safety…
IT’S time to get over that rainbow and make the smallest of dreams come true with A Tribute to the Carpenters. Featuring Gordy Marshall’s, The British Carpenters, starring the fantastic Sally Creedon as Karen Carpenter and with an incredible cast made up of musicians straight from London’s West…
TENDRING District Councillor and businessman Peter Harris has been announced as Reform UK’s candidate to be the first Mayor of Greater Essex. Cllr Harris is a multi-award winning businessman having started off as an apprentice vehicle technician and building his career in the automotive and…
Update: Good news! Aaron Lopez, who was missing in Harlow, has now been found. ====== HAVE you seen Aaron? Police need to find 23-year-old Aaron Lopez as soon as possible to make sure he’s okay. He was last seen in the Hamstel Road area of…
HARLOW Fields set to hold Christmas Fair. Full details below.
LONDON Stansted’s popular Meet the Buyers event made a successful return to the Radisson Blu Hotel on Thursday, November 27. Now in its 24th year, the sold-out event continues to connect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with major buyers in the airport’s supply chain, helping…
HAVE you seen Grazino? Essex Police need to find 58-year-old Grazino Milano as soon as possible to make sure he’s okay. He was last seen in the area of Hamstel Road at about 7am today (Monday 1 December) but hasn’t been seen since. Grazino is…
ON Monday morning, local policing team officers were called to a report of an RTC on Southern Way, Harlow between a car and lorry. Whilst on scene it was discovered that the car was actually SORN and the driver had no insurance. Vehicle was seized…
NEW Ofsted figures show children in England who need a fostering family are at risk of not accessing one, as the number of foster carers has declined for the fourth year running. This has led to a major loss of 7,545 fostering households since 2021. Whilst Ofsted’s 2025…
AS part of the ongoing work to tackle the threat of drug trafficking and knife crime in the county, Police Officers from Harlow Neighbourhood Policing Team visited Harlow College to raise awareness as part of The Safer Harlow Partnership scheme. They were joined by the…
SERP supports THINK! drug driving campaign as Essex sees highest number of drug-driving related collisions in 2024. This campaign targets young men, as DfT statistics show that around 90% of drivers impaired by drugs in collisions are male and 4 in every 10 are aged…
JOY is coming this Christmas at St Mary’s in Old Harlow. Full details below.
PUBLIC services in the county have been showing they are “for every kind” by working in close partnership with the RSPCA to improve their animal welfare standards throughout the year – and now those who have excelled have been recognised and celebrated as community heroes…
A SERVING Essex Police officer is due in court tomorrow to face a charge of common assault. Lee Mullen, 52, from Elmstead, was arrested on 29 September following reports a woman was pushed to the floor following an argument in School Road earlier that day.…
A PLANNING application for a children’s home in Harlow is set to go before the council’s planning committee after neighbours raised objections. It is a property in Upper Stonyfield. The application states: This application seeks full planning permission for the change of use from single…
