A HARLOW resident has made an appeal after two specialist bikes were stolen. They were taken at after 3.30am on Sunday March 7th from a shed in the Northbrooks area of Harlow. One is a specialised 9 Downhill Bike, the other is a Kenevo E…

ON Thursday 11th March, Kate Harding, Artistic Director of Harlow Sculpture Town will be discussing public sculpture in the town and on campus at ‘Rediscovering Our Sculpture’, an Art UK symposium via Zoom. This virtual conference celebrates the end of the fantastic Art UK Sculpture project…

ESSEX Highways is working hard to repair potholes following a winter which has been particularly tough on county roads.  A combination of prolonged wet spells with heavy rain and flooding, followed by frosts, snow and extreme cold down to minus 10C, has caused more potholes…

ESSEX Police are looking into a fraud that has happened at Barclays Bank within The Water Gardens. Sergeant Matthew Hughes of Harlow Town Centre Team said:“Water Gardens Security became aware of a series of incidents involving fraudulent use of ATM’s in the Water Gardens. After…

THE COMPANY that has undertaken work in the new Junction 7a of the M11 are keeping residents informed on how work is progressing. Follow the link below for all their reports. Here is what they have written re Gilden Way =================== FOUR-way lights remain in…

NORTH Weald Parish Council has been dealing with more than 40 emails from local residents regarding issues surrounding the HMRC Inland Border Facility on North Weald airfield since the site opened on January 1.Parish clerk Sue deLuca told Monday’s meeting that she had been dealing…

THE CHAIRMAN of Strawberry Star, the company behind a major part of the regeneration of Harlow Town Centre has responded to this week’s budget. Chairman of Strawberry Star (strawberrystar.com), Santhosh Gowda, said: On economic confidence:“The pandemic has affected our health, our confidence and our wallets.…

ALFIE Baker, a lifelong Harlow resident, has launched Wild Bones, a culture and lifestyle brand that uses creativity to tell human stories. Releasing weekly content surrounding current and tough topics, as well as trying to lift the taboo on talking about mental health, to try…

AS part of National Careers Week, over 150 students from BMAT STEM Academy in Harlow took part in a virtual work experience placement with teams at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT). The BMAT STEM Academy is a state-of-the art and unique centre that…

THIS is our daily Covid report for Harlow. This includes the figures for Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH). The table of 315 local authorities in England and the breakdown of cases for eleven areas of Harlow. Finally, we also have the weekly number of people vaccinated…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to ask questions on mask wearing in schools. Mr Halfon asked: “To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the scientific basis is for his Department’s guidance on the policy that…

HARLOW residents over the age of 55 are starting to be contacted and invited for their Covid-19 vaccines. Letters have been dropping onto doormats giving residents instructions on what to do next. Surgeries such as Church Langley Medical Practice have been putting out messages on…

ESSEX Police are appealing for information after a woman in her 80s had her bag stolen in Harlow and was left with a dislocated shoulder. A man grabbed the bag from the woman’s shoulder as she walked in Park Hill near the underpass at around…

NAISHA Polaine has been named as the new Director for Harlow & Gilston Garden Town.She joins from the Department of International Trade, where she served as a senior advisor, and replaces Claire Hamilton who was appointed CEO at Dacorum Borough Council last year. Speaking about…