Long Service Awards 2020 Well done to Nicole Tyler, Funeral Arranger at their Harlow funeral home. Nicole has now been with them for five years and has also just passed her First Aid at Work Certificate. She is pictured here with colleague Liz Chapman. Congratulations…

A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to a number of offences including sexual assault and possession of an offensive weapon. Mark Sheppard, aged 59, of Netteswell Orchard, Harlow pled guilty to the following at Chelmsford Crown Court. On August 19th, 2020 in Harlow intentionally touched…

HARLOW estate agents, Reyland Johnson have made a generous donation to Harlow Foodbank. Ben Johnson said: “As Harlow people and a Harlow based estate agency we like to try and give something back to our community on a regular basis. “This December we wanted to…

THE children at Pear Tree Mead Academy have been getting in the Christmas spirit by decorating their class Christmas tree. The theme this year was books. Each class had to decide on a class book to then decorate their tree around that theme. Mrs Beckett,…

THIS video is all the gifts donated by wonderful people in our community. Mike Varney Physiotherapy and Paringdon Sports Club work together every year to do this, and with Paringdon being closed because of lockdown, it’s been harder this year. Both organisations are so pleased…

THE MANAGER of Changing Lives FC, a football team of refugees has alleged that his team are victims of systemic racism on the football pitches of Harlow. David Simmons made the comments on a sports podcast called sportsspielonline.com. You can listen to the interview below.…

A HARLOW man has been fined for assaulting a police officer and damaging a police cell. Charlie Hatcher, aged 23, of Little Brays, Harlow pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On 08/04/2019 at Harlow in the county of Essex without lawful excuse,damaged…

THE proportion of patients being treated for Covid-19 who caught the virus in hospital has risen sharply amid reports of A&E overcrowding and shortcomings in testing reports The Times. Nearly one in five Covid patients treated in English hospitals in November are believed to have…

HUNDREDS of families will receive much-needed food hampers from their child’s school to help them to navigate the Christmas break. Essential food and Christmas goodies are being distributed to 895 Free School Meal families across BMAT’s Essex schools. Thanks to £11,905 from the Essex Half-term…

AMONG the figures we have been publishing is the breakdown of Covid-19 infections in different parts of the town. The areas you see are divided into geographic areas of approximately 7,500 each. The two areas of concern are Mark Hall and Templefields as well as…

THE infection rate in Harlow has increased again. On Saturday, we reported on the first decrease for quite a while. A fall of 2.1%. However, on Sunday, the figure rose by 6%. Today (Monday) the figure has risen by 3.1% On December 2nd, there were…

Update: Yaser Alsaghir has been found. ESSEX Police are looking for 16 year-old Yaser Alsaghir who’s gone missing in Harlow. He was reported missing from The Hides area on Saturday evening (5 December) and they have had a possible sighting in the Brockles Mead/Paringdon Road…

A HARLOW man has been fined for breaching a community protection notice in Harlow Town Centre. Jack Knight, aged 22, of Crown Gate, Harlow pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On 27/11/2020 at Harlow being an individual to whom a community protection…

HTS (Property and Environment Ltd ), are very proud of their apprenticeships scheme. It has been a great way of young people from Harlow to progress their careers as well as their education. As we know, a three year degree may cost over £30,000 plus.…