AWARD-winning HipHopPop are trying to help schools deliver a diversified and engaging PE education in the face of COVID-19 limitations in a Covid-secure way. They understand the importance, more now than ever before, of making sure that the young people of Harlow take part activities…

Vital rail services protected through new deal with Arriva CrossCountry Government signs new contract with Arriva to ensure train services continue across the UK’s most extensive rail network, from Aberdeen to Penzance. New contract takes CrossCountry in line with ERMA agreements, and brings stability to…

A HARLOW athlete has pulled off a remarkable feat by towing a twelve tonne truck. Hannah Cox is a member of running group, ParkRunandBeyond. If you wondered what the “Beyond” stood for, then let Hannah put it in her own words. Hannah said: “Here is…

 A MESSAGE from Harlow Stroke Support At Harlow Stroke Support we are running face to face support groups,which are adhering to all of the Covid-19 rules at the GPCA, which is a Covid-19 secure space. The feedback we are getting is fabulous and heart warming, massive improvements…

A DRIVER caught speeding at 141mph has been given a driving ban and ordered to pay £605. Joshua Freedman, 30, was caught on camera driving the Mercedes at more than double the national speed limit on the M11 in Harlow on 16 April. Freedman, of…

ESSEX Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has more than doubled its recruitment of newly qualified nurses. Over the next two months EPUT will welcome 107 newly qualified nurses, who will provide crucial support to wards and services across the trust. Nelson Dauramanzi, one of the newly…

A MAN from Harlow has been recognised for his voluntary work in the Queen’s Birthday honours. Bharat Thakrar, 30, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM). From age 13 to 18, Bharat was elected to serve on the Harlow Youth Council. Bharat has always…

ANOTHER two deaths have occurred at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. They occurred on October 6th and 8th. That brings the total to 205. There were two deaths on September 23rd and September 28th respectively after a long period (thankfully) of no deaths. Before those…

Sir, A fundamental change is needed in the University system. COVID isn’t the cause but it has exposed existing faults in thinking. Currently uni is extremely expensive not least because of accommodation fees. We need to separate the social finishing school/ marriage and networking functions…

ESSEX Police are investigating a serious assault on a man in Harlow this morning, Sunday 18 October. The ambulance service called them shortly after 9.05am reporting a 31-year-old man from London had been assaulted at an address in Long Banks. He was taken to hospital…

A WOMAN has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in a case that involved ‘’sophistication and planning’’ against two separate councils. In September 2018 Charlotte Gunn of Croyland Road, Enfield made an application to Broxbourne Council for financial assistance for a rental deposit through…

THE most and least deprived areas in Essex have been revealed. The Indices of Multiple Deprivation statistics are released by the government every four years. They rank constituencies from most deprived (No 1) to least deprived (No 533). They use a variety of factors to…

A DRIVER has sadly died following a collision in Bumbles Green, Nazeing. Emergency services were called shortly before 11.10pm on Saturday 17 October. A blue Ford Focus Zetec had collided with the wall of a house and the driver, a man aged in his 20s,…

OFFICERS from Harlow Police have been out patrolling in different areas of the community doing checks on different shops and areas to make sure we are all following the new government rules around face masks and rule of 6. We will be continuing these patrols…