WITH Britain less than four months away from its final split with the European Union, U.K. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave himself sweeping powers to build truck parks across large parts of England to avoid chaotic queues at ports. The government will be able to…

A TREASURE trove of photos of athletes from Harlow Athletics Club in the seventies has been unearthed by a former coach. Brian Gleeson was a sprint coach at the club from the seventies until the early nineties. However, he doubled up as a club photographer.…

I’M sure most of the membership was cursing the weather on Saturday morning as a damp and dank days cricket awaited. It was actually a miracle that given the heavy and prolonged overnight rain in the 48 hours approaching game-day that we had any cricket…

COSTA Coffee has said that 1,650 staff are at risk of redundancy as the company looks to cut costs amid continued uncertainty over when trade will fully recover following the coronavirus pandemic. The chain told staff on Thursday that it has started consultations which could…

NEXT Thursday, September 10th, is World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), organised by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and it’s an opportunity for people, across the globe, to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention. In Harlow, Mind in West Essex are leading the…

SIX flats were evacuated in Barn Mead as a precaution this morning after smoke built up in the communal area of a residential premises. After one of the residents noticed the smoke, he immediately dialled 999. Crews made sure on arrival that everyone was safely…

THE SECRET BARRISTER REVEALS  TOP MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE LAW Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are some of the most misreported areas of the law in England and Wales by the UK…

By Chris Vince Councillor for Little Parndon and Hare Street TUCKED away in Harlow Fields College is a very special place: Sam’s Place, where children and young people with disabilities are given opportunities for social interaction and development that they do not get anywhere else…

PLANS for a two storey extension to a house in Great Leylands were unanimously rejected by the Harlow Council planning committee on Wednesday night. Great Leylands The application was for a two-storey side extension extending the line of the house with the roof ridge continuing…

THE cross-party Education Select Committee, chaired by Harlow MP Robert Halfon, questioned Ofqual representatives this morning on the events and decision-making around this year’s exam results for GCSE, A Level students and technical/vocational qualifications. Following the resignation of Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, the Chair…

BARRATT Homes has donated a Facebook Portal to Ashlyn House in Harlow to give residents more options to stay connected with friends and family throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The device, which is one of three Portals that have been donated to care homes across the…

A MAN has been charged with murder following the death of 38-year-old Philip Burr in Harlow, last October. Philip died after he was struck by a car on Potter Street at around midnight on Friday 18 October. Mark Brinkley, 25, of Elizabeth Way, Harlow, has been charged…

THE HARLOW Hotel has closed its leisure club. The hotel based at the end of Southern Way (formerly Park Inn) had closed its gym when Covid-19 struck in March. They have now announced that the gym will not re-open. The message was put out on…

The abolition of Public Health England will damage the fight against obesity, smoking and alcohol misuse, the UK’s doctors and public health experts have told the prime minister reports The Guardian. More than 70 health organisations have written to Boris Johnson outlining their fears about last month’s controversial…