SINCE lockdown began, the Garden of India restaurant in Bush Fair has not only kept open as a take away for customers but has also made a real commitment to care workers as well. This underlined why Mo and his team have such a great…

GREATER Anglia has signed up to the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard scheme so that passengers with hidden disabilities can get the help they need when travelling. The train operator last year launched its own ‘Offer Me a Seat’ badges so that people with hidden disabilities…

Harlow Labour calls on the government to backdate bursaries for student nurses in the wake of “appalling” comments by the Health Minister HARLOW Labour is calling on the Conservative government to backdate the £5,000 student bursary to student nurses who have played a key role…

PLANS for a large drug rehabilitation centre in the grounds of the old Passmores House are set to go before the planning committee at Harlow Council. The proposal is for the conversion and extension of the existing house to form an 18-bed ancillary rehabilitation centre…

SWISSPORT is set to cut more than half of its UK workforce as air companies struggle with the effects of the coronavirus crisis. The firm said it was consulting on cutting up to 4,556 jobs. Chief executive Jason Holt said the company had to reduce…

A PLAN which aims to build 10,000 new homes at Harlow North has been submitted. The Hunsdon, Eastwick and Gilston Neighbourhood Plan Group (HEG NPG) has delivered a 200-page document to East Herts Council. The plan was formally submitted on June 18, alongside a consultation…

AS an essential retailer, the majority of Poundland stores remained open for business during lockdown, but around 100 were hibernated in March where there was another close by or where the shopping centre found it difficult to open. Since May, stores have been steadily reopening…

AN air ambulance landed on Latton Common on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a boy had suffered serious burns. An East of England Air Ambulance spokesperson said: “We were called to Rundells at around 3pm yesterday following reports that a patient had suffered burns. “We…

PLANS for thirty-three new flats at the back of the Market Square in Harlow are set to go before the planning committee at Harlow Council. The application is for: Demolition of existing garages and A1 unit, erection of an eight storey residential block of 33…

TRAFFIC jams continue to dog the smooth running of the recycling centre in Harlow. Since resuming, the tip, off River Way in Harlow, has had to run under strict social distancing rules. But residents appear to only find out if it is open or closed…

FOLLOWING a £1bn package of catch-up support for children announced by the Education Secretary on Friday, Robert Halfon MP, the Leader of Harlow Conservatives and the four Harlow Councillors on Essex Council, are calling on Essex County Council to launch “summer camps” for children in…

A MURDER investigation has been launched after a man has died having been found seriously injured on Epping Road in Epping, shortly before 8pm this evening, Tuesday 23 June. Officers and paramedics responded to the report and a man, who we believe was aged in…

Distancing guidelines From 4 July the 2m distancing guidance will change in England. The prime minister said that where it is not possible to stay 2m apart, people should keep a distance of “one metre plus” – this means staying one metre apart, while observing…

MP ROBERT Halfon has gone in to bat for the return of cricket in Harlow and surrounding villages. There are a number of teams that play in the town including Harlow CC, Harlow Town CC as well as teams in the villages including Matching, Sheering…