THE NEW leader of Harlow Council (elect) has urged Essex County Council to heed concerns over public safety and turn the street lights back on over the World Cup. Cllr Jon Clempner’s call comes after mounting concerns that with domestic violence levels spiking during football…

A DRIVER has been arrested after a pedestrian was struck down following a road traffic collision near to Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) on Saturday afternoon. Police were called at just after 1.30pm on Saturday to Park Mead in Harlow. A man was transferred to PAH…

DETECTIVES have warned elderly people to be on their guard after a thief posing as a police officer tricked his way into a woman’s home in Harlow. The incident happened at Hare Street Springs, at about 5.15pm on Thursday June 5. The trickster stole a…

POLICE officers in Harlow have issued CCTV images of a heartless thief who stole more than £1000 worth of oil from the St Clare Hospice site in Hastingwood Road last month. Between May 14-15, the man removed the fuel which is used to provide the…

POLICE officers in Harlow have issued an Efit of a man they want to identify, who is believed to be responsible for several indecent exposure incidents in Harlow. A man has exposed himself of three occasions to a 16 year old schoolgirl in the Felmongers…

UPDATE Fern Hardiment, the 12 year old girl missing from Harlow, has now returned home. The public are again thanked for their help. Update Essex Police are again asking for the public’s help in locating one of the three children who remains missing from her…

ON Friday 30 May, The Harvey Centre is all set for some animal antics as it hosts its own spring farm (11am to 4pm). Shoppers of all ages can pet and feed a range of cute and cuddly farmyard animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens,…

A 90-year-old woman is warning people not to become victims of a prize draw scam after she reported one to Essex Trading Standards. The woman, from Colchester, received a letter claiming she had won one of 6,000 cash prizes, ranging from £25 to £20,000. All…

FIVE MEN are in custody and a man in hospital after a car was stolen in Harlow. At 8.30pm on Saturday May 25th, Essex Police received a report that a Grey Audi 6 had been stolen from Riddings Lane near to Commonside Road. Five men…

DETECTVIES are appealing for a person who contacted police regarding the below appeal to call again. The person suggested the name of someone who may have been responsible but did not leave their name or contact details. Detectives need to speak to that person to…

POLICE are appealing for information after a 57-year-old man from Harlow was the victim of an unprovoked assault. The man was walking his dog just after midnight on May 20 on the playing fields near to Northbrooks and Hare Street Springs in Harlow when he…

A HARLOW businessman has been prosecuted by Harlow Council for committing benefit fraud after he claimed housing and Council Tax benefit while running a company and having thousands of pounds in personal bank accounts. Steven Fry (38) of Freshwaters, who pleaded not guilty, was found…

Update version: 0845 hrs Detectives are appealing for information following the attempted abduction of a schoolgirl in Harlow. The 12-year-old had been walking through The Dashes shortly before 3:30pm on Monday, May 19 when a car pulled up alongside the kerb. The male driver got…

A MAN is due to appear in court later today (Tuesday) after he was charged with the attempted murder of a flatmate in Harlow. A man in his 50s was stabbed in a flat on Halling Hill shortly after 4am on Monday, May 19. He…