By Local Democracy Reporter WORK to move a Harlow primary school as part of expansion plans for teaching provision in the town is set to start in the summer. Essex County Council (ECC) is set to approve a new two form entry school on a…

ESSEX Police are appealing for information following a collision in Nazeing which resulted in a man suffering a serious head injury. They received reports at around 3.25pm on Saturday 7 March about a collision in Epping Road involving a blue Vauxhall Astra and a blue…

A DRUG dealer, who was running a so-called county line supplying heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Harlow, has been jailed for more than two years. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how 40-year-old John-Paul Pace was running a drug dealing operation, known as the…

Harlow Ambassadors meet at Harlow Football Club ANOTHER very interesting meeting of around 100 Harlow Ambassadors at Harlow Town Football Club took place on 11 March 2020, with guest speakers Aideen McCambridge from Anglia Ruskin University, Chris White from Wrenbridge and Paul Mumford from Places…

Students work together on sustainable living for all PASSMORES Academy, Purford Green Primary, Potter Street Academy and The Downs Primary have joined forces to form the first PCLC Student Council. The inaugural meeting of the PCLC School Council was held in the esteemed Harlow Council…

A SENIOR Harlow Conservative councillor has criticised Labour-run council’s spending plans for the rest of the year. YH spoke to shadow finance councillor Russell Perrin to discuss this and whether the Conservatives can make any impression in the district elections in May.

HARLOW district Councillor Chris Vince has been selected to represent Labour in this year’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner elections which are scheduled to take place in May. Chris, who was elected as Councillor for Little Parndon and Hare Street Ward in 2018, stood to…

ESSEX Police are urging people to stop and take five in the combat against fraudsters in Essex. UK Finance has confirmed that the Banking Protocol – a scheme launched in 2016 between banks and police forces nationally – has saved £100miliion from the pockets of…

Success at National Parking Awards THIS week, the North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP) is celebrating after winning the Communications Award at the British Parking Awards 2020 for the second year running. The ‘Communications Award’ category recognises imaginative, engaging and informative approaches to communicating with the…

TWO weeks ago, we filmed the Harlow Council meeting where the Labour-run administration detailed how they were going to set new levels of scrutiny regarding Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Harlow. A few days later, a number of landlords and their agents made their…

Walk – and write and create – like an Egyptian. YEAR 3 pupils at Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, indulged into the life of an Egyptian as part of their latest history Wow day. Pupils took part in a range of activities, including Hieroglyphic writing,…

Harlow day centre is improving lives through seated workouts NEW seated workouts, which support and motivate residents with physical exercise are up and running at the Leah Manning Centre. With people aged 65 and older having the highest risk of falling, regular gentle exercises are…

Harlow Conservative Party – You couldn’t make it up! Dear Editor, COUNCILLOR Mark Ingall was right to highlight ‘an act of rank hypocrisy’ in the behaviour of Harlow Conservative Councillors & ECC Councillors in his recent press release on 05/03/2020. At the January Council Meeting…

APPLICATION rates to the EU Settlement Scheme vary widely by local authority, with those made in two areas being equivalent to just a quarter of the residents that need to apply for settled status in order to remain in the UK. More than 2.6 million…