MAJOR upgrades have been carried out on the Anglia region’s rail network to help improve services for passengers and freight services. Over the Christmas and New Year period, Network Rail engineers carried out the following work as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan: Installed new…

Missing person update: Ben Jacobs who was missing from Harlow has been found. ========== CAN you help Essex Police find Ben Jacobs who’s gone missing in Harlow? The 26 year-old was reported missing shortly before 12.20pm today (Saturday 4 January) and is described as white,…

Get quacking with less than a month to go 5.4 million taxpayers have less than a month to complete their Self Assessment tax returns before the 31 January deadline. MORE than 11 million 2018/19 tax returns are due back with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

HARLOW Council is hosting the town’s Holocaust Memorial Day service on Sunday 26 January 2020 at 5pm in the Civic Centre. The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2020, which is marked across the UK, is standing together. Residents are invited to the service which will…

ESSEX Police is appealing for anyone who saw or has dash cam footage of a collision on the M11 between Harlow and Epping. A black Range Rover and a silver Ford Galaxy were in collision on the London-bound carriageway between junctions seven and six at…

Do you know where Connor Nye is? ESSEX Police want to speak to the 24-year-old, who is from Braintree, in connection with a stabbing in the town this morning, Friday 3 January. Officers responded shortly after 12.50am following reports that a man in his 20s…

A HOUSEBUILDER which hit the headlines over the conditions of its new housing in Harlow is hopeful that a large part of its development will be scaffolding free in 2020. Last year, Harlow MP took Persimmon homes to task over the quality of the new…

A MAN has been fined for being drunk and disorderly in the front counter of Harlow police station. Sergei Romanov, aged 49, of No Fixed Abode, pleaded guilty to the following. On 14/12/2019 at Harlow in a public place, namely the front office of Harlow…

PFCC helps to promote domestic abuse awareness training THE Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex is investing in training to help the community to spot the signs of domestic abuse taking place around them. Free training is being offered across the county to ensure…

RESIDENTS and groups are invited to plant a tree for Harlow at a second community tree planting day to be held in Sumners Park on Sunday 19 January 2020. The event will take place from 10am to 3pm. Residents and groups will join local councillors…

HARLOW Council tenants, don’t forget the winter forum’s next Wednesday (8 January). If you’ve got housing-related issues you want to discuss face to face with THEM, please do come along. You can also find out more about joining our Housing Standards Panels. https://www.harlow.gov.uk/housing-and-garages/tenant-and-leaseholder-engagement/tenants-forum Council tenants,…

ESSEX Police are reminding companies in Essex to ensure staff are careful while checking their emails following a ransomware attack. They received a report from a company in Hatfield Peverel on Saturday 11 December that they had been targeted in an attack, which restricted the…

A and E departments across Harlow, Essex and Herts are hugely busy and this puts pressure on the whole hospital. If it’s not an emergency “HelpUsHelpYou” by calling NHS111, speaking to your GP, pharmacist, or visit nhs.uk

OVER the Christmas period, there was three high profile road traffic collisions. On December 17th, a B and Q lorry careered into the side of a house off Elizabeth Way in Harlow. On December 30th, a car landed on its roof on Fourth Avenue outside…