JOBS up for grabs at recruitment fair organised by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employment opportunities with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust will be up for grabs at a recruitment fair in Harlow next week. Permanent and temporary vacancies for Allied Health Professionals…

TWO drug dealers caught with £1,000 of heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed for a collective total of more than eight years. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how officers from the West Operation Raptor team were patrolling in Harlow on October 14 this year when…

A HARLOW man has been arrested as part of an undercover operation in London. The police arrested another man over a loaded gun at Hither Green station in Lewisham. Undercover police seized the gun while searching a 24-year-old man suspected of attempting to avoid a…

Former “crisis school” crowned happiest in the UK LONGWOOD Primary Academy and Nursery in Harlow has won the Happiest Primary School category in the National Happiness Awards. Four years ago, the school was in special measures with high exclusions. It is now ranked as good,…

A MAN has been summonsed to appear at court to answer a number of assault charges. Francis George, 56, of Carters Mead in Harlow, will attend Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on 18 December to answer two charges of assault by beating and one of possession of…

ESSEX and Herts Air Ambulance delighted that they have received planning permission from Epping Forest District Council for new premises at North Weald which will secure the future of the North Weald operation of the Charity. Construction of the building will begin next year and…

By Local Democracy Reporter TEN years after the death of Jade Goody from cervical cancer thousands of women are missing smear tests. New NHS figures show that of the 383,900 women who should have had the screening done as of 2018/19 – a quarter of…

THE Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has vowed to scrap hospital car parking charges for millions of patients, visitors and NHS staff. This announcement comes after a tireless campaign led by Robert Halfon, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Harlow. The Conservative manifesto pledge, would mean that the…

A UNIQUE business focused school is sending teenagers out to the world of work once again as part of their studies. Year 11 students at BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow, undertook a week of work experience earlier this year to get a taste of the…

A MOTORBIKE rider who caused the death of an elderly as he crossed the road in Harlow has been jailed for two and-a-half years and banned for four years. Daynolin Reddy struck 82-year-old Dennis Piper on Cambridge Road at around 4.30pm on 3 October 2017.…

HARLOW Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate, Laura McAlpine has echoed criticism of Boris Johnson’s pledge of 50,000 nurses which has been labelled “deceitful” by the Royal College of Nursing. The prime minister made the announcement as he unveiled the Conservative election manifesto on Sunday. The party…

WHEN Lexi-Mae’s beloved great-grandad Derek passed away she wanted her favourite toy Super Bunny to go with him with to heaven so he wouldn’t be alone. The six-year-old wanted to get a second Super Bunny so they could talk to each other, but the bunny…

THE Harvey Centre is excited to welcome Santa back to the centre for his 23rd year. The same Santa has been greeting children of Harlow for almost a quarter of a century at his grotto in the popular town centre shopping centre. This means that…

A LOUD and energetic performance from a rapper got children excited about poetry. Hip hop artist, poet and award-winning author Karl Nova made pupils at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Harlow, look at poetry in a fresh new way during a visit to the school.…