Hoping to quit smoking during Stoptober? Help is at hand at The Princess Alexandra Hospital A SURVEY of residents in Harlow found that people who have smoking or alcohol dependency appreciate the support their local hospital can provide. During October, there is additional help with…

A HARLOW Labour activist has been removed from the shortlist to be the party’s parliamentary candidate in Epping Forest after the Jewish Chronicle (JC) alleged he defended a notorious antisemitic image showing the image of a parasite on the Statue of Liberty with a Star…

BMAT Sixth Forms have launched a unique curriculum package to cater for whatever path young people want to take after school. Whether students are looking to study A-levels, vocational courses or wanting to specialise in STEM subjects, the combined sixth forms of BMAT STEM Academy,…

BURNT MILL Academy Trust has been told to justify high levels of executive pay in their organisation reports schools week Eileen Milner, the head of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, has written to the trust because their accounts show they paid someone more than…

Government’s special educational needs reforms failing young people and parents, say MPs A GENERATION of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is failing to receive the support it deserves, with poorly implemented legislation leaving families facing a nightmare of bureaucracy, buck-passing…

FIREFIGHTERS are currently at the scene of a one vehicle road traffic collision on the M11, Northbound between Junction 7 (Harlow) – 8 (Stansted). On arrival, crews reported that a vehicle was on its side in the embankment and firefighters are currently working to free…

A FAMILY of four has been left homeless after a kitchen fire in their home in Risdens near Staple Tye. Firefighters were called to a fire in a two storey maisonette at 1300 hrs on Tuesday afternoon. On arrival, crews reported that there was a…

THE DIRECTOR of Education at The Ongar Academy, Allan Osborne has great ambitions for the school. Just five miles from Harlow, the state of the art school has a real feel of a school for the twenty-first century. Plus with a new sixth form set…

Upwards With Downs are learning their sounds! SOUNDS Right Phonics Classes for Kids are excited to be bringing their sessions to the families who attend the Upwards With Downs group at the Treehouse Children’s Centre in Parnall Road, Harlow. The preschool sessions run by Isobel…

HAVE you seen 38-year-old Martin Pink whom police want to speak to in connection with a breach of post-sentence supervision. He is described as white, slim, around 5ft 8ins tall with short dark hair. He has links to Chelmsford, Harlow, Brentwood and Romford and also…

Greater Anglia offers free travel for Poppy Day collectors GREATER Anglia will join the rest of the rail industry in offering free train travel to Poppy Day collectors again this year. Free travel will be available to authorised collectors travelling to London for 31st October…

A NEW facility to train and find jobs for hundreds of people in the construction industry was today opened at the Harlow site where Public Health England (PHE) is creating its new £450 million public health science campus. The Construction Skills Centre is a partnership…

CHIEF Constable Ben-Julian Harrington commended eight individuals including an officer who secured significant sentences for gang members and a PCSO who challenged a knife suspect. On Friday 18, October, proud family members and special guests gathered at a ceremony at our headquarters in Chelmsford to…

A HARLOW man is set to stand trial on charges of assault and harassment including an allegation that he sent a silver bullet through the post. Francis Monk, aged 67, of Fold Croft, Harlow faces the following charges. On 29/09/2018 at Harlow assaulted another, thereby…