The Harvey Centre and its Tenants Win Big at the Harlow Town Centre Awards THE Harvey Centre enjoyed a spectacular night at this year’s Harlow Town Centre Awards, after being crowned Best Environmentally Friendly Business in Harlow. The awards are particularly special because they are…

LABOUR members unanimously passed a motion tabled by the Labour Campaign for Free Movement at the party’s conference in Brighton on Wednesday morning, voting to reject immigration controls and proposing to give migrants the right to vote in the UK. Commenting, Harlow MP, Rob Halfon…

STEWARDS Academy is absolutely delighted to have received re-validation of the nationally prestigious Inclusion Quality Mark that the school has held for many years. The experienced assessor spent an intensive two days at Stewards, meeting with a total of sixty members of staff, Governors and…

A NUMBER of parking improvement schemes are planned by Harlow Council to provide extra car parking spaces in residential estates. Seven schemes aim to provide 74 new unallocated parking bays in some areas where parking is a real problem for residents. They are part of…

A DRIVER from Harlow who caused a fatal collision on the M11 and then drove off has been jailed for four and-a-half years. A car and a motorbike collided on the southbound stretch of the motorway between Harlow and Stansted at around 5am on 16…

STAFF from Pemberley Academy and Tany’s Dell this week completed the grueling Tough Mudder race as part of the schools drive to explore a better work-life balance for their staff. The race, which took place in South London is an exasperating combination of a 10…

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted, on Sunday 22 September. They received reports that between 7.00pm and 7.30pm a man in his 20s was approached from behind by three men outside near Lower Meadow on Paringdon Road. The three men…

Rob Halfon calls for seizure of Thomas Cook bosses’ assets following Harlow job losses ON WEDNESDAY, Rob Halfon, MP for Harlow, called on the Government to seize the assets of the Thomas Cook directors following the company’s collapse, in an urgent statement in the House…

GRAHAM Ellis Associates are celebrating forty years as one of the regions top chartered surveyors. They are marking the event with a charity lunch in Hatfield Heath on Thursday afternoon. The lunch will be in aid of St Clare Hospice. Over the past thirty eight…

1900 hrs Highways Agency Please plan ahead of your journey and allow extra time. There is approx. 4 miles of congestion northbound and 3.5 miles southbound on approach to the #M11 closure points. Diversion details here:

A HARLOW charity worker who swindled disabled Londoners out of more than £500,000 by funnelling their money into his own bank account has been jailed for five years. Graham Broomfield, 54, handled direct payments for Chingford-based charity Reaching Out East, which helped disabled and socially…

By BBC Shared Data Unit A “quiet green tax” is deterring gardeners from recycling their waste, it has been claimed. Analysis shows some UK councils charge up to £100 a year for a kerbside collection, despite one in four councils providing a free service. Critics…

THE Senior Safe and Social Group in Harlow, which fosters friendships amongst the town’s over 50s, has helped launch United in Kind, the social movement which aims to tackle social isolation and loneliness by spreading kindness. The group meets at The Playhouse theatre every Monday…

MORE than 200 knives were handed in and more than 30 people were arrested during a week of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. A range of activities took place last week including knife arches, test purchasing, education events in schools and even…