WITH high temperatures forecast for East Anglia, Greater Anglia and Network Rail have announced joint plans to minimise disruption to rail passengers during hot weather. The UK, and particularly East Anglia, is seeing hotter summers and when the air temperature is 30 degrees, the temperature…

THERE is still time to sign up for the St Clare Hospice charity mud run, Muddy Mayhem, at Brentwood’s renowned Nuclear Races venue on Sunday 7th July 2019. St Clare’s Muddy Mayhem event includes a 5k mud run Nuclear Races in Brentwood, and boasts many…

ANOTHER very busy month for the Community Policing Team which started off with two drugs warrants being executed in Carters Mead and Rushton Grove, drugs were seized and arrests made. Speeding and road safety continues to be an issue and speed checks have been carried…

THE Harvey Centre has launched a fantastic competition, across its social media channels, for Harlow’s fashion conscious fans. The competition, which runs across Facebook and Twitter, is asking fans to share their most fashionable photos, taken through the decades along with the hashtag #WhatHarlowWore for…

ESSEX Police is appealing for information after reports that two men were assaulted outside a service station in Kitson Way, Harlow, in the early hours of this morning, Saturday, 22 June. The men, both aged in their 20s, remain in hospital with serious injuries. It…

ESSEX Police has seized suspected class A drugs and arrested four people after carrying out search warrants at two Harlow homes. It was part of a crackdown called Operation Zeal, which targeted those involved in drug dealing, knife crime and violent offences across Essex. A…

PROVISION for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) at Burnt Mill Academy is “strong”, Ofsted has confirmed. Inspectors visited the Ofsted-rated Outstanding school, in Harlow, to monitor both the SEND provision and behaviour management. A spokesperson for Ofsted said: “This monitoring inspection was…

A BITTER war of words between Labour and Conservative councillors broke out over begging legislation in a proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in the Harlow Town Centre. The proposed PSPO covers matters such as cycling and playing ball games. It has included aggressive begging…

A MAN who stabbed his landlord in the chest as they drove to Harlow town centre has been jailed. Ainars Jozans, 29 of Pyenest Road, Harlow, received 64 months for wounding with intent and 12 months for possession of a knife, to run concurrent, at…

A CONFIDENT young speaker has been asked to MC at an event in front of an audience of 1,000 people. Josh Tedeku, Year 11 student at Burnt Mill Academy in Harlow, won last year’s regional final of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. He then…

A CONSULTATION has been launched into plans to open a new sixth form for Harlow. The views of the public are being sought into plans to expand BMAT STEM Academy to include a post-16 provision. The school, which opened in September 2018 with its first…

Harlow firms urged to apply for a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise – now! ALL businesses in Essex, especially smaller businesses, are now invited to apply for a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the premier awards for UK businesses…

FOURTEEN giant red pots, which have been part of the Town Centre for the last eight years, have been removed today from Market Square. The pots, which have always divided opinion, are not suitable for trees without the need for constant watering and maintenance. They…

CLINICIANS at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) have come up with new ways to help patients avoid bladder infections, including an animation they can view to support their catheter self-care. Bladder infections are among the most common types of infection, with more…