MORE than £1.5million of additional funding has been secured from the Home Office to help tackle serious violent crime within Essex. The extra funding will be used to increase our activities to help tackle street violence and knife crime. The announcement by Nick Hurd MP,…

A DAY dedicated to exercise saw schoolchildren complete a million skips. The primary schools within BMAT in Harlow and Stansted – Cooks Spinney, Freshwaters, Little Parndon, Roydon and Magna Carta – took part in National Skipping Day. A group of 15 Skipping Champions from Burnt…

Letter to Editor – HAP don’t really say what’s happening… Dear Editor, IT’S great if you are standing as an independent councillor at elections, as you can pretty much say and promise anything you like with little scrutiny of your actions or even having to…

Robert Halfon MP lobbies Government Treasury for fairer fuel prices TODAY (Wednesday), Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, will meet with the Exchequer Secretary at HM Treasury, Robert Jenrick MP, alongside campaign organisation, Fair Fuel UK, and fellow MPs, to discuss fair fuel prices for motorists.…

A HARLOW Pre-School has been high praised after an inspection by the education watchdog, Ofsted. Sunflower Maunds is run by the Great Parndon Community Association. It is based on Paringdon Road in Harlow. The inspection took place on March 27th, 2019. The report states: The…

HARLOW UKIP has refused to condemn one of their candidates over a number of inflammatory comments he has made on social media. Abbotsweld resident Ted Hockham is standing for the seat of Netteswell. Mr Hockham appears to be an example of the new breed of…

LABOUR Councillor Lanie Shears, Portfolio Holder for Governance, Equalities and Diversity on Harlow Council and Women’s Officer for Harlow CLP today denounced sexual assault comments made by UKIP’s MEP candidate, Carl Benjamin towards Labour MP, Jess Phillips in the strongest possible terms. Following his comments,…

By Cllr Chris Vince: SINCE 2017 HTS group has taken over the services previously contracted to Kier. Having a company whose only shareholders are the council means that all profits go straight back to the council and can be re-invested in our town. Since its…

HARLOW Playhouse and Livewire Presents ‘The Live Lounge’…an open mic night for everyone and its FREE! Acoustic, stand up, spoken word, poetry, piano.. anything goes! Come and showcase your talents in the Café Bar or if you just want to come along and listen, enjoy…

Survey shows 90% of adults in the East of England want social networks to face criminal sanctions if they fail to keep children safe NINE out of 10 people living in the East of England agree that tech companies and their directors should face criminal…

Dear Editor, As the third candidate in this Great Parndon ward, I feel that I must respond to the two interviews and the article entitled ‘Ward by Ward: Great Parndon”. Firstly HAP do not blame the Conservative government for the situation residents in “The Parks”…

ESSEX LIBRARIES DAY OF ACTION ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS SATURDAY FROM Holland-on-Sea to Harlow protests will be taking place this Saturday 27th April against plans to close up to sixty per cent of Essex libraries. In both Colchester and Manningtree a Young People’s March for…

ESSEX Police are releasing images of distinctive jewellery that was stolen during a burglary in the hope that someone may have information on what has happened to them. A home in Upper Mealines, Harlow, was burgled between 2.45pm and 3.45pm on Thursday 4 April. A…

A HARLOW man has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs. Leigh Purcell, aged 20, of Fesants Croft, Harlow has been charged with the following. On 11/10/2018 at Harlow drove a motor vehicle, namely Hyundai Classic on a road, namely Howard Way, when…