Samaritans receives boost from Greater Anglia passengers through Delay Repay scheme GREATER Anglia is thanking passengers for their generosity after they donated over £8,000 to Samaritans in 2018 through the train operator’s ‘Delay Repay’ compensation scheme. The train operator’s online claim form now includes an…

THE TROUBLED educational charity Science Alive has announced its closure. The trustees for the interactive hub issued a statement on Wednesday morning. Its closure marks a difficult last few years for the organisation that was based in the Harlow Leisurezone. It appears that one of…

LAST week we reported that work had begun on improvements to Netteswell Pond. It all sounded quite complicated so we went down to speak to the portfolio holder for the environment, Cllr Danny Purton and Harlow Council’s environment officer, Patrick Bailey.

A PLANNING bid for over 350 homes on the site of a car park near to Harlow Town railway station is set to go before Harlow Council’s planning committee on Wednesday night. The meeting is at 7.30pm at the Civic Offices in The Water Gardens.…

ON Monday 14th January Passmores Academy took part in the County Secondary Boccia Competition at Basildon Sporting Village. Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name “boccia” is derived from the Latin word for “boss” –…

Princess Alexandra Hospital opens new specialist ward Princess Alexandra Hospital has officially opened a newly built ward, which has created more bed space to meet the growing needs of patients in Harlow Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow took an innovative approach to space creation: it…

1700 hrs Appeal by Essex Police Essex Police is continuing to appeal for information following a fatal collision on the M11 in Stansted between junction 8 and junction 6 today, Wednesday, January 16. A 63-year-old man from Dunmow died after a dark coloured small vehicle…

PRIME Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on…

UCU members at 16 English colleges including Harlow College will be taking strike action at the end of January in their fight for fair pay. Staff will walk out for two days starting on Tuesday 29 January. The strikes are part of a second wave…

1600 hrs Statement from British Transport Police: ‘Officers were called to Harlow station at 04.15am this morning (15/01) following reports of a break in. ‘Colleagues from Essex Police also attended and a 24-year-old man and a 31-year old man were arrested on suspicion of burglary.…

THE mother of a man accused of stabbing his partner 173 times had warned police to check on them hours before, a court has heard reports the BBC. Jake Neate, 37, is accused of the “frenzied attack” on Suzanne Brown, at their Essex home on…

HARLOW Masonic Centre in Potter Street will be holding an Open Evening on January 31st. Everything you ever wanted to know about Freemasonry will be revealed on the night and if you interested in becoming a member then come along and talk to us. All…

ESSEX Police are no longer looking for Daniel Pierce who we wanted to speak to in connection with allegations of stalking. Daniel Pierce, 30, of New North Road, Ilford has been charged with harassment. He has been bailed until February 13 to appear at Chelmsford…

A MAN has been jailed for six years for attempting to rape a vulnerable woman. Ebbs Artez, 25, came across the victim when he saw her alone outside a bar in Post Office Walk, Harlow, in the early hours of May 19. He led her…