TuckIN project success for Princess Alexandra Hospital KITCHEN staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) are celebrating after receiving nutrition qualifications as part of the TuckIN project. Harlow Council’s Environmental Health Team have been working with other councils across Essex on the TuckIN initiative to…

ST Clare Hospice is celebrating the fifth birthday of its Hospice at Home service which was launched in January 2014. The team of registered nurses and nursing assistants provide free, short-term, compassionate care for people with life-limiting illnesses in the comfort of their own home,…

HARLOW Council has announced plans for the restoration of one of the town’s tranquil beauty spots and fishing facilities. The much-loved and iconic Netteswell Pond, off Second Avenue, is to be restored this year with funding from Harlow Council and Essex County Council. The project…

ROBERT Halfon wishes a Happy New Year to everyone in Harlow and the Villages. “I hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas break and are looking forward to the year ahead. “2018 was a brilliant year for Harlow. In December, the Government made a…

THE East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has relaunched its Don’t Choose to Abuse campaign, highlighting the abuse ambulance staff receive ­­– and the consequences for perpetrators. During 2017-18 there were more than 1,000 incidents reported by ambulance staff, including 252 incidents of…

THE Chair of Harlow Council, Councillor Maggie Hulcoop, this year has requested that a talent show is performed to showcase the incredible talent of Harlow. Maggie and her team, in conjunction with the Playhouse Director have screened many audition tapes and are pleased to announce…

Do you recognise these men? Essex Police would like to talk to them about a burglary where a blue and gold macaw went missing in Harlow on Saturday, December 22. The bird, named Baloo, went missing from an address in Harberts Road between 7.30am and…

Harlow commuters pay highest fares in Europe HARLOW commuters face an unwelcome price hike on their return to work today (on 2 January 2019) as their annual season tickets rise in price by another £104. Essex Labour MEP Alex Mayer has slammed the 36 per…

ESSEX Police would like to talk to Ashley Boyce, 24, from Loughton, for failing to answer bail in connection with a possession of a knife. Boyce is 5ft 8ins, has a scar on his top left arm and has links to Harlow, Canning Town, the…

ESSEX Police are appealing for information following two incidents at a nightclub in Epping in the early hours of this morning, January 1. Officers initially attended following reports that a teenager had been in a verbal exchange with a group of men on the dance…

ESSEX Police are looking for Daniel Pierce who we want to speak to in connection with allegations of stalking. The 30-year-old has links to the Pitsea, Ilford and Harlow areas. Anyone who seems him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call police at…

ESSEX Police has defended their decision not to attend an incident where a car hit another car with two small children in the back, injured the driver and then drove away. On Sunday evening (December 23rd), Harlow resident, Teresa Moss was driving out of Epping…

ESSEX Police would like to speak to them in connection with a theft in Harlow. The victim, a woman aged in her 70s, was approached by men asking for directions at the Tesco in Edinburgh Way at around 11.40am on December 8. Upon returning home…

By Michael Casey I try to keep opinion/personal pieces to a minimum. Infact, out of 3,197 stories published in 2018, I have only written four or five “editorial” pieces. Local news is very important to me otherwise I wouldn’t have published over 46,000 stories on…