ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision which involved a blue Ford Fiesta and an eight-year-old boy in Paringdon Road, Harlow, yesterday, Friday, December 22. It happened just before 5.45pm and the boy is currently in hospital with injuries which are not considered…

SPURS stars officially open the new Paediatric Emergency Department at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust while spreading Christmas cheer on the children’s ward. As part of their annual Christmas visit this year, four of Tottenham Hotspur’s players delighted unwell children at The Princess Alexandra…

HERE is a list of church services across Harlow. If you can add, then please contact us at [email protected] Our Lady of Fatima, First Avenue Christmas Eve: 6pm Christmas Day: 11am Christmas Day: 1.30pm: Polish Mass =============== St Thomas’ Church, Hamstel Road Christmas Eve: 10.30am…

THE RSPCA has welcomed plans announced by the Government today (Friday 22 December) to crack down on dog breeders in England who put profits ahead of the health and welfare of the animals – as the charity revealed 2017 was its busiest year yet tackling…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon launches report calling for foster children to be placed with siblings, better foster child advocacy, and improved conditions for foster carers Children in foster care must be given better information about their placements, placed with their siblings where possible and have…

Greater Anglia to run full Christmas timetable during planned RMT strike on 27 December GREATER Anglia will be running a full service on all four forthcoming RMT strike days. Richard Dean, Greater Anglia Trains Service Delivery Director, said: “We are very disappointed that the RMT…

Sir, WITH Christmas Day fast approaching I would like to take a moment to thank all those people who are working over the festive period to keep us safe. I was speaking to a colleague at work the other day who said his wife, a…

ESSEX Police are looking to talk to Derek Lawless, 37, for absconding during a trial into a robbery. Lawless, from Harlow, was standing trial this week for robbery at Chelmsford Crown Court and then absconded on Wednesday, December 20. A warrant has been issued for…

HARLOW Foodbank is set to be shut for twelve days over Christmas. The last day for opening is Christmas Eve. Maybury Open Door – operates up until Friday 22nd December and then closes until Tuesday 2nd January 2018 when it opens at St Paul’s Church…

TOYS R Us has staved off collapse after creditors backed a rescue plan for the UK retailer reports the BBC. It follows last-minute negotiations with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to secure a £9.8m injection into the company’s pension fund. However, the rescue plan entails…

Last Greater Anglia train services on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve Greater Anglia will run revised timetables over the festive period. Passengers should check before they travel to find out about last train times on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and details of…

FOSTER carers have recently become eligible for 30 hours of free childcare a week. Following pressure from campaign groups and MP’s, Education Minister Robert Goodwill reversed a policy that would have excluded 3000 young children in care from the free education scheme. ‘I am delighted…

OUTSTANDING leadership and management at Longowwod Primary has been noted by education inspectors, Ofsted. The government inspectors came to the school in November. The report was published on December 15th. The report states: This is a good and rapidly improving school. Since the multi-academy trust…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon welcomed the Government’s £450 million increase for police funding. Police funding in Essex could increase by £8.8 million in 2018/19 as a result of these changes. The counter terrorism policing budget will also rise by 7 per cent, with a £50…