AN off-duty Special Constable has been praised after his quick actions following a shoplifting incident in Harlow. Special Constable Dan Schuster was off-duty and doing some shopping in B&Q in Howard Way just before 10:00am on Monday, 30 October, when he spotted staff outside the…

PEAR Tree Mead took 15 school council reps and their head boy, head girl and deputies to the Harlow Foodbank to deliver their harvest donations. The students had a tour and saw how their donations would be sorted, date checked, stored and boxed for families…

ST Marks West Essex Catholic School is holding an Open Evening for its sixth form. The event will take place between 7pm and 9pm. The Headteacher, Elaine Heaphy, will be speaking in the main hall at 7.45pm. The address is Tripton Road, Harlow, CM18 6AA.

TWO have been charged in connection with a fatal collision in Waltham Abbey in July 2016. A grey Volkswagen Golf and a white Mercedes collided in Crooked Mile at around 3.45am on July 7, 2016. A man in his 30s from London was taken to…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon MP hailed the Balfour Declaration centenary and said the State of Israel should be celebrated by “anyone who believes in freedom and democracy”, in a radio interview this week. Speaking on BBC 4’s The Week in Westminster opposite Labour MP Stephen…

BLACK History Month was celebrated in Harlow at the weekend (Oct 29th). The chair of Harlow Council, cllr Sue Livings opened the event, welcoming every one for attending. The event also marked ten years of Harlow’s Black History Month. The event is designed to bring…

ESSEX Police are trying to trace witnesses who went to the aid of a teenage boy who was taken ill after being given what is believed to be a psychoactive substance. Police received reports the 17-year-old was with two other teenage boys in East Walk,…

HELISTRAT has announced the renewal of its contract with discount retailer Poundland, in a contract worth in excess of £1m per annum. The new deal will see Helistrat further increase recycling rates and leverage the commercial and environmental benefits of effective secondary resource management. Commenting…

STUDENTS’ achievements were spotlighted when the Passmores community came together for its annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday. The audience, which was packed with parents, staff, governors, councillors and friends of the school, turned out in recognition of the commitment and enthusiasm of our staff and…

A growing regional education trust has formed a series of school hubs. The Burnt Mill Academy Trust will have 11 schools under its guidance within the next few months. The Trust, including primaries, secondaries, a free school, sixth forms and a teaching school, is expanding…

LAST week, during half-term, ROOTS POD Academy launched their first community project in Harlow. They supported young African Caribbean teens in Essex, aged 14-18 on how to start and run their own business and improve their self development and communication skills. During the week they…

ESSEX Police have an update on the search for two girls missing from Tendring. Kelsey Phipps was found in Ilford yesterday, Sunday October 30. They are still looking for Kelsie Charles. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact Clacton police station on…

FIRE Crews were called to a fire in a commercial building in River Way in Harlow. On arrival firefighters reported that the fire was in a store room which was 100% alight. Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire by 12.30am. Two males suffered smoke inhalation…