LAST Tuesday, there was a huge fire near Lakeside in Thurrock. Why are we telling you about a fire thirty miles away? We are telling you because that is where the Harlow turntable ladder was. Up until July that aerial ladder platform (ALP) was based…

OVER the last few months,, we have asked the ministry of justice a number of questions regarding the bail arrangements in respect of the sixteen-year-old who was found guilty of killing Arek Jozwik in The Stow,, Harlow. It is not a point that we will…

FORMER UKIP leader, Nigel Farage has escalated his grievances with the BBC by hand-delivering a letter to the broadcaster’s director general, demanding an apology for a report which claimed he had “blood on his hands” over the death of a Polish man in Harlow. Speaking…

COMEDIAN Al Murray came to Harlow on Sunday to compere a tribute to the late drumming legend, Bob Armstrong. The event was held at Club Foot, within the grounds of Burnt Mill school. Bob Armstrong was a huge influence to many many drummers and they…

THE LONG long awaited plan for the regeneration of Prentice Place in Potter Street is set to become a reality. An announcement was made by the portfolio holder for regeneration, cllr Tony Durcan. Political observers will know that this has, for a number of reasons…

Local NHS Annual General Meeting on 28 September 2017 WEST Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (WECCG) will hold its annual general meeting (AGM), following its public Board meeting, on Thursday 28 September 2017 in the Conference Room, Harlow Health Resource Centre, Harlow Leisurezone, Harlow The public…

LAST week, Essex Chambers of Commerce held their first Harlow Horizons Networking Event which was very popular with local businesses with over 50 people in attendance. The presentations by Paul Willis, Stansted Airport Transformation Project Director and Christian Brodie, Chairman, South East Local Enterprise Partnership…

Blogspot by Nishall Garala It’s time to Volunteer Many people say, why volunteer when you can get paid, I say otherwise. People choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons. For some, it offers the chance to give something back to the community or make…

Council pledges an extra £1.2million towards supporting young carers in Essex as part of new countywide service THOUSANDS of young carers across Essex will benefit from a new countywide service aimed at ensuring they get the tailored support they need. Essex County Council today approved…

A FORMER Harlow primary school teacher has been jailed for four years for a series of sex assaults on a pupil under the age of 13. Edward Ryan, aged 67. of Venmore Drive, Great Dunmow, assaulted one of his pupils at a Harlow primary school…

A HARLOW motorcyclist who performed wheelies whilst riding on the M6 in Staffordshire has been jailed for eight months. Pawel Zietowski, aged 27, from Harlow, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court today. He had pled guilty to driving a motor vehicle dangerously. Zietowski was sentenced…

HARLOW Conservatives expressed their shock that an extra half a million pounds had to be found on improvements on a block of houses in Tanys Dell, Harlow. Harlow Council undertook a massive heating replacement programme on 590 individual properties in 2016/17. An extra £560,000 had…

A WOMAN will appear in court this morning to face charges of assault and possession of a knife. Charmain Poynter, 31, of Hull Grove, Harlow will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court this morning, Monday September 18. She was arrested following an alleged incident in Hull…

A MAN will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court today, Monday September 18, to face a charge of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. Thomas Hagger, 28, of Meadow Road, Epping will also face a further charge of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention…