CURRENTLY, 6% of engineers in the United Kingdom are women[1] yet girls achieve better than or equal grades to boys at GCSE in most STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects[2]. Sir Charles Kao UTC, which offers Diploma’s in Engineering from aged 14, celebrated the…

From the Chief Executive of Harlow Council Malcolm Morley “I hereby give notice that the election expense returns and declarations (including any accompanying documents) from all candidates and election agents have now been delivered to me and are available for inspection by prior appointment at…

THE STAFF at Mark Hall Academy have said farewell to the Year 11 students with a hilarious video pastiche of Taylor Swifts “Take It Off.” There may be students who will say “So uncool” but we are sure that in years to come, they will…

THE skies above Burnt Mill Academy are set to become filled with the quirky site of quadcopters. The school, in First Avenue, Harlow, is hosting the grand final of a competition to find the most competent young designers and manufacturers. Year 8 and 9 students…

Stewards was selected by Waterloo 200 to be one of two hundred schools across the country invited to attend the service, in the presence of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Edward and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Stewards was given the…

Report by Holy Cross AFTER months of planning our main event of the year and it’s drizzling! But that wasn’t going to stop us with the School Choir opening the event, the crowds started to flood in. Despite the weather everyone was in good spirit…

FIRE CREWS were called to a fire in a house in Wharley Hook. Crews wore breathing apparatus and used one hose reel to extinguish the fire by 19:12hrs. A high pressured fan was used to clear the property free of smoke.

A HARLOW man is set to attend court over an allegation that he sent an indecent message through an IT application. Wayne Tonbridge (29). Milwards, Harlow is charged with the sending an electronic communication, namely a video sent via ‘Whatsapp’ which conveyed a message which…

POLICE have appealed for information following the discovery of hundreds of cannabis plants growing near Harlow town centre. A total of 723 plants in various stages of growth were seized when officers executed a search warrant at disused offices at Wych Elm House in Hamstel…

ONE of the hidden treasures of Harlow are the Friday lunchtime concerts at St John’s in Old Harlow. Then again, if there are close to sixty people there, then it isn’t that hidden! Enjoy our film of Harlow musician Sara Stowe.

By Hannah Cornish FRESH from the success of the chick-lit novel The Reluctant Celebrity, Laurie Ellingham took some time out to talk to me about relationships, teenage years, Hollywood and of course, books. Where did your passion for writing come from? I started writing from…

MORE than a dozen Essex teachers and support staff have received national recognition after being put forward following the Essex Teaching Awards. Winners from February’s Essex Teaching Awards were put forward by Essex County Council for this year’s Pearson Teaching Awards – an annual national…

A FORMER NHS clinic in Harlow has been exposed as a cannabis farm reports The Sun. The farm was based in the former Essex Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, more familiarly known as Wych Elm House on Harbets Road in Harlow. Just opposite is…

CHILDREN are safer on the roads after completing a cycling course. Year 6 pupils at Roydon Primary School,in Epping Road, Roydon, have completed level one and two of the Bikeability course with Essex County Council Highways. The scheme gets youngsters confident in tackling a course…