Harlow

The hardest secondary schools to get into in Essex

Almost half of those choosing Essex’s most oversubscribed non-selective secondary school as a first preference failed to get a place, figures have revealed. As many as 45.8 per cent of first-choice applicants for the De La Salle School in Basildon were…

Greggs ‘pod-like structure’ approved at Essex petrol station

Planning permission has been granted for a branch of bakery Greggs to be housed in a “pod-like structure” at an Essex petrol station. Despite an objection from North Weald Bassett Parish Council, which raised concerns that the takeaway would contribute…

Essex residents with these surnames could inherit unclaimed …

Many people across Essex are unaware they could be heirs of a massive fortune as the assets of hundreds of people who have died in England and Wales are still unclaimed. The Irish Mirror reports[1] 771 Irish-born people who have died in England or Wale…

Driver jailed for serious collision on M11 near Harlow

A LORRY driver who denied he was too tired to drive, has been jailed for 28 months for causing a motorway collision in which a man sustained multiple life changing injuries.
Shortly before 10pm on Wednesday 13 February 2019, Roads Policing officers wer…

Essex driver jailed for 28 months after M11 car accident | Echo

Shortly before 10pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, Roads Policing officers were called to a three-vehicle collision that occurred between junctions 8 and 7 on the M11, southbound, near Harlow.
At the time of the collision, there were matrix warning s…

Essex town closer to Stansted Airport than London wanted an …

Two airports, a port, hundreds of miles of roads and a vast train network which covers all corners of East Anglia. It’s fair to say that Essex has a pretty comprehensive transport system.
With London Underground stations in Brentwood, Epping, Shenfield…

People urged to call 999 if they see missing Essex woman

Police want anyone who has seen a Harlow woman to immediately call them on 999 due to concerns for her welfare. Claire Conyard, 46, was reported missing on Saturday (July 1) morning.
Ms Conyard has not been seen since she was at an address in Harlow at…