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Airport fight goes to Brussels
2:22pm Wednesday 23rd April 2003
THE Stop Stansted Expansion group has taken its fight against airport expansion across the Channel with a delegation travelling to Brussels to meet European civil servants and politicians.
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Harlow radio girl's new job
8:01am Wednesday 23rd April 2003
DISC-jockey Laura Pittson, who started her radio career making the tea at Harlow radio station Ten17, will be learning from the king of the radio when she takes her place beside Tony Blackburn on the Classic Gold Breakfast Show.
| Company's workers back Marines
7:54am Wednesday 23rd April 2003
BRITISH Marines serving in Iraq are to receive special packages filled with treats and goodies thanks to the generosity of staff at Harlow-based defence company Raytheon Systems.
| Disability workshop
2:25pm Wednesday 23rd April 2003
Harlow Shared Care is holding a two-day introductory workshop for people interested in working with children with disabilities on Saturday, May 3, and Saturday, May 10, at the Latton Bush Centre, Southern Way, Harlow. Lunch will be provided. Ring 01279 838225 or 838246.
| Hammers boss Roeder in hospital
12:18am Tuesday 22nd April 2003
WEST HAM manager Glenn Roeder is in hospital after collapsing shortly after his side won a vital victory.
| Police hunt garage raiders
2:23pm Tuesday 22nd April 2003
TWO men fled with a large quantity of cigarettes and some cash after they punched a cashier at the Total service station in Kitson Way, Harlow, in the stomach.
| Air ambulance on small screen
2:45pm Tuesday 22nd April 2003
THE Essex Air Ambulance features in tonight's hour-long BBC documentary A Picture of Health.
| History talk
2:24pm Tuesday 22nd April 2003
A talk entitled Working With Sir Frederick is being given by John Graham to Harlow Civic Society at the Museum of Harlow, Muskham Road, at 7.30pm on Thursday.
| New look refuse vehicles
2:25pm Tuesday 22nd April 2003
A new fleet of refuse and recycling lorries is now operating in Bishop's Stortford. The new vehicles, owned by waste contractor MRS Environmental Services, are equipped with a global positioning system to help cut down on missed deliveries and improve efficiency, while smaller vehicles are being used in rural areas to speed up collections along narrow roads.
| Netball success
2:26pm Tuesday 22nd April 2003
Netballers from Bishop's Stortford High School have won the under-19 district tournament for the third successive year. The girls beat a team from Saffron Walden High School in the final.
| Residents concerned over parking
8:00am Monday 21st April 2003
INCONSIDERATE drivers and the lack of parking spaces were some of the major concerns revealed by residents in Brays Grove, Tye Green and Mark Hall during an in-depth Harlow Council traffic consultation.
| Trader gets two years in jail
7:57am Monday 21st April 2003
A NORTH Weald airfield market trader has been jailed for two years and ordered to pay £5,000 costs for offences relating to selling counterfeit goods and misleading customers.
| Budget is beer-ly bad news
7:54am Monday 21st April 2003
A BEER consumer group has hit out at the penny increase in tax on a pint of lager in last week's budget.
| Grad all over
8:32am Sunday 20th April 2003
GRADUATES Lee Pomeroy and Aaron West, who work at Harlow-based Raytheon Systems, have been presented with awards by the University of Hertfordshire.
| Hospice charity stunt
8:31am Sunday 20th April 2003
ST CLARE HOSPICE is seeking daredevil volunteers to take part in the Rotary Club of Harlow Tye's sponsored abseil down the Church Langley water tower on Sunday, May 4.
| Hammers pair in FA probe
8:29am Sunday 20th April 2003
WEST HAM captain Joe Cole and defender Rufus Brevett have been reported to the Football Association (FA) over incidents during the Hammers' game against Bolton.
| Fancy a wifeswap?
8:27am Sunday 20th April 2003
MARRIED couples from Epping Forest and the surrounding area are being sought to take part in the next series of the television programme Wifeswap.
| Green light fo Army officers
8:07am Saturday 19th April 2003
YOUNG Territorial Army cadets in Harlow looking to rise through the ranks can now sign up for a new officer training programme.
| Nick heads for debate
8:05am Saturday 19th April 2003
BISHOP'S Stortford High School sixth former Nick Devlin, 18, is to represent England in the World Schools Debating Championship in Peru in August.
| New school's good report
8:03am Saturday 19th April 2003
HARLOW'S newest school is celebrating a successful first Ofsted report.
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