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local news all day every day essex l i ve. n ews/h a r l ow Thursday, January4,2018 Price 50p where sold Meet our little Star n Proud mum and dad inadvertently name their lovely new daughter after this newspaper n Parents call her Harlow Star but admit they hadn’t heard of the town Parents Brendan and Emma, and little Harlow Star FULL STORY: Page 3 ONLINE: Read all the big local news stories first on our website at essex l i ve. n ews/h a r l ow FSelf-RserveyEouraEdvertandgeta Self-serveit Self-serveit INSTANTLY ONLINE online picture! Sold£15 H Sold£70 S H -EO essexlive.news/marketplace essexlive.news/marketplace essexlive.news/marketplace 1-S2 2Star, Thursday, January 4, 2018 HSH-EO1-S2 BRIEFING THE TOP 10 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK in this week’s paper... n Toys R Us safe from closure... for now Page 5 REGULARS Community News................................................. 14-15 Education ............................................................ 16-17 Family Announcements........................................ 18-20 Features ................................................................ 21-32 Property & Living.................................................. 33-48 Sport ........................................................................... 68 PICK UP POINTS nHarvey Centre, Harlow nGuardian, Post Office (management suite) Walk, Harlow nMulberry Green nHaart, 4 West Gate, Estate, Station Road, Harlow Old Harlow nFuture Let, 52 Market nGenesis, 3 High Street, Old Harlow Street, Old Harlow nReyland Johnson, 1 nKings, Unit 4, Church Acorn Mews, Harlow Langley Way, Harlow nHowick & Brooker, 1 nKings, 19 East Gate, High Street, Old Harlow Harlow nBelvoir, 40 High Street, nGeoffrey Matthews, 47 Old Harlow High Street, Old Harlow PianistPaulLewisisperforminginSaffronWalden Photo: MOLINA VISUALS C O N TA C T S BE A VOLUNTEER conjunction with The Tree Management Company, to raise money for people Editorial TOWN PARK VOLUNTEERS: with learning disabilities. 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Babies are also and Compliance Department, Trinity Mirror PLC, One GRANTA CHORALE: SAT U R DAY, to the St Michael’s Bell Tower. Tree recycling service this year in we l co m e. Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP. HSH-EO1-S2 Star, Thursday, January 4, 2018 3 Couple give daughter the same name as a certain newspaper... New parents had not heard of this town, or publication, before making selection By Tommy Wathen [email protected] Little Harlow has a sleep, oblivious A MUM and dad living to all the fuss almost 200 miles from Essex haveunwittingly given their newborn baby girl the same name as this paper. Just before C h r i s t m a s, Brendan Davies and Emma Langley, who live in Street, Somerset, were treated to a special present in the form of their new b aby who theydecided toname Har- Fire and Rescue Service along Essex, Brendan admitted that d a u g h t e r, low Star. with being a South West Area he’d never heard of either the Itisthe couple’s third child Installation Manager for Sym- town or the newspaper. after six year-old Elijah and five phony Kitchens, said: “T he “We have had lovely com- year-old Dougie, with Harlow name Harlow was my partner’s mentsregarding hernameand being born on Thursday, idea as we decided that she how many peoplehaven’t heard December 21 at 4.41pm – would name ourdaughter if we it before,”he continued. weighing in at 8lbs 8oz. would ever belucky enough to “I did have a comment on Harlow Star’s father have one. Christmas Day from my brother- Brendan, who has “We know the given meaning in-law whoasked meif shewas worked for14 yearsas for the name ‘H a rl ow ’is free - conceived in Harlow, Essex, an on-call Retained dom-loving, adventurous,adapt- which was afunny comment as Fire Fighter for able, intellectual, easygoing, we had never heard of the place. Devon and progressiveand sensual,where- Nor mally Somerset as ‘star’was chosen for close family and friends that are no “I do know that Harlow is nor- longer with us. mally knownto be asurname – “Especially withthe lossof and now a town with a local Emma’s mum three years newspaper in Essex.” ago andher fatherwhen Despite the name Harlow Star she was younger, along being anuncommon choiceby with other close family the couple, Brendan believed members that could that it is a perfect name that not share the new suits their beautiful daughter. arrival with “The nameis soperfect,”he cuddles,it isaway added. “We did have other for us to show that names, but thiswas always the welove themand one we came back to. truly miss them. “We are so blessed to hold this “Sheis theper- beautiful baby wehave created fect Christmas together and will give her all the present and now love we can.” Harlow Star was a perfect Christmas we feel complete. nEveryone at Essex Live, and present for mum Emma and dad Despite the Har- especially the Harlow Star, Brendan... but despite her unusual name, low Star being a would like to congratulate she wasn’t named after this newspaper big name in journ- Brendan and Emma on the birth alism around of their new baby. 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MrsThomson,NurseryAdministrator Fixedlabourchargesandfullsafetytestsonallrepairs 01279306136 NEWAPPLIANCESINSTOCKAT COMPETITIVEPRICES essexlive.news 4Star, Thursday, January 4, 2018 HSH-EO1-S2 Dance teacher Sonia Bond has been recognised in the New Year Honours List is ‘shocked’at being selected for an honour School head gets British Empire medal By Richard Duggan Sonia founded the popular tersteachin theschoolandmy r i c h a rd . d u g g a n @ e s s e x l i v e . n e w s EppingForest DanceFestivalin granddaughters are now dan- 1994, which is still running to this cing,”she said. HARLOW-BASED Sonia Bond has d ay. “Onehas goneto theCentral received the British Empire Shesaid: “Weused togo tothe Ballet School. Medal in the New Year Honours. East London Song and Dance “My mother also danced, so The 73-year-old principal of the Festival in Stratford. t h at ’s four generations now.” Buckhurst Hill and Woodford “We felt the children weren’t Dance has been a great passion Schoolof Dancingsaid: “I found given enough opportunity and for most of herlife, believing it out sixweeks agoand itwas a dance should be for everyone and can help children’s confidence. terrific shock. to make everyone happy.” She said: “I think it’s social and “I don’t feel asif I’m the right Spans verygood forchildren’s posture person but I’m veryflattered.It’s and stance. You get very shy chil- exciting and absolutely amazing. Her careerspans severaldec- dren coming in andthen you see “I went to the London College of ades and includes an array of them go out withlots of confid- Dance and Drama where I was examining, choreographing and e n c e. qualified to teach.I got qualified adjudicating several national “They grow inconfidence and in many different genres of dance. c o m p e t i t i o n s. it’ssoimportant. “They have to Itwas fromtherethatI tookup “Istillteach, mywholefamily act as well as dance. It’s very t e a ch i n g . ” isinvolved andboth mydaugh- impor tant.” County to receive share of £200m Kickstart your towards repairs business ambitions to road surfaces ESSEX roads are set to benefit from extra government money as part of a bid to target potholes and improve highway maintenance. Essex County Council has pledged to use the OnlineMarketingService Paid Search Advertising share of a £200 million national pot to get extra crews out quickly in the new year. Although the council’s share of the vast fund is yet to be confirmed, residents are set to see six LLeett uuss hheellpp yyoouu pprroofifi tt ffrroomm ppppaaaaiiiidddd sssseeeeaaaarrrrcccchhhh aaaaddddvvvveeeerrrrttttiiiissssiiiinnnngggg. additional Essex Highways crews on the ground in WeofferbothGoogleAdWordsandBingAds,and January helping to improve the condition of our we’llcreatetheads,makesureyouhavetheright county’s roads. “This additional money is very good news for keywordsandmakesuretheyappearatthetopof road users in Essex,”said Councillor Ian Grundy, searchesonbothGoogleandBing.Thebestbitis Essex County Council Cabinet Member for Highways. “We have a good idea of roughly how youonlypaywhentheyclickyourwebsite.Results much we will get, so we can move very quickly aretrackedthroughoutthecampaignandyou’llget with our highways partner, Ringway Jacobs, to get detailedresponsereports. extra crews out on our roads fixing potholes in January 2018.” PlusweareaPremierGooglepartner, Highways crews have repaired more than 5,000 potholes since April 2017 as well as resurfacing meaningyourcampaignisinsafehands. more than 400 miles of road. Workers also completed more than three million Findtheanswerstoallyourmarketingquestionsat: square metres of road surfacing over the summer to help reduce the number of potholes developing east.trinitymirror.com on key routes. “This money is timely and our rapid response will help deal with the extra potholes that often TrinityMirrorRegionals appear at this time of year as water gets into small cracks, freezes, expands and damages road surf aces,”Cllr Grundy added. As well as crews dedicated to fixing potholes, they carry out resurfacing, streetlight repairs and replacements, safety improvements, and repairs. The agency is also responsible for traffic light PrintAdvertising DigitalAdvertising SocialMedia WebsiteCreation PaidSearchAdvertising OnlineVideo upgrades, drain clearance as well as seasonal verge cutting and footpath maintenance. HSH-EO1-S2 Star, Thursday, January 4, 2018 5 Troubled Toys R Us store is saved from closure –for now A third of stores are still closing, but the Harlow site will not be one of them By Hannah Kane can better serve our customers The toy superstore [email protected] today and long into the future. has responded to “All of our stores across the UK reports that it is THE Toys R Usstore in Harlow will remainopen forbusiness as to close a number has been saved from closure after normal until spring 2018. of stores the children’s toy giant avoided “Customers can continue to shop online and therewill be no going into administration by changes to our returns policies or agreeing to a new pension deal. gift cards across this period.” The troubled retailer was given The deal means that All UK adeadline tofilla pensionfund stores will remainopen into the shortfallamounting to£9million New Year. bythe PensionProtectionFund Customer returns, gift cards (PPF). andloyalty programmesremain PPF has confirmedToys R Us unchang ed. bosses have voted in favour of the deal and will restructure the busi- Closures ness, saving it from collapse. The companyintends tocom- A thirdof storesare stillclos- mence store closures in spring ing, but the Harlow site will not be 2018. one of them. The process will involve the A totalof 98per centof bosses closure of at least 26 stores. votedin favourof theCompany Mr Knights explained: “L i ke Voluntary Agreement (CVA). many UK retailers in today’s mar- Commenting on the successful ket environment, we need to vote, Steve Knights, managing transform our business so that we directorofToys RUsUK,said: have a platform that can better “Weare pleasedto havesecured meet customers’evolving needs. thesupportof ourcreditorsand "Our newer, smaller, more will be working closely with them interactivestoresare intheright in the months ahead. shopping locations and are trad- “The votein favourof theCVA ing well,while ournew website represents strong support for our hasgenerated significantgrowth business plan and provides us in online and click-and-collect with the platform we need to s a l e s. transform our business so that we UPVCBACK DOOR £649 UPVC FRONTDOOR £699 WINDOWSARE28MMDOUBLEGLAZED FRENCH DOORS(4FT) Yourlocal £799 installers givingyouachoice PATIODOORS (5FT) £899 ofdoubleortriple glazedwindows,rated& reviewedbyourcustomers. 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Ayla was born WELCOME to the world Ayla festive season was no different u n d i s cl o s e d . asked to remain anonymous, said: just one hour after we arrived and Trainer,the veryfirst babyborn with seven new children entering The firstof those babiesto be “We actually expected her on the staff were kind enough to give at the Princess Alexandra Hos- the world on the special day. bornwasat 3.01amwhenaHar- December 22 andwe didn’t know Christmas presents to all the pital on Christmas Day in 2017. Statistics sentto theStar from low resident gave birth to Ayla that she was a girl until she d ay ’s arrivals, which was a lovely Every year, the labour ward at the hospital show that of those Trainer, who weighed 7lb 8oz at ar rived. t o u ch . ” “Ayla was born at 3.01am on Theotherarrivals atthePrin- Christmas Day, weighing in at 7lb cess Alexandra Hospital were a HURRY, 8oz and her 18-month-old big girlat 5.30am,aboyat 6.15am,a brother Tyler was very excited to girlat6.59am, aboyat11.49am see his sister for the first time.” and a boy at 7.36pm. WHEN IT’S GONE Ayla Trainer IT’S GONE Ayla Trainer We are all ears on housing Hartpury Oak Doyouhaveahousingissuewhichneedsattentionorasuggestion onhowHarlowCouncilcanimproveitshousingservices? HarlowCouncilinpartnershipwithtenantrepresentativesinviteyoutothe Laminate Flooring Winter Tenant Forum (ForHarlowCouncilTenantsonly) 4193397 2 Wednesday 10 January 2018 £ Beginningat7pmattheCivicCentre, OurpWolhoiecnyreaisybolroauwnfedinsedtdpairdicceoenmsti,pcaaenltdistowtore’cs’kreleodcwoiemtermmpri,titceedtoit. DoyoPurTehhseaevnWetaaattiehoronGuosanirndHgeoniussss,uiHnegaorFlfoicnwoa,nnEccseesre-nAxthnCanMtu2yao0luU1pwWdoGauteldlike todiscusswithsomeone? ComealongtotheMarketPlacewhereourdedicatedteamsofHarlowCouncil OfficersandContractorslistedbelowwillbeavailableforyoutotalktoona PERSQMTR one-to-onebasisregardinganyhousingrelatedissue: £P1a5c.k5c2oPveerraPgke.1.29sqm. liquidaOtiuornpso/clilceyareaxnccluedseasntdracdoemqmueortceisa,lsqtoucakntities. 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The boy was struck by a blue Ford Fiesta in Paringdon Road just before 5.45pm on Friday, December 22. He was taken to hospital and remained there with injuries that were not considered to be l i f e - t h re at e n i n g . Wi t n e s s e d In a statement Essex Police said: “We are appealing for witnesses to a collision which involved a blue Ford Fiesta and an eight-year-old boy in Paringdon Road, Harlow, on Friday, December 22. “It happened just before 5.45pm and the boy is currently in hospital.” Anyone who witnessed the collision is being asked to call officers at Chigwell Roads Policing Unit on 101 quoting incident number 867 of December 22. BREAKING NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE nFor breaking news from across your area essex l i ve. n ews/ h a r l ow HALF PRICE SOFAS & UP TO CARPETS * FREE UNTIL 2019 WITH 4 YEARS FREE CREDIT ** S Y R EARLOFFENDAY! 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Productdetailsandpricescheckedattimeofgoingtoprint,butmaybesubjecttochange,pleasecheckinstoreforthemostuptodateinformation.HHGLLimitedt/aBunningsWarehouse BAUK0759 HSH-EO1-S2 Star, Thursday, January 4, 2018 9 It’s hard work but good to be appreciated, says former Royal Mail delivery man Think of the postie as you pack away your cards after Christmas Look around your living room in the post- Christmas calm and it’ll be full of cards and presents delivered by your overworked postie. But what’s it really like being a postman over the festive season? Tommy Wathenfinds out... A FORMER Essex postman has busy period builds up from described exactly what a Royal around the time thatthe kids go Mail worker goesthrough during backtoschool inSeptember,”he Our posties battle through snow and ice to bring us our mail on time the busiest time of the year. explained. Whether it is Christmas “From thattime, workalways wet and icy conditions for bother posties over the Christmas “The busy period After 22 years in the job, the presents beingordered andpos- got busier and busier as the hours on end to ensure that every- period because it is cold at postman, who didn’t want to be ted or a loadof Christmas cards months went on. one had theirmail delivered on that timeof the yearanyway, but builds up from named, has now left his job at beingsent tolovedones wholive “All the posties plough through t i m e. the driving rain and snow, as Royal Mail, but looks back fondly far away,the amountof mailthat the work as they approach it, Despite the years of working in wellas ice,canimpact ondeliv- around the time on his days as a postie. isdealt withbypostal staffover buttheworking dayisnormally darkness, using torchlight to read eries –although most posties “I don’t miss working in the the festive period is mind-blow- governed by the budget that addresses, suffering countless just want to get out on delivery to that the kids go cold weather, but I do miss the job ing. Royal Mail sets itself as it tells you coldsand fevers,along withcuts their customers as that is a pri- and the contactwith my custom- However,once themailarrives how long you work or how and bruises from paper cuts on o r i t y. back to school in ers on a daily basis,”he added. at various delivery offices around much overtime youcan accumu- freezing cold skin, the postie “Looking after the public is the September” Tiring town,it isthen downto thelocal l at e. admittedthatthe reactionofthe most important thing and the postmenand womento sortthe Successful customers out on his round made reaction from the customers “The work at Christmas is hard mail, prepare their rounds and it all worth it. when you’ve been delivering to and very tiring, but the thanks thenhead outonthe streetsfor “Good managers can set the “The best part of the Christmas them in bad weather is worth the each Christmas as you got to from the customers was always hours to deliver the mail through tone for a successful Christmas at pressure was when you finally got effort every time.” know thepeople thatlived there there and is what made all my your door. RoyalMail, justasmuch asbad out on delivery after hours of Over Christmas, the postman m o re, ”he said. hard work and effort worth- The former postie, who worked managers can hamper the overall indoor sorting and prepping your revealed how hiscustomers reg- “I think that those posties, wh i l e. in one ofEssex’s busiest delivery mood of the office. ro u n d s, ”continued the former ularly usedto tip himwith cash including myself, that made a “Istillsee mycustomersafter offices for over 20 years, explained “Over the years,I’ve had both Royal Mail worker. and other presents as a way of point ofgoing outof ourway to around three years after leaving how theChristmas pressurefor styles of manager and I think that “Yo u ’re probably around an showing their appreciation. connect withour customerswith and they always say hello to staffcan usuallydepend onthe their attitude is what makes a hourortwolate out,butyousee “I’ve had chocolates, cards, bis- their post foundthat they were me and ask me how I’ve been way the delivery office is man- Christmas clearance of mail most more of your customers at this cuits, wine,beers andmoney all more grateful at Christmas and doing. a g ed. impor tant.” timeofyear andthat’s when you brought out to meon a regular would show that by giving you “Looking back, I think it is that, “The Christmaspressure nor- In the build-up to Christmas, find out how much they appre- basis over the Christmas pressure gifts for your hard work and inmymind, whatmademytime mally starts around two weeks thousands of postmen and women ciate you. period andthe longeryou stayed thoughtfulness throughout the as anEssex postmanvery worth- before Christmas –although the across the country braved cold, “The weather doesn’t really on your round, the more you’d get ye a r. ” wh i l e. ” COMMUNITY NEWS AND PICTURES –TURN TO PAGES 14-17 Bathroom NEW YEAR SALE NOW ON WBEEASTEIMNPOLNYPWROINCE’T!BE Interior Design Ltd ASKABOUTOURPRICEPROMISE T&C’SAPPLY Bathroom and Ceramic Design Specialists BOOKATTHESESALEPRICESUPTO6MONTHSINADVANCE,VISITF1AUTOCENTRES.COMORCALLYOURLOCALCENTREONTHENUMBERBELOW TYRES SERVICING MOTS OVERSTOCKEDCLEARANCESALENOWON 5 5 £ S£A££V’Es O£FF SWNHAOOSWR£6T0FROM £10 WNAO2SW£294.50 OFF Fullydesignsehdo,wseurprpoloiemdsa,ncdloianksrtoalolemdsbathrooms, OTYNRMESORINE allTCyoreosper £50 OFF £ .50 andwetrooms ABBULRLDAGLNEECATHDTIY&NRGOEBSNRLSAITNNOEDC!K&ED MW£1AA1SS5TNEROFWROM£105 oWANrHYE£NM1BA5OSTOE.KR0EDS0EWRIVTIHCE Free6seDesrtAvimiYcaeSteaAsvaaWinlaEdbEldeKesign AllenHouse,TheMaltings, Sawbridgeworth,CM219JX 0 EXHAUSTS | BATTERIES | BRAKES | SUSPENSION | CLUTCHES |AIRCON | 4WHEELALIGNMENT | %INTERESTFREECREDITAVAILABLE* 01279 722279 HARLOW 01279 454411 EDINBURGHWAY, CM202DH www.bathroom-id.co.uk OPEN:MON-FRI8.30am-6pm. 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Ongar saw a car smash into a said: “Firefighters were called to During the ceremony,The Har- t re e. assist at the scene of a road vey Centrewon theaward forthe The crash happened at around traffic collision involving one best baby changing facilities in 10.10pm on December 22 on the vehicle which had come off the England, as well as being A414 in High Ongar, where a road and ended up in a ditch on named as having theNo 1 toilet grey Ford Focus C-Max collided its side. facilities ina shoppingcentre in with a tree. “Firefighters worked with England. Injuries paramedics to help release one The Loo of the Year awards female casualty who was trapped invite submissions from across The 19 year-old male driver of in the vehicle. the country throughoutthe year, the car was taken to hospital “The casualty was released by withall thenominatedfacilities with minor injuries, while his 11.15pm and left in the care of being awarded either a bronze, 50-year-old female passenger was the Ambulance Service.” silver, gold and platinum grading taken to hospital with serious Enquiries are continuing and certificates according to the injuries, which are also believed anyone with information is standards upheld in their facil- to be life-changing. asked to contact Pc Jack Sneath i t i e s. No other vehicles were at Chigwell Roads Policing Unit involved in the accident and no on 101 quoting incident number Ef for ts arrests have been made. 1158 of December 22. Centre manager Bryan Young said: “We ’re over the moon to have Man stabbed on track won these awards. “Clean, well-managed toilet facilities are fundamentalto the popularity and running of the ESSEX Police are appealing for and punched the woman in the centre,so itisgreatto haveour information following an f ace. efforts rewarded in this way.” incident where a man was Infor mation The HarveyCentre’s cleaning stabbed in Harlow. company,Axis,won anawardof It is understood that a woman As part of the investigation, excellence for being entered at was assaulted and a man Essex Police are asking anyone least 10times andmaintaining a suffered stab wounds at around who witnessed the incident or consistently high standard of 5.55pm on Wednesday, December has any relevant information to management throughout the 20, on a cycle track in the Staple come forward. facilities they manage. Tye area of Harlow. You can contact DC Jo Snell at Theseawards provideHarvey The man and woman, who are Harlow CID on 101 or call Centre customers with a high both in their 30s, were independent crime-fighting level of reassurance that the facil- approached by two teenagers, charity Crimestoppers ities in the centreare of the very who stabbed the man in the neck anonymously on 0800 555 111. Cleaners at the Harvey Centre in Harlow pose outside the award-winning loos highest possible standard. ID theft sparks plea by police Traditionalmeets A CCTV image has been released moderninourrange by police investigating an ofkitchens identity theft fraud in Nazeing. A woman, who lives in Western Road, Nazeing, reported to Essex Police that a man had broken the door of her post box and stolen her mail at about 1.30pm on Thursday, November 30. Credit cards were later fraudulently set up by someone else using her name and details. Police officers investigating the incident would like to talk to the man pictured in the image, which is a still taken from CCTV Bathroomfitters footage, as he may be able to ofdistinction assist with their inquiries. Anyone with information or who can identify the man should 01279 421182 / 07836 736202 call the Essex Police on 101 or cfoakes.co.uk Crimestoppers anonymously on •19ServiceBay,WychElm,Harlow,Essex,CM201QR 0800 555 111. Essex Police want to speak to this man after a fraud in Nazeing

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