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HSH-EO1-S2 Star, Thursday, January 25, 2018 3 ‘Beating your wife’comment is criticised online and in Parliament MP calls for councillor to resign for ‘f igure of speech’ By Tom Bage [email protected] H A R L OW ’SMPhas calledfor a councillortostand downafterhe madea vilejoke aboutdomestic Edinburgh Way was closed abu s e. following the road accident Robert Halfon stood up in the involving the cyclist and a lorry House of Commonson Thursday, January 18 to blast recent com- Driver to ments made by Harlow councillor Mike Danvers about ‘b e at i n g w ive s ’. face charge He was respondingto the joke made by Cllr Danvers, of the Labour party on January 17 when after cyclist he compared a poll carried out by Essex Policeand CrimeCommis- is injured sioner Roger Hirst to “b e at i n g Mr Hudson’s tweet your wife”. about the comments Ina discussionofthe poll,Cllr Danvers said: “It’s like beating A DRIVERwill appear in court your wife, at the end of the day like beatingyour wife’isa col- “There is no joke, nothing funny, Halfon in calling for Cllr Danvers current orex-partner –domestic after a collision in Harlow left a he’s goingto getthe answerthat loquialism not an encouragement and nothingat allamusing about to resign fromhis position after violence is no laughing matter cyclist with life-changing he wants.” to domestic violence.” domestic violence, and I certainly his comments. and Cllr Danvers as a senior i n j u r i e s. Vi o l e n c e After MrHalfon tweetedto say agree withhim thatparticularly Harlow Conservative Leader Labour Councillor should be Edinburgh Way was partially that thosecomments were“ve r y people inpublic life needto be Councillor Andrew Johnson said: ashamed. There is no place in closed on September 20, 2017 Mr Halfon addressed the House sad”from someone in Mr Hud- extremely careful about the jokes “I was disturbedto hear Harlow Harlow for jokes about domestic after a collision between a lorry of Commons to take issue with s o n’s position, both Mr Hudson that they make.” Councillor Mike Danvers’com- v i o l e n c e. ” and a bicycle, which was being thesecomments, particularlyin and the Harlow and District She added that the Conservat- ments about wife beating during a Councillor Joel Charles, deputy ridden by a 59-year-old man. light of tragiccases of domestic Chamber of Commerce tweeted ive Governmentwill beintrodu- formal interview yesterday. leader of Harlow Conservative The victim suffered multiple violence in the town in recent saying: “I don’t think this is a cing a new Domestic Violence and “This comment is especially Group, said:“Casual jokesabout injuries to his legs, arms and years, and those made by the gen- j o ke. AbuseBillasa partoftheircom- insensitivegiven thetragicand wife beating have no place in head as a result of the collision eral manager of the Harlow and “I think it is a ‘figure of speech’. mitmentto stampingoutdomest- fatal cases of domestic violence in politics. I hopethe new interim and he was flown to The Royal District Chamber of Commerce Political Correctness is ic violence in this country. Harlow in recent years. leaderof HarlowCouncil,Emma London Hospital immediately Ian Hudson. one of the biggest Harlow Conservat- “Two women a week Toal,takesaction andsacksCllr after the crash. In a question to the leader of the threats to our ives joined Mr are killed by their D a nve r s. ” Confir med house, AndreaLeadsom MP,Mr s o c i e t y. Halfon said: “My honourable “Fed up of However, police have friend will know of tragic and people look- confirmed that a man will now fatal cases in my own constitu- ing for reas- appear at court in relation to the ency of Harlow. Sadly, yesterday, a ons to be incident. senior Labour councillor, Mike of fended.” Thomas Robertson, 57, of Danvers, made a joke about beat- In the Millbank Road, Stranraer in ing one’s wife which incredibly House of Scotland, has been summonsed was supported as a ‘colloquial- C o m m o n s, to appear at Southend ism’by the manager of Harlow in response Ma gistrates’Court on January District Chamber of Commerce. to Mr Halfon, 30. “Does she not agree that we Andrea Lead- There he will face a chargeof should condemn this, that the som said: driving without due care and councillor should resign, the at t e n t i o n . manager of theHarlow Chamber A statement from Essex Police of Commerce should apologise immediately after the incident in and that we must be sensitive September said: “Any witnesses about domestic violence?“ who have any dash cam footage Whenthe commentsmadeby who haven’t made themselves Cllr Danvers were shared on Twit- From left: Roger Hirst, Councillor Michael known to officers at the scene, ter yesterday, Mr Hudson tweeted Danvers, and MP Robert Halfon are asked to call Essex Police saying: “D o n’t be ridiculous. ‘It’s 101.” Self-serveit SECURELY royAlbriTiShleGion harlowTownClubltd TheClubAGM istobeheld SUFFOLK at9:30am (for10amstart) SAVE£££’spercoupleoff WarnerBrochurePrices! onSundAy Setin50acresofgardensandsecludedwoodland, completewithafreshwaterlake,thesebeautiful 28thJAnuAry2018 surroundingswillhelpyourelaxfromthemoment youarrive. atradburnPavilion, HolidaysInclude: •Dinner,Bed&Breakfast•NightlyEntertainment lattonCommonroad, •HotelLeisureFacilities&ResortActivities •FREEPremierChaletRoomUpgrade CM187Gy 3Nightsonly 4Nightsonly Sold£35 £169 £174 .99 .99 AllMembers FREEforanyitemunder ArrivingFriday ArrivingMomday £100,higherpriceditems Welcome March23 March26 just£10whenbooked online.Excludespets, motorsandtrade. www.harlowrblclub.co.uk SelfDriveHolidays www.majestictours.co.uk essexlive.news ToBook,call01626770246 4Star, Thursday, January 25, 2018 HSH-EO1-S2 Tributes to an ex Lauren gets surprise underwater wedding chosen by Gary council boss and Bride and community hero A FORMERchairman of Harlow Council dubbed g room take by many as a ‘champion of human rights’wh o stepped out in one of the longest running strikes in the town, has died. Harry Talbot, who was a leading force on the picket line while working at Pitney Bowes in 1971, was a Labour Party stalwart all his life, as well as an active trade union member. the plunge He came to Harlow in 1958 and was a local councillor for 17 years and the town’s chairman for two years between 1992 and 1994. He became a member and secretary of the Harlow Pensioners Action Association in later ye a r s. His daughter Debra said: “Dad worked well beyond his retirement years helping youngsters get i n T V show jobs, get homes, and working with mental health service Nacro in his 70s. “He was a very passionate person when it came to politics. But he was very loving and caring also. His true passions were his family, fighting the corner of the working classes, for fairness, for supporting the young and old alike, for peace and By Sophie Finnegan basic human rights and West Ham. “I’m sure that there may be many people in the [email protected] t ow n’s Labour Party that still remember him A COUPLEfrom Harlowtook adive during his ‘glory’years, before and since, into the unknown when they appeared especially Stan Newens. on hit show Don’t Tell the Bride. “He was often approached by people, even Lauren Dongray, 28, got the shock of recently, thanking him for his help in the past. her life when husband-to-be Gary, 30, They never forget him. I hope the town he loved chose to have an underwater wedding never does either.” on the show. Mr Talbot died on January 7, at The hit E4 show Don’t Tell the Bride the age of 87, after a long involves the production company battle with Parkinson’s handing over £14,000 for you to plan and dementia. your dream wedding. He was married However there’s a catch –the groom twice and had five is trustedto plan theentire wedding children and 11 fora wholethree weekswith nocon- grandchildren from tact from their fiancee. his first marriage. His funeral will take Jo ke place on February 5, at Out of 16,000 applicants, eight lucky 11.30am, at Harlow couples were chosen for the hit E4 C re m at o r i u m . show, including the Harlow couple. They saw the show advertised on The couple got married under water Harry Talbot Facebook looking for couples in Essex was a fervent to take part and Lauren urged Gary to mar ried. supporter of apply as a joke. “I was relieved and happy because pensioners Lauren said: “We were only engaged wegot £14,000soitmeant wedidn’t Lauren and Gary with their dog Gizmo forabout twoweeks whenIsaid asa have to save for a wedding.” joke that we should apply. Lauren added: “I wasveryrelaxed did a really good job. greatjob. Iwouldrecommend itbut “He said confidently thathecould for three weeks but for Gary planning “Everyone was saying ‘she’s getting youhave tobesomebodythat islaid do it quite easily. the wedding, he found it very stressful in in her wedding dress’. They were b a ck . “It was an intense interview pro- even thoughhe wasso confidentini- more mortified than Iwas. I got two “Some people come in with big cess, we applied online then we had to t i a l ly. identical dresses so I could change dreams of venues and dresses but do our interviews. “Iwas confident,I knewit wasnot into another dress andmy hair and yo u ’re not going to get it. “We went down toLondon for our goingtobe atraditionalwedding.I makeup were fine, youcouldn’t tell I “I havebeen watchingall theepis- second interview on film to see how we have never had expectations, I haven’t hadbeen underwater.Itwasnot abig odes and most of the brides are crying were on camera. been looking at dresses or venues. I deal. and fuming. “They thencame to ourhouse and knew it was going to be something “Itwasheld atManchesterRugby “Youjust haveto bequite laidback met our parents and bridesmaids and dif ferent. Club, whichI wouldn’thave chosen and relaxed.” best men before they said they wanted “We met on Plenty of Fish and so we myselfbuthedid upthevenuereally nLauren and Gary’s episode of Don’t us on the show. wanted something to represent us, nice. We had a DJ, singers, he put fish Tell the Bride was shown at 9pm on E4 “We applied as ajoke, we were only there were lots of ideas. bowls inthe middle of thetable with on Wednesday this week (January 24). engaged for two weeks when we “Garychose anunderwatertheme, little fishes in them. Youcan watchitonChannel 4’s on applied,and sixmonthswhen wegot it wasexciting anddifferent, andhe “Hewas verythoughtful,he dida demand service All 4. 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By Tommy Wathen & believed to be inside his body. Chelmsford Magistrates Court Richard Duggan Officers from Essex Police’s issued a 190-hour detention [email protected] Operation Raptor West team warrant for the man to pass the arrested the man for failing to items –and 144 hours later, on ESSEX Police are investigating stop for police in Ladyshot and Tuesday, he had still not done so. two stabbing incidents in possession with intent to supply On Twitter, the force said: Epping. class A drugs on Wednesday “Chelmsford Magistrates’Cour t In thefirst ofthe twoincidents afternoon last week. have issued a 190 hour detention police received reports that a man On Twitter, the team said: warrant for the male to pass the atbeen stabbedin EppingHigh “London gang nominal arrested items concealed, if they are not Street, at around 2.30am on for failing to stop for police and passed during that time we will S u n d ay. possession with intent to supply apply for more time.” The victim, who was in his 20s, class A drugs, male doesn’t think Operation Raptor West is was takento hospitalwith non- we have the power to keep him Essex Police’s gang and urban serious injuries. until he removes said items from street crime unit for Harlow, Atthis stage,no arrestshave his bottom.” Epping Forest, Brentwood and been made in connection with Just before 1pm on Thursday Thurrock districts. this stabbing. The Mercedes car stolen during one of the two stabbing Around 30 minutes later a man incidents in Epping this weekend. It has still not been recovered was stabbed by a gang of six mask- wearing robbers who took his car King posted on her Twitter feed at “Domestic assault reported. during a late-night attack. 5.52am revealing that her second Victim andsuspect leftthe area Masks night shift in a row involved knife butwe quicklyfound them,safe- crime –this time in Epping. guarded thevictim andarrested Six men wearing masks King’s tweet reads:“Night two the suspect. approached the man in his 20s on down, one to go. More knife crime “At the sametime two stabbing CottisLane, inEpping, ataround again with two people injured incidents to manage in Epping. B 3am on Sunday (January 21). with knives in Epping. Left an shifthaveall workedreallyhard One of the gang stabbed the empty night bookfor public pro- tonight! Time for bed!” victim witha knife,before steal- tection again. It is unclear at this stage wheth- ing the keys to his black Mer- “Iwonder if@DCIElliottJudge er the two incidents are linked or c e d e s. will give me a bonus if I manage whether the stabbings are related All six men got into the vehicle three nights on the trot! It will all to the police incident outside UPVCBACK and headed awayfrom the scene change when I get back!” Epping tube station last night. £6DO4OR9 in the direction of Chingford. At 6.41am, sergeant Simon Phil- Essex Police havebeen contac- Two Essex Police officers pos- lipsposted onTwitter, wherehe ted for comment. ted on social media to confirm also confirmed two stabbing nWitnesses or anyone with that two stabbings had taken incidents in Epping. information is asked to contact UPVC plaDceet einct tihvee Epipnisnpge catroera . 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A spokesperson from Essex Police said: “Police were called shortly after 4.50pm today, Thursday, January 18, with reports of a collision involving a Suzuki Swift and a Volkswagen Golf of misconduct in Velizy Avenue, Harlow. “A woman in the Suzuki was freed from the vehicle by firefighters and taken to hospital as a precaution.” GREAT VALUE Deputy Chief Constable was ‘angry man’ FOR EVERY ROOM By Alasdair Hooper a l a s d a i r. h o o p e r @ e s s e x l i v e . n e w s ESSEX Police’s Deputy Chief Constable, Matthew Horne, has been found guilty of three counts of misconduct after pushing and throwing a stress ball at a collea gue. Horne, who has been on secondment with the National 4 Tier Galvanised Crime Agency, was charged with three counts dating back from 2015 against two of his Essex Shelving Unit Police colleagues. 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Essex, said: “The vast majority being followed and that the “These events happened over of Essex Police officers and staff hearing has been heard in an two years ago, since when Essex behave with exceptional open, transparent and bunnings.co.uk Productdetailsandpricescheckedattimeofgoingtoprint,butmaybesubjecttochange, Police has been inspected on p ro f e s s i o n a l i s m . independent way.” pleasecheckinstoreforthemostuptodateinformation.HHGLLimitedt/aBunningsWarehouse BUKI0540 7 S ta r, T h u rs d a y , J a n u a ry 2 5 , 2 0 1 8 H S H -EO 1-S 2 8Star, T h u r s d a y,January25,2018 HSH-EO1-S2 Anger over BANDS BACK WITH A BANG: A year on from playing the last gig ‘disgusting’ L i v e m u s i c has ram raiders nFrom Front page willhaveon customerswhoshop found a new at the newsagents. Sharon Walker, who works at Metvest Pharmacy, a few doors down from the convenience store, said: “It is disgusting and the people who do it have no morals. “Itisreally abouttheimpactit town venue hason thelocalsand theregular s h o p p e r s. ” However, others believe the stores will not suffer. One trader, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “Mar- tins is still operating –it is one of thosethings thatshouldn’t hap- By Alasdair Hooper is named after a Kasabian song – pen but does happen. “Staple Tye has always had a a l a s d a i r. h o o p e r @ e s s e x l i v e . n e w s willbecomeone ofthesmallven- ues across the country taking part bad reputation and all it has done ONE YEAR on in Independent Venue Week. iscause annoyancebecausethe from theclosure Pub rock legends Eddie and the cash machine is out of action.” of Harlow’s much- Hot Rods –featuring former Policebelieve betweentwoand loved music venue Burnt Mill Academy student three people made off with the The Square, live Richard Holgarth –will perform cash machine in a small black car music inthe town at the new venueon Friday, Feb- after removing it from the store. is back ruary 2. Half of the shop front remains with a bang. The eventmarks one boarded upand somecustomers Club Foot –a brand year since thelast ever are currently unable to withdraw new live performance gig at The Square, head- cashas thereareno otherATMs venue – has been lined by Eddieand the in the area. included in the line-up Hot Rods, before its clos- A spokesperson for Essex ofa nationalcelebra- ure and falls in the Police said: “We are investigating tion of music. band’s last year of per- followingaburglary attheMar- The venue, which is forming, as announced tins newsagents in Southern Way, at Burnt Mill last week. Harlow. The Mitsubishi was left at Academy in Harlow, “Weare tryingtokeep the scene and a significant was launchedby the live music going in the amount of damage has been Christian O’Connell t ow n , ”said guitarist caused to the shop.” nAnyone withany information Breakfast Show on Richard, who attended Absolute Radio withan appear- Burnt Mill in the 1970s, is asked to call Essex Police on 101 quoting the crime reference num- Club Foot hopes to bring back ance from British artists Kasa- still lives in Harlow and is a ber 42/10015/18 or Crimestoppers much of the charm of The bian. former co-owner of The Square. anonymously on 0800 555 111. S q u a re Nextmonth, ClubFoot –wh i ch “ClubFootis thenearestthing There’slotsofgovernment •11.00am-Buildingabetter fundedsupportavailableto business-https://goo.gl/yjTZb1 •12.00-Whymarketresearch smallbusinessesbutwheredo matters-https://goo.gl/2t8N4t youfindit? •13.00-GDPR-What’stheallfussabout? https://goo.gl/5JTnFe AttheBESTEssexBusinessShow! 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Since then, we have and enjoy quality live music.” “The new venture is absolutely been working hard behind the nThe event starts at 7.30pm and is great.Having beenat BurntMill scenes and have hosted some for over 16s. 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The memorial to Adam Hiskey was damaged by flytippers memorial. Mr Hiskey’s memorial includes Adam Hiskey, from Ongar, was a black marble stone, inscribed “You cansee thedamage from “Mysisteris upset,shedidn’t just26yearsold whenhediedon with his name, date of death and their house. realiseso Ihad togoand tellher April 9, 2002, following a late- the words “DJ Mad”, alongside a “We drivepast it everyday. I on Saturday morning,”she said. night car crash on the A414. wooden cross which bears his take mydaughter tonursery and “My mumis reallyupset –my Shortly after his death, Mr His- name printed on a licence plate. the bus stop is in front of it. dad says if itcarries on we will ke y ’s family laid a memorial Among the items dumped on “I’m just so angry, it’s upsetting have to remove it. stone and cross at the layby where top of or near to the memorial for my family.” “It’spartof ourfamily–eve r y he lost his life –a place where they wereold woodendoors,shattered In addition to having some- time I see it it’s upsetting.” could lay flowers and think of pieces of plastic and discarded where to go to think about Adam, Diana, a single mum with a happier times. Adam Hiskey white goods. the family decided to create the four-year-old daughter, has noth- But in recent months, the The most recent mindless memorial as a way to remind oth- ing but praise for the council team grassyvergehas becomeahot- “Thisis thefourth timesince actions have left the cross beyond ers aboutthe dangersof driving which has promptly cleared the Diana Hiskey spotforfly-tippers todumptheir October it’s beenfly-tipped on,” repair, meaning Mr Hiskey’s fath- on that stretch of road. rubbish from the site each time. unwanted waste, with the most said Diana, 35. er, Ron,will haveto makea new Diana, who only discovered her However, she feels that cameras drivers whoslow down tolook at recent spate leaving the memorial “Mum and Dad put the memori- o n e. b ro t h e r ’s memorial hadbeen tar- should be erected to catch those thewasteare atriskofcausing vandalised and in need of repair. al there, it’s been there since “My mum and dad are very low geted again after being warned by responsible, asthe laybyis now further accidents. 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