Tributes pour in after death announced of former Harlow MP Stan Newens
THE DEATH has been announced of the former MP for Harlow, Stan Newens. Stan’s son, Thomas Newens, put a message out on social media this afternoon (Wednesday). Stan was born in Bethnal Green, a true Londoner, who made North Weald and eventually, since 1960, Harlow, his home. A school teacher of history and avid book…
Education: Secondary
Concerns raised by residents regarding changes to Harlow Library
Thursday 04-Mar-21, 14:03
By Monica Jones FOLLOWING the two Zoom “public meetings” held by Essex County Council last week regarding the plans for Harlow Library and Adult Community Learning (ACL), there have been many concerns raised by residents – some of whom are part of Harlow Save Our Libraries Essex (SOLE) and some had not been involved in the campaign.A…
Burnt Mill Academy
Burnt Mill Academy tops first preferences as school application table published
Thursday 04-Mar-21, 11:25
BURNT Mill Academy has once again been the most popular school according to applications for new pupils. There were 654 applications for Year 7 pupils to join the First Avenue school. 248 put Burnt Mill down as first preference. Equally impressive is the 465 who also put down Sir Frederick Gibberd College (SFG). 156 put…
Politics
Letter to Editor: I will miss meeting Stan Newens on the high street
Thursday 04-Mar-21, 10:56
Sir, I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Stan Newens He often, either popped into the agency (Howick and Brooker) or stopped me whilst he was walking up to the High Street for a short enjoyable chat, mostly about how the Harlow property market was going, to my surprise! Also the cricket club…
HARLOW Council has secured £418,297 in grant funding to help support the town’s climate change pledges and reduce building running costs. In summer 2019 the council declared a climate emergency and made a number of pledges to tackle climate change in the town including reducing the council’s carbon use. The funding from Salix via the…
