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IT’S like Stellar Street in Harlow! One minute Sir Road Stewart (sic) is getting involved filling in potholes and then we have Brian Wilson. YH spotted Brian as he was pouring tarmac into a pothole on Tumbler Road. It would have been nice if it…
LEGENDARY pop star Sir Rod Stewart has lent his voice and his shovel to slam the state of the roads in Harlow. Sir Rod lives just outside of the town off the Sheering Road but it is clear that the pot-holed filled roads are in…
WE are giving you updates on the Covid-19 situation in Harlow as the needs arise. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. From January 31st, we are providing a weekly report. It…
THE latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography was published on Thursday 10 March 2022 and added biographies of 243 men and women who left their mark on the UK, and who died in the year 2018. · Shanghai-born electrical engineer and physicist Sir Charles Kao won the…
ESSEX County Fire and Rescue Service has collected enough donations to fill two 7.5 tonne lorries to be delivered to the Polish border next week for refugees fleeing Ukraine. This is part of a series of activities to help the people of Ukraine including a…
HENRY Joseph Walker, aged 84, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family after a short illness on 23rd February, 2022. The family wish to give their thanks to staff on Locke Ward at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Henry, who many knew as Harry, lived in…
EVERY week, we will be letting you know what properties are on offer at Fortune and Coates, the People’s Estate Agents. A spokesperson for Fortune and Coates said: “Here at Fortune & Coates, service and transparency is our thing. With our no tie-in period contracts…
DETERMINED and competitive young people came together to battle it out in an interhouse football tournament. Year 7 and 8 students at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, took part in the first interhouse competition since the pandemic outbreak. More than 100 students got involved, with…
MANY residents will recall the extreme difficulties that unauthorised encampments caused residents across the town in recent years. Harlow’s MP, Robert Halfon, worked hard with the police and council at the time to tackle the issue but it was always clear that the police needed…
TWO Labour candidates for the forthcoming local council elections have expressed concern over a £900,000 overspend at Harlow Council and have asked the question: “Has the train already fallen off the rails of the new Conservative Council?”. Stefan Mullard (Staple Tye) and James Griggs (Netteswell)…
THANK you to the children and staff members from Freshwaters, Pear Tree Mead and Church Langley, who came together at Mark Hall Sports Centre to try out some ideas using the FA Disney Shooting Stars programme. The children had great fun and they really enjoyed…
HARLOW Council has revealed that they have had close to a million pound shortfall on rent due to Covid. The information was revealed at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday night. Portfolio Holder for Finance, James Leppard released that three main areas were ModusNexusCar Parks Councillor…
1st Kingsmoor Scout Group set to host Quiz Night. Full details on poster.
AFTER we published our editorial piece on the state of athletics in Harlow, we put a number of questions to Harlow MP. Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, said: ” I very much welcome the editorial on sports, athletics and funding in our town. The editor…
HARLOW TOWN earned a hard-earned point against promotion chasing Dunstable on Saturday afternoon. It may look like two points dropped at home but Dunstable were unbeaten in their last ten games. Both sides were reduced to ten men in the second half. Hawks’ Marcus Marku…
DURING March, men across the country are taking up the March the Month campaign. March the Month is a virtual step challenge for anyone who wants to keep active and help beat prostate cancer. Whether you’re walking or wheeling, taking on 11,000 steps a day…
