RABBI Shillor of the Harlow Jewish Community has praised the work which has restored the Holocaust Memorial Garden after she was welcomed to the garden by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Russell Perrin. The garden was restored to its former glory ahead of Holocaust…

TWELVE years ago, this reporter filmed the testimony of Holocaust survivor Leslie Kleinman. Mr Kleinman died last year, aged 92. He was a remarkable man and leaves a legacy of witness to one of the worst mass murders of all time. To match the banality…

AN APPEAL has been made to raise funds so that two girls from Harlow can visit their father’s grave in Poland. A Justgiving page has been set up. It reads: “As many of you may already know in November, Ella and Macey sadly lost their…

AHEAD of the Third Round of this season’s Emirates FA Cup – a stage that has become synonymous with results that defy logic throughout the competition’s 150-year history – The FA has today released new mathematical research that reveals the 10 most improbable FA Cup…

NINE beautiful babies were born at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) on New Years Day. Nine must be a lucky number as that is exactly how many were born on Christmas Day. Harlow resident Kerry Davies gave birth to Albie Richard Thompson. Albie weighed in at…

SINCE January 1st, 2019, YourHarlow has had over 13 million page views. We have also published close to 13,000 stories as well in that time. In 2021, we published over 4,400 stories and had 4.5 million page views. As a comparison we had 300, 769…

THERE were nine beautiful babies born at Princess Alexandra Hospital on Christmas Day. It is one of the joys of journalism to ring around and speak to the parents about the bundles of joy delivered on a special day. It is also so pleasing to…

THREE Harlow residents have recently celebrated very significant birthdays. Kitty Etherington was 101, Beryl McNeill was also 101 and the youngster was Florence Cole, aged 100. The three ladies went down to the Leah Manning Centre where there was a special celebration. They were all…

PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital (PAH) nurse Barclay Mason died a year ago today on December 14th, 2020. We would just like Barclay’s family know that we will never forget him. We have re-published the tributes made to Barclay as well as the film of Barclay’s funeral…

MARK Huband, who has died aged 58 of pancreatitis and multiple organ failure, built a strong and lasting reputation over more than three decades as a foreign correspondent and business analyst, specialising in Africa and the Middle East. Mark was born in Low Bentham, Yorkshire, the son…

HANNUKAH was celebrated for the first time in Harlow Town Centre on Sunday afternoon. The event culminated with the lighting of the Menorah (as part of the Festival of Lights) by Harlow MP Robert Halfon. The event was organised by Rabbi Yossi Posen and members…

By Michael Casey I WON’T take long with this because I prefer to look forward rather than hark back. And the clue is in the title of this digital newspaper. It is YourHarlow not “My Harlow”. But as I turned sixty on November 24th, I…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to ask a number of questions regarding the digitisation of printed newspapers. Harlow had printed newspapers from March 1953 to January 2019. The only available copies are in Halrow Museum. Nigel Huddleston,…

REMEMBRANCE plays a key role at Stewards Academy. In addition to permanent displays around the academy site and their new Remembrance Garden, they seek ways to honour the fallen at this time of the year too. This year pupils had assemblies delivered by Subject Lead…