EARLIER this week, it was announced that Essex County Council will modernise the Blue Badge application process. Chris Vince MP welcomed the news. Following his recent election in July, Chris began campaigning immediately for the people of Harlow and the surrounding villages. One of the…

ON Monday evening, there was a well attended meeting called by Harlow Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) about how to mobilise support against the threats of racism and fascism. This came two days after anti racists remembered the Battle of Cable Street in which Jews,…

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has announced the winner of its DAISY Awards® programme for August 2024. The programme enables patients, families and colleagues to honour a nurse or midwife who has made a difference to their care. The aim is to shine the…

TODAY, on World Mental Health Day, and during Baby Loss Awareness Week, EPUT (Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust) is reminding everyone that its By Your Side service is here to support women and birthing parents who have experienced a perinatal loss, and struggled with their mental health…

TODAY (10 October), the government has published a once in a generation set of employment rights reforms. The Employment Rights Bill will get the labour market moving again, delivering greater flexibility for workers and businesses alike. The Bill contains 28 individual employment reforms, from ending…

HARLOW Council is asking residents for their views on proposed changes to the working age Council Tax support Scheme from 1 April 2025.   Under the council’s proposals, those on the lowest incomes would receive more financial help than they currently do, and the scheme…

REFORM UK polled over 9,000 votes in the General Election of 2024. That is over 20% of the electorate. Some feel, that it was a protest vote in the same way that UKIP was in 2014. But there are others who think that this could…

HARLOW MP Chris Vince rose on the floor of the House of Commons to speak in a debate on the planned imposition of VAT on private schools. Chris Vince said: “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this debate.…

A RAPIST has been sentenced to nine years in prison after sexually assaulting a woman in Harlow. Dean Tombs, 45, of Lower Meadow in Harlow, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday 7 October after he raped the victim in January 2024. On the…

A PLANNING application for a four bedroomed house in a housing estate close to the city centre has been submitted to Harlow Council. The application is for a new four bedroom dwelling on land west of 38 Turnors, off Haydens Road. There have already been…

HARLOW Brass Band require Trombones and Cornets. Full details below.

REGRETABLY, train services via Broxbourne are being disrupted due to a person hit by a train. Train services will not be able to run from Broxbourne into London. Please defer your journey and do not travel until later today. Routes affected: Liverpool Street to Hertford…

HARLOW resident Linda Clark is an accomplished actress of stage and screen. But it look like she is attempting to swop the stage for the theatre that can be local democracy. Linda is the Labour candidate for Little Parndon in the by-election that is due…

JUST as we were about to publish a news items on the financial challenges facing the rugby club in Harlow, we were alerted to news of a very substantial cash injection by Harlow Council. So we asked the council to tell us a little bit…