BEST Growth Hub will be at the @HubHarlow on 18th October between 9.30 and 3.30 providing advice on grants, training and other support to help your business! Just call 0300 303 4864 or email [email protected] to book.

CABINET to push ahead with first steps of town centre regeneration by agreeing planning guidance for future developments. A blueprint which will help to guide the regeneration of Harlow Town Centre is set to be discussed by Harlow Council’s Cabinet tomorrow night (14 October 2021).…

SHORTAGES of care staff, who support older or disabled people in the community, are causing major problems for hospitals, the BBC has learned.  NHS chief executives say rising numbers of patients are stuck in hospitals in England due to a lack of care staff.  The…

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. The report covers UK figures; Princess Alexandra Hospital figures; the…

GPs in England are being told to see more patients face-to-face as ministers unveil a £250m winter rescue package. The emergency funding is being handed to GPs so they can recruit extra locum staff with an emphasis on providing more same-day appointments. Social distancing rules…

Statement from Essex Police Our enquiries are continuing into a fatal collision in Buckhurst Hill last night. A pedestrian, a woman in her 20s, died after being in collision with two vehicles – a Range Rover and a Ford Transit van. The driver of the…

TRIBUTES have been paid after the headteacher of Holy Cross Primary, Sue McGuiggan, passed away. A spokesperson for the school said: “It is with sadness that we report on the death of Miss McGuiggan, the Headteacher of Holy Cross Catholic Primary Academy. “Miss McGuiggan led…

MEMBERS of the Chabad of Epping have been visiting Harlow schools to promote a fantastic competition for a public menorah sculpture. The new public menorah will be erected before the date of Hanukkah 2021, which falls on the 28th November. It will be on public…

POTTER Street community champion, Jane Chivrall was laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon. There were two ceremonies for Jane. One at Parndon Wood Crematorium and another at the Potter Street Baptist Chapel. Both services were conducted by Rev Alison Taylor. Both services were celebrations of…

A HARLOW councillor has called for urgent action to improve the state of a roundabout in Harlow. Toddbrook councillor Tony Edwards spoke to YH near the small roundabout on Fourth Avenue close to Wych Elm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wXIImcIEnvA

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a fire in Harlow on Tuesday morning, when a candle caused a bin to set alight in a fourth-storey flat reports the Essex Fire and Rescue Service. Automatic smoke alarms alerted crews to a fire in a block of flats…

AMBITIOUS plans which promise to shape Essex for years to come have been approved by Essex County Council. Everyone’s Essex is the Council’s plan for levelling up the county from now until 2025. The new Cabinet at Essex County Council has placed levelling up at…

THE Harlow Conservatives have selected Cllr Russell Perrin as their new leader to drive forward the Council’s agenda to level up opportunity and build back better.  Commenting on the announcement, Cllr Russell Perrin said: “It is a true honour to lead the Harlow Conservatives and…

RAIL passengers activating emergency alarms on Greater Anglia trains have caused over 17 hours of delays in just six months. The train company is reminding passengers that activating the emergency alarm delays trains for all passengers – and it’s not the best way to get…