WHILST we were interviewing Robert Halfon on a canal boat on the River Stort, we brought up the subject of long queues outside petrol stations. The gridlock around town contrasted with the serene journey down to Harlow Mill lock. One thing Mr Halfon was adamant…

MINISTERS are working on plans for a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to come to the UK reports the BBC. Final details of exactly how the initiative will work are expected to be announced this weekend. Any changes to…

A MAN has been convicted of attacking his neighbour with an electric drill in an argument over late night DIY. Officers were called to an address in Church End, Harlow at around 1pm on 3 August last year after reports a man had been attacked…

A MAN has been arrested following an incident where a catalytic converter was stolen from a car in Church Langley Way, Harlow. Essex Police received a call shortly after 4.30pm on 22 September. A man from London was later arrested on suspicion of theft of…

THERE were traffic woes all across Harlow on Friday as people queued up to get petrol. YourHarlow travelled across town and saw queues at both garages on the A414, Tescos at Church Langley, Bush Fair, BP at Southern Way, Elizabeth Way, Kitson Way and Sainsburys.…

HARLOW’S MP, Robert Halfon, today raised the Save our Stort campaign in the House of Commons with the Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP. The question followed Mr Halfon’s two Parliamentary motions about the Stort crossing proposals in which he has made his position…

SEPTEMBER 23rd marks the last day that comments can be made about the minor modifications made by the Planning Inspector of the EFDC Plan that as it stands will see thousands of homes built just across the borders of Harlow. The Planning Inspector indicated that…

THE closure of some petrol stations has reignited a row over lorry driver shortages in the UK. A “handful” of BP stations, and a small number of Esso-owned Tesco Alliance stations, were closed on Thursday due to a lack of delivery drivers reports the BBC.…

THE LEADER OF Harlow Council has gone into more detail regarding the placement of a number of Afghan families in a hotel in Harlow. Councillor Andrew Johnson, Leader of Harlow Council, said: “Afghan families have been placed in a hotel in Harlow temporarily by the…

HARLOW has become the latest Essex town to provide ‘bridging’ accommodation for Afghan families, with a hotel in the town welcoming its first guests this week. Bridging accommodation at hotels has been set up by the Home Office across the country, with hotels in Essex…

IT was another quiet week for Harlow with a total of 652 vaccines issued in the past seven days. That brings a total of 115,551 compared to 114,899 vaccinations the previous week. Once again well done to all those involved in the whole operation. The…

US tech giant NVIDIA has backed the UK government’s launch of a new AI strategy and announced a programme to open the Cambridge-1 supercomputer – based at the Kao Data hub in Harlow – to a broad church of British healthcare startups reports business weekly.…

DURING Organ Donation Week, September 20 to 26, NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people in Essex to talk to their families about organ donation as more than 7,000 people, including 200 children, are predicted to be in need of an organ transplant [1]. The…

A WONDERFUL “Early Years World” was opened at Water Lane Primary Academy on Tuesday morning. The new area was opened by Deputy Chief Executive of Reach2Academy Trust, Cathie Paine and the chair of Harlow Council, cllr Clive Souter. The garden was created by Luke Banner…