ESSEX Police are investigating a robbery in which a man’s car was stolen. They were called at 2.30am on Sunday 8 August after the 28-year-old victim reported he had been sprayed in the face with an unknown substance outside a petrol station in Edinburgh Way,…

THE Harvey Centre in Harlow has launched an initiative in a bid to help to end period poverty and the stigma around periods. The shopping centre is urging anyone in need to head to Phoenix Resource Centre (during the store’s opening hours), where they’ll be…

A MULTI-MILLION-pound scheme to improve traffic signals and a commitment to explore how new technology – such as drones and 3D printing – could be used to find and fix potholes are part of a raft of measures announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today.…

STEWARDS Academy was delighted to finally host our Leavers Celebration event for the Class of 2021 on 20th July.  After many scenarios, dates and plans due to the changing government guidance we were lucky to book a marquee and have it on the Stewards site.…

ENFIELD Council has explained why it still has over 100 of its residents housed in Harlow. An Enfield Council spokesperson said: “We always try to place households within Enfield where we can and try to reduce the number of residents housed outside of the borough…

UNEMPLOYMENT fell to 4.7% in the three months to June, down slightly on the previous quarter, while average pay rose 7.4%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said reports the BBC. ONS deputy statistician Jonathan Athow said the “world of work continues to rebound robustly”…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has been in contact with senior government ministers over a “chemical spillage” in a stream in Harlow. As YH reported on Sunday morning, the Canons Brook runs close to the golf course and Fold Croft houses. https://www.yourharlow.com/2021/08/15/pollution-fears-and-investigation-underway-as-stream-near-fold-croft-turns-blue/ Harlow MP Robert Halfon…

PEOPLE aged 16 and 17 can now get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at walk-in sites across Hertfordshire and west Essex, following new guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). From this week, all vaccine centres operated by Hertfordshire Community NHS…

WE thought we would take this opportunity to remember Harlow’s Private Robert Graham Foster, who died in Afghanistan in August 2007. We know the town has not forgotten Robert. There is a street named after him: Foster Court off Momples Road. There is a memorial…

STUDENTS collected their GCSE results from Mark Hall, in Harlow, after rising to the challenges of the pandemic to achieve their goals. Despite lockdowns and remote learning, determined students still achieved highly at the school. Among them was Daniel Farkas, who picked up six grade…

THE CHIEF Executive of Harlow’s Citizen’s Advice Bureau has written to Harlow MP Robert Halfon on the subject of universal credit. Dear Robert, I’m getting in touch on behalf of Citizens Advice Harlow to ask for your support to make the £20-a-week Universal Credit increase permanent for…

ANGLIA Ruskin University (ARU) is partnering with Primary Engineer to help inspire local youngsters and spark their interest in engineering. Primary Engineer is an educational not-for-profit organisation that provides programmes to encourage young people, aged between 3 and 19, to consider STEM (science, technology, engineering and…

“COULD you be our Extra Eyes on Essex roads?”: help Safer Essex Roads Partnership and Essex Police stamp out poor and dangerous driving. You can help reduce deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads by becoming our Extra Eyes. Anyone who captures dash cam footage…

THE LEADER of the Harlow Alliance Party has continued to highlight the imminent development of thousands of homes on Harlow’s border. After some four years in the making, the Local Development Plan of Epping Forest DC (EFDC) is now in its final stages. The Planning…