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…

PEOPLE in England and Northern Ireland who have had two Covid vaccine doses will no longer have to isolate if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus. Instead of having to quarantine for 10 days, they are now advised…

THE charity Crimestoppers has launched an appeal for anonymous information to help protect hard-pressed rural communities across Essex. It calls on everyone to play their part in stopping rural crime in the county as more of us are visiting the countryside during the pandemic. Criminal…

A SERVICE of Remembrance for VJ Day was held at Harlow Town Park on Sunday morning. The event was organised by the Harlow branch of the Royal British Legion. It was led by Reverend Albert Watson. The event marked the 76th anniversary of Victory in…

AN INVESTIGATION is underway as a large part of a stream between a Harlow housing estate and a golf course has turned blue. The stream/brook runs at the back of Fold Croft and through the Canons Brook Golf course. YH was alerted to the problem…

ALL 16 and 17-year-olds in England are to be offered their first coronavirus vaccine dose or the chance to book one by 23 August, the government has said. The health secretary said offering vaccines by this date would allow teenagers to get some protection before…

WITH release from lockdown now passed, we will do the Covid-19 report a few times a week. 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…

TODAY marks 100 days since the Tories took control of Harlow council in May’s elections. Their victory is in part down to the national picture as sadly local elections often are but also in fairness down to the successful campaign that the local Conservative association ran, and yes…

Dear Editor, I read on the comments of YourHarlow that the Leader of the Council announced at the last full council that he had set up an email address for residents to email him on about our ideas for the future of Harlow.  I’ve looked…

FIRST things first: Have you tried their Pornstar Martini Pale Ale? It is wonderful and it is proving very popular! It is just one of the many great beers on offer from Redchurch Brewery. YH went down to speak to co-owner Tony Porter about how…