A FINAL £3.6m Covid Local Support Grant from central government is being used to provide free school meals over the summer holidays and extra support for families hit by the pandemic. Essex County Council (ECC) has allocated £2.6m to continue the holiday free school meal…

A MAN has sadly died following a collision on the M11 earlier this morning, Saturday 17 July. Emergency services were called shortly after 10.05am to the southbound carriageway between junctions 8 for Bishop’s Stortford and 9 for Newmarket. The driver of a small vehicle transporter,…

THE HARLOW Conservatives have answered a question on the future plans for the empty Osler House Surgery. As readers may know, the surgery in Prentice Place was closed in 2018. The Harlow Alliance Party’s Alan Leverett asked the following question at a recent council meeting.…

PATIENTS in Hertfordshire and west Essex will still be required to wear face coverings in GP practices and other healthcare settings when COVID-19 restrictions ease on Monday. The guidance from the NHS for healthcare settings has not changed, and patients who are not exempt from…

WITH a release from lockdown day now set at July 19th, we have decided to bring back our daily Covid-19 report. 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…

CHILDREN described as “fantastic role models” have completed their primary education with a raft of celebrations. Year 6 pupils at Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, have set off for their next step of education, but not before enjoying time together and with their teachers. End…

PETROL prices have climbed to their highest level in almost eight years, says motoring organisation the AA reports the BBC. Average prices have hit 133p a litre, it says, almost 20p higher than in November. Diesel prices are also up.The rise comes as families fill…

LAST night’s council meeting was heated enough and then they came to the last item on the agenda. Newly elected Harlow Common councillor, James Leppard, rose to make a comment on the most recent Audit Committee. Cllr Leppard made his feelings known regarding elements of…

KNIFE crime devastates lives and we’re relentlessly driving down weapons and violence with injury offences in Essex through enforcement, education and intervention claims Essex Police. Changes in the law mean it’s now an offence to possess certain prohibited weapons in private premises, such as knuckledusters,…

MIND in West Essex’s mental health support team is hosting a launch event for a new LGBTQ+ Youth Club for ages 12-18 at the Wellbeing Centre in Bush Fair on Tuesday 27th July 1.30pm- 4pm. All attendees will be treated to snacks and drinks and…

LLOYDS Pharmacy has issued a statement due to high levels of Covid-related absence. Lloyds Pharmacy is based up on The Pinnacles in Harlow. The statement on their website is as follows: “We are currently experiencing high levels of COVID related absence. Please be assured that…

AFTER more than a year of virtual learning, Memorial University students are expected to be back on their Old Harlow campus this autumn. However, like most else, MUN’s campus in Harlow hasn’t been functioning as it did prior to the pandemic and will remain mostly empty…

HARLOW Foodbank is asking shoppers to support people in crisis this summer by donating to the Tesco Summer Food Collection.  From Thursday 15 July to Saturday 17 July special donation points will be put up at all Harlow Tesco stores with customers being asked to…

THE number of vaccines issued in Harlow seems to be slowing down. Most weeks, the number of vaccines issued has been anywhere between 3 and 4,000. But in the last seven days there has been just 866. Just 340 first vaccines. Just 525 second vaccines.…