THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is delighted to announce that Mr Ashraf Patel, associate specialist in breast surgery, has been awarded an MBE. Mr Patel has been recognised for services to funding and research for breast cancer in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.…

CANDIDATES announced for May By-Election. Full detail are below. A poll will be held on Thursday 8 July 2021 between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm The following people have been or stand nominated for election as a District Councillor for the above area. Those who…

REPRESENTATIVES of the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town team held a Facebook Live Q and A on Thursday night but refused to answer any questions on the proposed four lane highway across the River Stort. The 45 minute session was only watched by eleven people.…

PARKRUN is set to return to Essex County Council’s country parks and to other sites run by partner councils. Harlow’s parkrun is situated in the town park. https://www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow/ Parkruns will take place at the following Essex Country Parks from 26 June or as soon as…

DAME Esther Rantzen, Founder of the NSPCC run service Childline, TV presenting duo Ant & Dec and TV presenter Emma Willis are calling on the UK to play today in support of the NSPCC’s Childhood Day.  Thousands of children and adults have already signed up…

A FAMILY of schools has gathered a cluster of experts to ensure all children with special educational needs (SEND) are given the best possible education. BMAT Education, which looks after primary and secondary schools in Harlow, Epping and Stansted in Essex and Newham in London,…

A HARLOW resident broke down in tears at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday night. The resident came to speak against plans to put an electric charging bay in the BP Garage on Southern Way. The application sought planning permission to replace four existing parking…

HARLOW Cricket Club in partnership with Changing Lives FC are giving children not presently involved with the sport a chance to play cricket. The sessions started on Thursday but there is plenty of time to get involved. YH’s Dami Adewale spoke to Changing Lives’ FC…

HARLOW’S MP, Robert Halfon, is continuing his long-running campaign to cut the cost of living by reducing energy bills. On Wednesday in the House of Commons he strongly welcomed the steps the Government is taking to tackle climate change, but asked the Minister to ensure…

THIS summer, more than a dozen gardens are taking part in the perennially popular Open Gardens event as it returns for its 27th year, and local security company, Land Sheriffs, are generously sponsoring it.   This year, the horticultural event will take place throughout the summer season,…

SOME girls can be contacted by up to 11 boys a night asking for nude images, the schools watchdog for England says reports the BBC. In an Ofsted survey, girls explained that if they blocked boys on social media “they just create multiple accounts to…

IT was another excellent week for the vaccination roll out in Harlow as the total went over 81,000. The exact figure was 81,808. There were 1098 first vaccinations issued (previous week was 1252) There were 3030 second vaccinations issued.(previous week was 2002) That brings a…

GUESTS at a quarantine hotel, which a council has requested to be closed, have criticised conditions there reports the BBC. Reading Borough Council has called for the “urgent” closure of Penta Hotel in Oxford Road after it said it had been linked to a “significant”…

AS part of their ongoing development of football at the Norwich City FC RDP, they will be providing further opportunities for boys through an invitation only programmes with the launch of a brand new outfield Player Development Centre covering the Essex & Hertfordshire border. This…