HOLY Cross Academy are fundraising for Brain Tumour Awareness by wearing hats. One of their year 1 students was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour so they thought it would be a great idea to participate in this amazing day by wearing a hat. Lots…

Easter changes everything! And as we begin to emerge from this cruel pandemic we so long for change! It feels like the wilderness of Lent and the agony of Holy Week have lasted a whole year as we have travelled the way of the cross with…

THIS is our daily Covid report for Harlow. This includes the figures for Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH). The table of 315 local authorities in England and the breakdown of cases for eleven areas of Harlow. Finally, we also have the weekly number of people vaccinated…

ON THURSDAY afternoon, the government told English local authorities that they should not to expect to continue holding zoom meetings after 6 May, but to prepare instead to restart in-person meetings. In Harlow, this cannot come a moment too soon. Thursday’s nights meeting has been…

ON Saturday, March 26th 2016, a little girl called Summer Grant lost her life when a bouncy castle that she was playing on in Harlow Town Park blew away. One of the films below is of the toys and tributes left at the gates of…

DAILY walks in lockdown have inspired three teachers to take on a physical challenge to promote positive mental health to their children. The colleagues from Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, began enjoying walks after work during the pandemic to clear their heads and get…

THE pandemic not only resulted in over 126,000 people dying of Covid 19, it has also highlighted that millions of the population have had delayed treatment and diagnosis for a whole range of illnesses, cancer being just one. The knock-on effect is there are more…

PLANS for up to 80 dwellings in Wych Elm have just gone through a consultation process. The intention is to provide 80 apartments with communal and private amenity areas, as well as flexible commercial floorspace at ground floor level. The proposals comprise: 80 homes including…

ONE of the young members of Harlow Rugby Club is getting on his bike to help raise funds. Ellis Hester has started a gofundme page. Ellis said: “My name is Ellis. I have been part of Harlow Rugby for a fair few years now and…

A SECOND man has been arrested in connection with an incident where a man sustained a stab wound to his stomach. It was reported the victim, who is in his 20s, was assaulted in Milwards at around 11.25pm on Tuesday 23 March. He was taken…

THIS is our daily Covid report for Harlow. This includes the figures for Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH). The table of 315 local authorities in England and the breakdown of cases for eleven areas of Harlow. Finally, we also have the weekly number of people vaccinated…

OVER 32,000 Harlow residents have now had a vaccination against Covid-19. The number for the last seven days is 3,338. The biggest number so far. Thank you to all those at Lister House and Harlow Leisurezone for all their hard work. Vaccinations Number of people…

SEVEN people have pleaded guilty to a number of drug offences following a series of raids across Essex, Hertfordshire, London and Suffolk. A total of 19 people were arrested on Thursday 8 October, 2020 in dawn raids including a large number of addresses in Harlow.…

SENIOR members of Labour-led Harlow Council have issued statements ahead of the publication of what has been described as a “high critical” report on the delivery of council homes in the town. The whole matter will be discussed at the Cabinet meeting tonight (Thursday). Both…