A FAMILY of schools has appointed a director to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities achieve their full potential. Marios Solomonides takes up the newly created post of Director of SEND in April with a mission to remove all barriers faced by children…

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…

A MAN from Cheshire has been charged following a disturbance on the M11 on Thursday 25 March. An officer from Highways England, and several police officers, reported being assaulted. Robert King, 37, of New Road, Childer Thornton, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court…

ON MONDAY night, Arriva cleaners found abandoned fish in a bag on the back of the bus. Like salmon, the staff leapt into action to rescue the two carp. Sadly, one of the carp died but the other survived, in part to the swift action…

HIGHWAYS England report that on average there are nearly 300 incidents a week of incursions and abuse reported by road workers who are busy improving Britain’s 4300 miles of motorways and A roads. Thousands of road workers’ lives are being put at risk, says Highways…

PEAR Tree Mead Academy would like to thank Cllr David Finch at EALC (Essex Association of Local Councils) for the money from the Lockdown Support Fund. We were able to buy food supplies to make up 184 hampers to give to our families for over…

FROM this Monday (29 March) Covid-19 self-test kits will be available for collection at 21 libraries across Essex, making testing even more accessible and convenient. Residents, who do NOT have Covid-19 symptoms, will be able to collect and take away two boxes of seven tests, to…

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…