A NINE-year-old boy from Ongar, Hector Bodiam, has raised more than £3,500 after running for more than 60 days during Lockdown 3.0 in aid of St Clare Hospice, who cared for his Grandad Bobby.  Hector began his challenge on 6th January 2021 when his primary school…

CHILDREN are being shown how to make their bed, to hoover, set the dinner table and sort the recycling – by their school teachers. Teachers at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy have released a series of video tutorials to help their pupils to develop life skills.…

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…

Sir, I have written the following letter to my MP. Dear Mr Halfon I write to ask that you apply all possible pressure on the Equalities Minister (Kemi Badenoch) to introduce a complete and total ban on ‘so called’ Gay Conversion Therapy in the UK.…

Dear Sir, I am deeply saddened to hear of the murder of Sarah Everard, it’s a shocking crime and my heart goes out to her family and friends. I am horrified at the amount of victim blaming I have seen on social media; victim blaming…

OVER 2,000 more Harlow residents have received their vaccinations. The exact figure is 2,224. That is less than the previous week which was 2,403 however, a number of sources have told YH that there may well be a big push from Monday March 15th. We…

HARLOW Council has reviewed the criteria for the distribution of discretionary business grants so more businesses which have been impacted by the ongoing restrictions and lockdowns can receive financial support.  The first step will be to distribute grant money to taxi and private hire drivers. The…

CONSTRUCTION works have started on creating a new accessible pathway linking Todd Brook to Netteswell Pond. A new 800m path which will be accessible to all will replace a current muddy and uneven route. The new path will run alongside Todd Brook behind Stony Wood…

AS part of World Book Day, teachers at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, took inspiration from The Masked Singer to create a buzz around reading for pupils. Each day, pupils were given clues as to the identity of the teacher behind the emoji masks…

THE LEADER of Harlow Council was on site to see the work begin on new council housing in Bushey Croft. Sixteen new council houses are being built opposite William Martin school on Tawneys Road. YH went down to speak to councillor Mark Ingall, about the…

HARLOW’S Kao Data CEO Lee Myall tells Abigail Opiah why transitioning to a CEO role while juggling with the new state of the world, was – and still is – a fascinating experience. At the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, Kao Data hired Lee Myall…

THE architects working on one of the first schemes in the government’s 40-hospital rebuilding programme have been asked to rework designs to ramp up the use of modern methods of construction reports building.co.uk The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow is one of six that was…

THE Conservatives have today pledged to increase CCTV across the town as part of their three part plan to crack down on anti-social behaviour across Harlow if they win May’s local elections. The three part plan includes: 1. More bobbies on the beat to crack down…

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…