A SENIOR Harlow councillor has questioned why he has been invited to Loughton for a vaccination. Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, cllr Tony Durcan asked the question at a meeting of the Harlow Council Covid-19 Recovery Group. Cllr Durcan said he had naturally been expecting to…

WITH a phased return to the classroom for secondary school and college pupils set to start from Monday 8 March, settings are currently putting arrangements in place for pupils to take part in asymptomatic Covid-19 testing as per the latest Government guidance. The Government has…

ON Tuesday it was revealed that holiday park group Pontins had a list of Irish surnames it used to screen out bookings for its holiday parks from Gypsies and Irish Travellers. This was first reported by the i newspaper. The list of forty names appears…

PASSMORES Academy is delighted that three of its ex-students have recently received offers to study at Cambridge University. Jenna Buller, James Moseley and Aurelija Gibaviciute, left Passmores in 2019 having achieved outstanding results across all subjects in their GCSE exams. Their hard work and dedication…

OVER 400 Harlow residents aged over 80 have yet to take up an offer of a vaccine. This was revealed by Harlow Council’s Head of Environment, Andrew Bramidge at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Covid-19 Resilience and Recovery Group. He did stress that this was…

THE chancellor will extend the furlough scheme until the end of September when he makes his Budget speech later reports the BBC. Rishi Sunak said the scheme – which pays 80% of employees’ wages for the hours they cannot work in the pandemic – would…

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…

HARLOW Estate Agents , Howick and Brooker are proud to have won Gold at the British Property Awards. If you are looking for a property valuation or looking to buy your next home in Harlow or the surrounding villages give them a call on 01279…

A HARLOW resident has been jailed for a number of road traffic offences in which he has shown a “flagrant disregard for court orders”. Mihai Vatavu, aged 25, of Ladyshot, Harlow had pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to driving without a licence, no insurance,…

From Parndon Mill THIS exhibition, FACING FORWARD is the first to be presented in our Online Gallery. It was originally mounted in The Gallery at Parndon Mill last February but after less than two very successful weeks it had to close for lockdown. It is…

THE Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will tomorrow announce that the fuel duty freeze – which has saved the average driver £10 every time they fill up – will be maintained for the tenth year. The announcement comes after a long running campaign from Harlow’s MP, Robert…

FOUR men including a Harlow teenager are set to stand trial over an alleged firearms offence. The following have been charged. Amanadas Alsamlim, aged 19, of Risdens, Harlow Sam Childs, 20, aged 20, of Upper Park, Harlow Connor Perry, aged 21, of Bramble Road, Witham…

THE chancellor is set to announce £408m of help for museums, theatres and galleries in England to reopen when Covid restrictions start to ease reports the BBC. In his Budget on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak will also pledge £150m to help communities take over pubs. Meanwhile,…

STUDENTS learned how to structure, paraphrase and use the right words at the right time during a writing webinar. Year 9, 10 and 11 students at Mark Hall Academy, in Harlow, picked up useful tips to develop their writing skills. The webinar was made possible…