THE INFECTION rate has gone down in four out of eleven areas of Harlow. It rose in four and stayed the same in three. There were 92 cases registered for February 19th and published on February 24th. That is the same as yesterday. The lowest…

By Local Democracy Reporter A £124 million contract has been secured for upgrade works to the M25 in Essex. GRAHAM, a construction and civil engineering specialist, has secured the contract from Highways England to design and build critical improvement work to junction 28 of the…

THERE has been one further death registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths has risen to 522. There have been 35 deaths in the first twenty four days of February. That compares to 151 deaths in first twenty four days of…

ALL people on the learning disability register should now be prioritised for a Covid vaccine, the joint committee on vaccination has advised the government reports the BBC. This means an extra 150,000 people now being eligible, said Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chairman of JCVI. It…

THE Gibberd Garden will re-open this year for the first time on Sunday 7th March at 2.00pm. At the moment their special openings will be by ticket for cars. This is restricted to the first 25 cars. Other arriving on foot or by cycle will…

THE author of a book on the visit of Elizabeth 1 to Harlow has passed away. In 1977 Marion Colthorpe co-wrote, with Linley Bateman, Queen Elizabeth I and Harlow. A full obituary by Richard Freeman has been published https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/feb/23/marion-colthorpe-obituary

TWO drug-dealing brothers who took over a vulnerable woman’s flat have been jailed. Officers visited her at home in Parsonage Leys, Harlow, in April 2019 to carry out a welfare check because she was at risk of being exploited by drugs gangs. They spoke to…

HARLOW Council has written to residents informing them that the Bushey Croft car park is now out of use. The car park is off Tawneys Road an opposite William Martin school. Harlow Council is building 16 new council houses there. The work will take up…

SECONDARY schools in England will be asked to deliver face-to-face summer schools as part of efforts to catch pupils up with lessons lost to Covid reports the BBC. An extra £420m in funding has been announced, along with £300m announced for catch-up projects in January.…

THE NUMBER of cases in Harlow has fallen to 92. That is a fall of eleven from yesterday. This means there are 108.0 cases per 100,000. This is an 30.9% decrease from seven days ago. This figure relates to Feb 18th and reported on Feb…

THE INFECTION rate has gone down in seven out of eleven areas of Harlow. It rose in three and stayed the same in one. There were 92 cases registered for February 18th and published on February 23rd. That is a decrease of eleven. The lowest…

THERE has been no further deaths registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths remains at 521. The last death was registered on February 19th. There have been 34 deaths in the first twenty three days of February. That compares to 146…

AN elderly woman was robbed of her handbag near a cycle track on Monday afternoon. The attack took place near the underpass that links Market Street in Old Harlow with the cycle track. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of a…