THE INFECTION rate has fallen in seven cases out of eleven areas of Harlow. It rose in three. There were 122 cases registered for February 12th and published on February 17th. That is a decrease of twelve. The lowest area is Church Langley with 5.…

THERE has been another five deaths registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths has risen to 514. There have been 26 deaths in the first seventeen days of February. That compares to 111 deaths in first seventeen days of January. There…

THE LOSS of the legendary music venue The Square on Fourth Avenue has been well documented. (see letter from Barbara Burge from The Civic Society for details) People have seen it close, be demolished and then waited for houses to be built. And waited and…

Update: Stebbings was fined £1200. Charge 3 was dismissed. A NEWHALL man has pled guilty to a number of public order offences but is set go to trial after pleading not guilty to a charge relating to possession of a hammer. Robert Stebbings, aged 37,…

NEW figures show the average monthly number of referrals made by the NSPCC Helpline about parental substance misuse in the East of England has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic. Referrals are made to external agencies such as the police and children’s…

Dear Editor I was disheartened but not surprised by the recent Conservative article in Your Harlow in which Councillor Perrin attempted to deliberately mislead the Harlow electorate by stating that “Under Labour, Council Tax in Harlow has increased by £377 per year”.  Particularly as Cllr…

THE American owner of the LloydsPharmacy chain is in talks to sell one of Britain’s biggest drug retail and wholesale groups amid warnings about the industry’s future financial viability. Sky News has learnt that McKesson, a New York-listed group with a market value of $29bn,…

HARLOW residents can listen to details and ask questions about the Harlow Library refurbishment project in two online meetings this month. Essex County Council (ECC) will be running two public Zoom sessions later this month to brief residents about the refurbishment of the Harlow Library…

HARLOW has jumped back up 23 places in infection table. On Monday it was 144th out of 315 local authorities however today it had gone back up to 121st. This may go to show that the journey back to zero covid in Harlow may take…

THE INFECTION rate has risen in five out of eleven areas of Harlow. It fell in four. There were 134 cases registered for February 11th and published on February 16th. That is an increase of four. The lowest areas are Church Langley, Great Parndon and…

By Chris Vince I’VE always considered myself to be a very calm and measured politician.  Not one to get into heated debates on social media.  However, I felt incensed by the social media output from Harlow’s MP this week.   To have Robert Halfon talking on…

THERE has been no further deaths registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths remains at 509 There have been 22 deaths in the first sixteen days of February. That compares to 107 deaths in first sixteen days of January. There has…

THERE is to be a large expansion of the number of people being asked to shield in England, the government has announced reports the BBC. An extra 1.7 million people are expected to be added to the 2.3 million already on the list. For some…

IN recognition of the extraordinary challenges faced by schools in England and Wales, the National Education Union recently launched an appeal – with an initial £1 million fund from the NEU – to supply learning materials such as pens, paper, card and crayons for those…