LAST week, Harlow Council’s portfolio holder for Housing questioned why MP Robert Halfon did not attend a vote on Grenfell style housing. Councillor Mark Wilkinson asked: “Why did our Conservative MP abstain from motion to deal with Grenfell style cladding?” https://www.yourharlow.com/2021/02/05/letter-to-editor-why-did-our-conservative-mp-abstain-from-motion-to-deal-with-grenfell-style-cladding/ The MP for Harlow…

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HARLOW has fallen to its lowest place in the infection table since late November. Our town is placed 92nd out of 315 local authorities. That is an infection rate of 244.6 per 100,000. The lowest since December 14th. This is a drop of 40.0% from…

THE INFECTION rate has fallen in seven out of eleven areas of Harlow. It has increased in four areas. There were 213 cases registered for February 3rd and published on February 8th. That is a drop of 15. This is the lowest number of cases…

Team Lister Vaccinate over 1400 in one day! By Professor Gino Martini Chief Scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society AS a trustee of the Harlow Health Centres Trust (who built Lister Healthcare Centre, https://hhct.org.uk/) and as Chief Scientist for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society I was privileged…

THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has risen by one to 498. There have been 11 deaths in the first eight days of February. That compares to 54 deaths in first eight days of January. There were 179 deaths registered…

A HARLOW man has been jailed for six months for assaulting a woman. Simon Smith. aged 45, of The Fennels, Harlow pleaded guilty to the following at Chelmsford Magistrates Court. On May 30th at Chigwell, assaulted a woman by beating her. On July 30th at…

SCHOOL summer holidays could be cut short to give pupils time to catch up after months away from the classroom reports the Daily Mirror. Health Minister Edward Argar confirmed the Government was looking at extending the summer term for English schools following reports classrooms could be kept…

AS WE hit a cold and snowy February, keeping to a diet may be tricky. Matt from Body Fresh Fitness has a few words on what the word diet means. Matt said: The fact is, losing weight is all about calorie consumption and calorie expenditure.…

EVERY Monday, we publish details of work undertaken by Essex Police officers over the weekend. 9 Arrests made in Harlow147 Incidents attended.22 Covid Breaches.8 Domestic Violence incidents.3 Missing persons8 Mental Health related4 RTC’s0 Hate Crime. Please drive with care on the roads in these snow/ice…

BRITISH Gas workers are set to hold 12 further strikes in the coming weeks amid ongoing pay disputes at the firm, the GMB union has announced. The fresh industrial action will be in three lots of four-day strikes, each beginning at midnight on 12 February, 19 February and 26…

By Local Democracy Reporter THERE are “no excuses” for an acute increase in the number  of deaths seen in care homes in Essex over the past week, trade union UNISON has said. Essex saw the second highest death toll in care homes last week –…

Bin Collections Bins update 9/2/2021: Bin crews are out today catching up with collections and carrying out today’s collections. The road conditions might make it difficult for them to access some areas so Harlow Council is sorry that there may be disruption to collections. Further…

A LEADING Harlow councillor has questioned what work is being done in Harlow to encourage members of the Black and Minority Ethnic Community (BAME) to take up an offer of a vaccine. Harlow Conservative leader, Cllr Andrew Johnson asked the question at a recent meeting…