THE INFECTION rate has fallen in eight out of eleven areas of Harlow. In the other three areas it has remained the same. There were 293 cases registered for January 29th and published on February 3rd. That is a drop of 30. This is the…

THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has risen by four to 488. There were 179 deaths registered in January. PAH has 90 Covid in-patients, including seven on ventilators. There are 88 outstanding test results. January 7th saw 13 deaths. That…

ESSEX Police looking for witnesses who saw a man being assaulted in Church Langley Way, Harlow, last month. The 52-year-old man was bitten on the ear and will need ongoing treatment for his injury. He was involved in an altercation with another man on a…

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has encouraged members of the public to clap for Captain Sir Tom Moore at 18:00 GMT on Wednesday. The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, died with coronavirus in Bedford Hospital on Tuesday.…

TWO dozen experienced apprentices are showing it is never too late to change your career path after taking a new direction with the country’s biggest electricity distributor. The 24 power workers are set to complete their UK Power Networks apprenticeships, which started in 2019, in…

HARLOW councillors have expressed their concerns regarding Broxbourne residents travelling to Harlow to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. The concerns were raised at a virtual Covid-19 meeting on Tuesday night. The comments were made because it has been reported that a new South African variant of…

THE chairman of the Isthmian League has given his justification on why they desire to declare non-league football null and void for the second successive season.   Nick Robinson wrote to all member clubs , spelling out “several misconceptions evidenced by some club statements”, with the majority of…

HARLOW-based Transexpress International Couriers, part of The APC network – the largest independent parcel delivery network in the UK – has today reported significant, continued growth, spurred by a huge surge in online shopping across East Anglia. The Essex based company, which through The APC…

A HARLOW resident has pleaded guilty to an attack on a nurse and two hospital porters at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Radosław Iwanczyk, aged 44, of Home Close, Harlow made the plea at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On 17/05/2020 at Harlow assaulted an emergency…

WE have just published a press release from Harlow Council regarding business grants. However, the office of Harlow MP Robert Halfon tell us that we have been inundated with local businesses who have been unable to get the desperately needed grants. ======= OVER 170 local…

Update on grants and payments to businesses and residents as £33m paid out From Harlow Council HARLOW Council staff are continuing to process and pay out government grants to eligible businesses and make payments to residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of today, £32m…

A HARLOW resident has been charged with being drunk in charge of an e-scooter. Christian Salcianu, aged 34, of Fullers Mead, Harlow has been charged with the following. On October 19th, 2020 drove a motor vehicle, e-scooter colour black on a road, Fullers Mead, after…

ISSUES regarding HGV parking have arisen since the HMRC Inland Border Facility opened on North Weald Airfield on January 1, North Weald Bassett Parish Council has said. Monday’s parish council meeting heard that council chairman Alan Buckley and clerk Sue DeLuca would be meeting with…

HARLOW has seen another large drop in it is infection rate. The total number of cases is 323. The figure for January 27th is 371.0 per 100,000. That is a drop of 40.5% on seven days previously. That is the third day in a row…