A SENIOR Harlow Conservative councillor has responded to criticisms by Labour regarding his budget proposals for the next financial year. On Thursday night, the budget recommendations were voted through due to a Labour majority. Shadow portfolio holder for resources, cllr Russell Perrin had proposed an…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xw4K76nc4gE From The Mark Hall Academy PE Department THIS year will see Tokyo host the summer Olympic games. During this lockdown, we have challenged pupils and staff to ‘trek’ to Tokyo. Tokyo is 9524 kilometres away from Mark Hall Academy. Ultimately, we want pupils and…

LIDL is to give frontline store and warehouse staff a one-off £200 bonus in thanks for their ongoing work through the pandemic reports The Grocer. The payment recognises their “tireless efforts to keep the nation fed and provide a safe shopping experience for customers up…

THERE is a new fraudulent vaccination email being circulated, this looks genuine and could easily be mistaken for an NHS email. Do not click the link as it takes you to a malicious website that steals personal details. Please make family and friends aware.

IN a statement in the House of Commons, Harlow’s MP, Robert Halfon, asked the Prime Minister to “pay tribute to the staff and volunteers who are working so hard to scale up the programme of vaccinations in Harlow and delivering the life-saving vaccines to thousands…

Harlow Labour accuses Conservative Councillor Russell Perrin of being “a small town Donald Trump.” Dear Sir,In a disgraceful bid to incite tension and division, Conservative Councillor Russell Perrin attempted to mislead the Council and Harlow residents last night by claiming he could deliver a balanced…

Ambitious children have earned their classmates a visit from a published author. PUPILS at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, entered the Collins Big Cat 1000 book competition which challenged them to decide what career a book character should have. The competition sparked discussion around…

1145 hrs Statement from Essex Police We are currently at the scene of a collision on the Northbound track of the M11 between junction six and seven. At 8.40am today, Saturday 30 January, our officers were travelling on the M11 in response to an emergency…

NEW data has revealed the extent of the spending in Essex during the Eat Out To Help Out scheme last year. The government scheme was introduced to help hospitality venues recover from the huge blow of the first national lockdown. The campaign ran from August…

HARLOW has seen another large drop in it is infection rate. The figure for January 24th is 504.2 per 100,000. That is a drop of 36.6% on seven days previously. That is another large drop and the sixteenth day in a row we have seen…

THE INFECTION rate has fallen in seven out of eleven areas of Harlow. There were 439 cases registered for January 24th and published on January 29th. That is a drop of 26. This is the lowest number of cases since December 20th The lowest area…

THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has risen by two to 469. There have been 160 deaths registered in January. That makes January the month with the highest number of fatalities. April had 151. January 7th saw 13 deaths. That…

Open Letter to Robert Halfon, MP From Harlow Coronavirus (People Before Profit) Action Group IN a week in which the number of deaths in the UK from the Coronavirus passed 100,000 you, our local MP and chair of the education select committee, have chosen to…

Farm Shop & Deli Awards Shortlist Revealed. THE shortlist of the UK’s finest speciality retailers for the 2021 Farm Shop & Deli Awards, in partnership with The Grocer and sponsored by Garofalo and Food & Drink Wales, have been announced. One of the entrants representing…