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A NEW facility to support the health and wellbeing of patients has opened at The Princess Alexandra Hospital. The new Adult Assessment Unit, which opened on Saturday, 16 January, is a two-storey extension adjacent to the emergency department (ED) at the front of the hospital…
THE continued congestion in Harlow North will only increase, say Harlow Labour. Although Harlow Council confirmed the need for a second M11 junction, it was agreed upon with the assurance that it would be built with the use of a northern ring road, with weight…
HARLOW has seen another large drop in it is infection rate. The figure for January 14th is 907.3 per 100,000. That is a drop of 32.2% on seven days previously. The total number of cases is 790. That is also a fall of 20. That…
THE NUMBER of Covid cases has dropped in seven out of eleven areas in Harlow. There were 790 cases registered for January 14th and published on January 19th. That is a drop of 20. That is the lowest number of cases since December 25th. Last…
A CHURCH Langley man has escaped jail after pleading guilty to a number of sex offences in relation to children. Terrance Clarke, aged 73, of Burley Hill, Church Langley, Harlow appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on January 4th, pled guilty and was sentenced to the…
THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has risen to 416. That is an increase of six on yesterday. Our thoughts are with all the families and friends of those who have died. There have been 111 deaths registered in the…
A HARLOW man has been banned after driving under the influence of drugs. Christopher Speed, aged 41, of Brockles Mead, Harlow, pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On June 12th, 2020, in Harlow drove a motor vehicle, Vauxhall Combo, on Southern Way,…
BELGIAN real estate investment trust Aedifica has acquired three care homes in Essex from Excelcare for £40m. The trio – Abbot care home in Harlow, Stanley Wilson Lodge in Saffron Walden and St Fillans in Colchester – have a combined accommodation capacity of 263 units.…
IN 2019, Harlow musican Roisin Quinn produced an outstanding EP called Half of Me. It is available on I-Tunes etc. One of the outstanding tracks was Dreaming Of. At the time, we thought it was like the sounds of Alicia Keys coming out of Old…
A HARLOW woman has been fined for an assault on another woman. Debbie Naybour, aged 53, of Rushes Mead, pleaded guilty to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On 13/03/2020 at Harlow assaulted a woman by beating herContrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice…
ST Clare Hospice is running an introductory course in Namaste Dementia care for unpaid carers, who are caring for people living with advanced dementia. The Introduction to Namaste Dementia Care for carers is running, via Zoom, on two dates in February: Wednesday 10th February 2021,…
GREATER Anglia is asking rail passengers to check before they travel as the train company is reducing its timetable from Monday 25 January. The company will continue to run services so that essential travellers can still get to work or medical appointments – with about…
Update: Shelley is now back home SHELLEY is a small, Black Patterdale Terrier who was rehomed around one week ago. She is a timid little dog and is afraid of people she doesn’t know. Last night (Sunday 17th January 2021) Shelley managed to escape from…
“Universal Credit must not be cut” says Labour Council Leader THE Labour Party today brought an Opposition Day motion opposing cuts to Universal Credit. Despite the hardship so many are already facing, the Conservatives failed to support this motion after they whipped their MPs to…
Statement on Universal Credit vote “I have made it very clear both publicly on the media and to the Government that I support an extension to the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit. “The vote this evening was a motion of expression, not a…
HARLOW has seen another large drop in it is infection rate. The figure for January 12th is 930.3 per 100,000. That is a drop of 32.8% on seven days previously. The total number of cases is 810. That is also a fall of 51. That…
