THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is delighted to announce that Dr Shico Visuvanathan, consultant microbiologist and director of infection prevention and control, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list. Dr Visuvanathan has been recognised for services to microbiology, infection…

RON Leslie, a heart failure specialist nurse in the cardiology department, has won a national award from heart failure charity, The Pumping Marvellous Foundation. Ron was nominated by patients to receive a ‘You’re Simply Marvellous’ award. This award acknowledges the value that healthcare professionals bring…

AT 8pm this evening, in an all too familiar manner, the Prime Minister addressed the nation once again to inform us that England would return to lockdown, instructing people to “stay at home”, mirroring his announcement at the start of the pandemic in March reports…

Dear residents, TONIGHT, the Prime Minister has announced a national lockdown in England, in part due to the new variant of the COVID-19 virus, which is spreading at an aggressive rate. Primary and secondary schools will also close and move to remote education from tomorrow,…

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson tonight plunged England into a new lockdown as he set out emergency measures to control the spread of new strains of coronavirus amid concerns the NHS risks being overwhelmed. Schools, shops and sports venues will close their doors for six weeks in scenes not witnessed since…

HARLOW has climbed to its highest position in the Covid-19 league table. The number of cases has risen to 1116 from yesterday’s figure of 1035. This is a rate of 1281.8 cases per 100,000. It now sits in 7th position out of 315 local authorities.…

THE breakdown figures for Harlow show a total of 1116 cases. This is the highest figure to date and an increase since yesterdays figure of 1035. The figures relate to December 30th but are reported/published on January 4th. What we seem to be seeing is…

THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has increased to 314. There were seven deaths registered on January 1st. The total number of deaths in December was 70. The highest toll since April. YH understands that there are now eight wards…

A MAN is set to stand trial over an allegation that he threatened a Harlow shopkeeper with a knife. Danny Neal, aged 39, has been charged with the following. On 11/12/2020 at Harlow had with you an article, namely large bladed kitchen knife, in a…

Sir I would like to put on record my enormous thanks to the many, many people who had to work over the festive period – a time which under normal circumstances, they would have taken as annual leave and used to rest and spend time…

A message from St Clare Hospice FOR the third year, you can Recycle Your Christmas Tree with St Clare to help us raise vital funding! On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of January 2021, we will be out and about in the local community, collecting…

BRINGING all pupils back into classrooms while the rate of infection is so high is exposing school staff to serious risk of ill-health and could fuel the pandemic, education unions have warned this morning reports the TES. Six unions with members in schools – GMB, NAHT, NASUWT,…

A SENIOR Conservative councillor has called on Harlow Council to adopt his action plan as part of the fight against coronavirus in this town. Deputy leader of the Harlow Conservatives, Joel Charles laid out his plan on Twitter. Cllr Charles plan is as follows: The…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to express his concerns to the Education Minister over eating disorders in school children. Mr Halfon said: “I believe that my right hon. Friend wants to keep schools open and teachers and…