Statement by Harlow MP Robert Halfon OVER the past few days, including on Thursday this week, I have been in meetings with the Health Minister, Public Health England, where it was explained to me why Harlow was put in Tier 3. It was also confirmed…

THE NUMBER of cases in Old Harlow and Newhall continue to give cause for concern. Fridays figures showed it was at 529 cases per 100,000. There had been 47 cases. It has now risen to 652.8 and 58 cases. The areas are geographic clusters of…

THE NUMBER of cases in Harlow has increased again. Figures released today (Saturday ) show a rate of 397.4 cases per 100,000. It has been steadily climbing since Sunday: 251.8, 265.8, 276.8 and 301.2, 332.7 and 334.2 This was an increase of 78.4% . Reference…

MILLIONS of people across southeast England including Harlow will no longer be able to mix with other households at Christmas, with a new Tier 4 level of COVID restrictions – equivalent to a full lockdown – to come into force tomorrow. In a dramatic move,…

THE number of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) has risen to 262. That brings a total of twenty nine deaths for November and twenty-six in December. This takes the total number of deaths at PAH to 262. YH understands there are 91 Covid in-patients…

COVID-19 has brought unparalleled challenges to modern education this year. Primary schools throughout the region have faced much uncertainty and had to adapt quickly to ever-changing guidance. Vine Schools Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust based in Chelmsford and is part of the Diocese of Chelmsford. The Trust currently supports 23 primary…

A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon in public. Kaiden Curran, aged 25, of Vicarage Wood, Harlow was charged with the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On December 12th at Harlow without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, had with you in…

By Local Democracy Reporter THOUSANDS of people in Essex missed out on potentially life-saving scans when non-Covid NHS services ground to a halt during the pandemic. Analysis of official figures by the BBC Shared Data Unit has found that at least 136,970 fewer diagnostic imaging…

TWIN brothers from Harlow, Jason and Jamie Gittens, have been jailed after they stabbed a man at Basildon’s Festival Leisure Park. The twenty-six-year-old brothers were each jailed for 10 years for stabbing a man. Jason and Jamie were with a friend on a night out…

MPs call for adult skills revolution to foster new culture of life-long learning Committee sets out four pillar approach to revolutionise adult educationReport calls for community learning centres in every town and individual learning accountsHelp for part-time learners and skills tax credits needed to boost…

A DATA campus in Harlow has been chosen as the location for Britain’s most powerful supercomputer, The Times has learnt. Nvidia, the American chip company, hopes to switch on its machine, Cambridge-1, before the end of the year. It will provide artificial intelligence to support medical research, including…

THE NUMBER of cases in Old Harlow and Newhall continue to give cause for concern. Fridays figures show it is now at 529 cases per 100,000. There have been 47 cases. The areas are geographic clusters of 7,500 people. Reference: Twitter @RP131 https://coviddatashare.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/MSOA_LA_20201218.html Friday Thursday…

THE NUMBER of cases in Harlow has increased again. Figures released today (Friday ) show a rate of 334.2 cases per 100,000. It has been steadily climbing since Sunday: 251.8, 265.8, 276.8 and 301.2 and 332.7 on Thursday. Wednesday. This was an increase of 41.9%…