Weekend Update HERE is an update of the hard work that the officers of Harlow have done over the weekend. 14 Arrests in Harlow 136 incidents attended of which were: 12 Covid Breaches, 9 Domestic Violence incidents, two missing persons, one mental health related, one…

FA Cup 1st Round Harlow Town 2 v 9 Ipswich Town THIS will be the type of game that Harlow players will have learned a huge amount from. Pride hurts and there is no doubt they will be hurting but there will be successes in…

St Mark’s Sixth Formers Aim High STUDENTS with the highest of aspirations are celebrating at St Mark’s, with a record number applying to the Russell Group of universities. The Russell Group are the top 24 universities in the UK, renowned for academic excellence and high-quality…

LABOUR-run Harlow Council’s bid to run multi-million pound metro system through the town may have been stopped in its tracks by the Conservative group. Earlier this month, we reported that the Tories had labelled the metro system a “vanity project”. Labour had defended their plans…

By Local Democracy Reporter A LEADING doctor at Broomfield Hospital specialising in respiratory infections has indicated Essex is heading for Tier 3 restrictions – warning that January looks “very grim”. In a sober message on Facebook Dr Steve Jenkins, a respiratory consultant at Broomfield Hospital,…

AMONG the figures we have been publishing is the breakdown of Covid-19 infections in different parts of the town. The areas you see are divided into geographic areas of approximately 7,500 each. The area of Old Harlow and Newhall is showing a worrying rate of…

THE INFECTION rate for Harlow has reached another record high. Figures released today (Sunday) show a rate of 251.5 per 100,000 recorded for Harlow. Reference point https://coronavstats.co.uk Plus Twitter account @RP131 The number of Covid-19 cases for Harlow on December 8th is 251.8. That is…

Dear Cllrs, Harlow and Essex Councils, “Your Harlow ” our online news source today published news about the progress of the above development. Thanks to Your Harlow. The photos and mockups artists impressions were fairly clear but the map was of such poor resolution that…

Dear Editor, THIS is the second serious accident on Gilden Way during the last two months. Given the dangerous state of the Gilden Way roadworks, local people are not surprised. The Gilden Way roadworks have major safety issues.  1 .Two lanes of traffic are forced…

THE GOOD people of Coalport Close have a wonderful Christmas display at the heart of their community and it is all for a number of worthy causes. They are trying to raise money for Harlow Foodbank, Streets2homes and St Clare’s Hospice. A spokesperson said: “Please…

THE FAMILY of murdered Estyna Blunnie have spoken to The Guardian about their eight year campaign for tighter rules on the reporting of murder. In the early hours of June 26th, 2012, Kevin Blunnie’s daughter, Eystna Blunnie, 20, three days away from giving birth to…

Give the gift of support this Christmas to your local hospital  THE Princess Alexandra Hospitals’ Charity have started a Christmas fundraising appeal to support their patients during the festive season. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) are no…

THE first phase of the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme has now started.   People in the top priority groups, agreed by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, are starting to be offered vaccination appointments in our area. Getting to this stage has taken an…

ESSEX Firefighters freed two casualties following a road traffic collision involving three vehicles. Crews from Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford attended the incident in Gilden Way, Harlow last night at 10.39pm. They stabilised the vehicles and used hydraulic equipment to release a woman from one car…