Statement from Essex Police and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst “LIKE you, I’m a resident of Essex and I am concerned about the level of Coronavirus cases in our county. We must act now to save lives and save jobs. I fully support Essex’s request to…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has backed the decision for Harlow to move to Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions. YH caught up with Mr Halfon as he was visiting a local business to find out more regarding what prompted his decision and what message he had for…

IN SEPTEMBER 2018, we interviewed Hollie and Javin as they entered their new school Sir Frederick Gibberd College for the first time. It has been to say the least, quite a year. YH went down to see them again, as they settled into Year 8.…

ESSEX Police are now in a position to release the name of a woman who died following a collision on the M11 last month. Eni-itan Bajomo was the passenger in a black Audi TT which was in collision with the central reservation on the southbound…

ESSEX Highways’ Winter Service starts from Monday 19th October and our gritter team is on standby to keep roads in the county in a safe condition from this date. Long-range weather forecasts still cannot tell us with any reliability what sort of winter weather we may…

STEWARDS Academy students have reacted with anger after the removal of a Black History Month poster by senior management. The posters (see below) had been placed around the school this week at the Parnall Road school. But students became enraged when they saw that the…

WESTON HOMES LAUNCH THE BEST NEW APARTMENT SCHEME IN HARLOW AS PROPERTY SALES IN THE TOWN INCREASE BY OVER 100% IN 2020 DESPITE COVID OUTBREAK WESTON Homes are launching Edinburgh Way in Harlow on the 22nd of October 2020. The development comprises 361 one, two-…

THE LEADER of the Harlow Alliance Party has quizzed the leader of Harlow Council over the future of Elm Hatch in Waterhouse Moor. Nicholas Taylor asked Councillor Mark Ingall: “It is now some two and a half years since residents were invited to see plans…

HARLOW Town Football Club have been forced to break its silence over the departure of their manager. It has been normal practice for a club to announce a manager’s departure but not, it appears, at Harlow Town. No statement was placed on their website nor…

PRIMARY school children are working on their health and fitness, thanks to an investment in gym equipment at their school. The five primary schools within BMAT – Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, Freshwaters Primary Academy, Little Parndon Primary Academy and Roydon Primary Academy in Harlow and…

BELOW is the data regarding Covid-19 released by the government in relation for Harlow. We will now be publishing this data every day. It details: PCR tests in England, patients admitted in east of England, people tested positive in Harlow, deaths within 28 days of…

A PLANNING application by the “owners” of Terminus House has not been approved by the Harlow Council planning committee. The committee met on Wednesday night via Zoom and made a decision to defer the decision to a future date. The applicant is IPE Harlow Ltd…

Can you help identify these people? ESSEX Police would like to talk to them about reports of a theft from Asda in The Water Gardens, Harlow on Wednesday 23 September.  They received reports that around 2.30pm, a number of beauty items worth a three figures…

HARLOW Council leader has issued a statement on Essex being moved into second tier of Covid restrictions. Cllr Ingall said: “A week ago, Dr Mike Gogarty, the Public Health Chief for Essex County Council, asked for support from all District  Council leaders to petition the…