By Nicholas Taylor of the Harlow Alliance Party DESPITE the huge reduction shown in the latest statistics from the Office of National Statistics about the number of new households required to be built in and around the town, Harlow Council have chosen to ignore these…

Popular Passmores teacher takes to the skies in charity skydive challenge WHAT’S scarier than taking control of a class full of teenagers? Skydiving at 15,000 feet! But that’s exactly what Assistant Principal of Passmores Academy, Rebecca Conway, will be doing when she bravely goes on…

NHS hospitals have been banned from launching their own coronavirus testing for staff and patients who have symptoms – despite a nationwide shortage in tests. Leaked NHS documents, passed to The Independent, show the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has now capped funding for Covid-19…

THE Gibberd Gallery celebrates the Colour of Autumn. Full details on poster.

Dear Sir, I’m contacting you to alert readers to my mother’s situation. My mum suffers with severe COPD and started to get covid symptoms on Tuesday 15/09/2020 morning. She contacted her respiratory nurse for a rescue pack (steroids, antibiotics) but due to this new dry…

Digital Innovation Zone gets further national recognition following public vote Essex + Herts Digital Innovation Zone (DIZ) has, following a public vote, received national recognition as one of the Top 3 Cross-Sector Digital Collaborations in the Digital Leaders DL100 2020 list. The DIZ had previously…

SCHOOL spending per pupil in England fell by 9 per cent in real terms between 2009-10 and 2019-20, a new analysis found. Although these cuts come on the back of a significant increase in spending per pupil during the 2000s, this is still the largest cut in 40…

Halfon secures further funding to combat rough sleeping in Harlow HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, has secured a further £81,000 to help tackle rough sleeping in Harlow as part of a £91m Government package announced today. The funding comes on top of £56,000 in March and…

STUDENTS, staff and parents have been welcomed back to William Martin C of E Schools and Nursery. The school, based on Tawneys Road, has a proud tradition of being a community-minded organisation and so all involved have been delighted to see the doors open again.…

HARLOW- based domestic abuse charity, Safer Places, who work across Essex and Hertfordshire has been given a welcomed cash boost by local Freemasons.  Members of Durolitium Lodge which meets in Loughton, Essex have donated £500 to the charity, who receive more than 3,000 calls of…

A HARLOW pub at the centre of numerous complaints over breaches of Covid-19 guidance has been issued with a final warning. A statement was read out by the portfolio holder for the environment, cllr Danny Purton at a Harlow Council meeting tonight (Thursday). Cllr Purton…

HOME builder and regeneration specialist Strawberry Star Homes, part of the Strawberry Star Group, have unveiled new plans to redevelop the land next to the Harvey Centre that will rejuvenate Harlow town centre. The plans will create new homes and a retail boulevard set amongst…

By Local Democracy Reporter Piers Meyler THE amount spent on special educational needs in Essex is estimated to be twice what it was thought to cost just two years ago. In May 2018, Essex County Council’s cabinet reimplemented the system by which  individual packages of…

ESSEX Police were called to a fight at a pub in Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called at around 1.55am today, Thursday 17 September, about people fighting at Small Copper Pub, in Churchfield, Harlow. “We attended and the group had dispersed with…