THE Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell and senior clergy from the Diocese of Chelmsford have made the environment the focus of their commitments for this year’s Lent. The senior clergy team includes the Bishops of Barking, Bradwell and Colchester and the diocese’s…

ST Clare Hospice in Hastingwood once again hosted its annual Winter Walkies fundraiser on Sunday (23rd February 2020), with dozens of local people and their pups turning out to support the charity. Winter Walkies is a canine-inspired, charity fundraising event held every February at the…

THOUSANDS of GP appointments across Harlow are being missed every month. Health bosses were only able to supply YH with partial figures relating to missed appointments but even these statistics expose a dreadful trend of Harlow residents not turning up for appointments. Missed appointments between…

Opticians make generous donation to hospital’s Eye Unit A LOCAL opticians has made a generous donation of more than £1,600 to the Eye Unit at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Specsavers Harlow named the Eye Unit as their charity of the year in January…

AN ambitious new business support programme is set to launch in Harlow to help local women get into the world of business. The Women’s Enterprise Skills Programme will provide 25 local women who are either unemployed, under-employed or aspire to launch their own business with…

LOCAL mental health charity, Mind in West Essex, held a fundraising quiz night at St. Stephen’s Church on Saturday 1st February to celebrate Time to Talk Day, raising around £640 from generous donations on the night. Time to Talk Day is a national initiative aimed…

AS part of Passmores Academy’s commitment to sustainable living, four lucky students were selected to accompany teachers, Mr Gladwin and Miss Banks, on a trip of a lifetime to the Earth Summit in New York, USA. Having a just day to explore the vibrant city,…

A LEADING Harlow councillor has expressed his concerns over plans to merge two GP surgeries in Harlow. As YH reported last week, health bosses have written to patients at Barbara Castle surgery in Sumners and Addison House off Fourth Avenue making them aware of the…

Update: 1000 hrs Statement from East of England Ambulance Service: “We were called at 11.58am yesterday with reports of a person in cardiac arrest in Park Lane, Harlow. “We sent an ambulance, ambulance officer and Essex and Herts Air Ambulance. “One person was taken to…

THE NUMBER OF Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Harlow could be drastically reduced if a proposal by Labour-run Harlow Council is approved. Over the last five years, the number of HMOs in Harlow has dramatically increased. In 2015, there were 140. In 2019, there…

A POPULAR Harlow Labour Party member has been recognised for all his hard work by being named “Activist of the Year”. Little Parndon and Hare Street councillor Chris Vince was given the award at the East of England Labour Party regional conference by Louise Haigh…

Nominations now open for the Who Will Care? Awards 2020 THE Who Will Care? Awards make a much-anticipated return in May and nominations are now open. The 2020 awards are to be held on Wednesday 13 May at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford and will…

Quality of care at Princess Alexandra Hospital rated by staff NATIONAL NHS staff survey results show that staff at The Princess Alexandra NHS Hospital Trust rate the quality of care provided to their patients as being above average compared with hospitals across the country. Responses…

A KIND-hearted Harlow girl has been rewarded for her fundraising efforts with a holiday to Florida as part of the Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’s End of the Series trip to Florida. As readers may remember, Rundells resident Keira, aged six, hosted a Lemonade…