STUDENTS and staff at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School are today celebrating continuing success, with A level students once again achieving results that have enabled them to go to universities, often the first in their family. Another marvellous pass rate was achieved with 90+%…

Harlow hospital’s neonatal unit is aiming for the top THE neonatal unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust (PAHT) has received many accolades for its dedicated care – and now it stands a chance of being honoured among the top baby units in the country.…

THE HARVEY Centre, Harlow is thrilled at the success of their charity mini golf event which ran from Sunday 4th – Saturday 10th August to raise money for LandAid. Lots of families took to the course during the week-long event and contributed an amazing £1,276…

A NUMBER of free hands-on sessions for children and families centred around science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) are being held in the town starting next week. Sessions will be taking place at: Harlow Town Park, Bandstand area, between 11am and 4pm on Tuesday…

TWO drug dealers have been jailed for two and-a-half years each after officers carried out a warrant in Harlow. The warrant was executed at an address in Dadswood on 19 January following intelligence that drug dealing may be taking place there. When inside officers found…

A MACHETE and a knife were recovered during a knife crime operation in Harlow. It was part of Operation Sceptre, our targeted crackdown on knife crime, which began in April and is funded by £1.76million from the Home Office. Our officers based at Stansted Airport…

A FEW week ago, The Brexit Party unveiled their candidate to fight the constituency of Harlow and the Villages at the next General Election. YH caught up with Neil Greaves in the town centre to find out a little bit more about who he is…

A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to defrauding two people with Downs Syndrome of over £13,000 . Victor Brooks, aged 64, of Longfield, Harlow made the plea after a recent appearance at Chelmsford Crown Court. The charges were as follows. Between 01/01/2016 and 03/05/2018 at…

HARLOW Labour officials in leave-voting constituencies such as Harlow have threatened to “burn or bin” hundreds of official leaflets that mention the party’s new policy on a second referendum reports The Times. The material was printed and delivered to regional Labour offices last week. It…

A PLANNING application for 183 homes in Terminus Street is set to go before Harlow Council’s planning committee. The application is as follows: Partial demolition of the existing car park and redevelopment of the site to provide a building, comprising 183 residential dwellings and 858sqm…

A HARLOW man and his friends are set to host a charity football match in order to raise awareness of mental health. Joe Beckwith has explained why he is organising the football match. Joe said: “One in six of us will be affected by mental…

AN OLD Harlow councillor has pledged to continue his fight for Gilden Park residents over conditions of the new houses they have purchased. YH and other news outlets have already charted the woeful condition of the new builds. Harlow MP Robert Halfon stood in the…

Roger Hirst welcomes extra £1.16 million of government funding to tackle serious violence THE Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst, has today welcomed the government’s decision to award Essex a further £1.16 million to help tackle violent crime. Speaking following the announcement,…