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THE sudden appearance of three mystery doorways in an enchanted forest has sparked endless imagination in children. Pupils arrived at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, to find the doors within the school grounds, with no idea where they came from or what was behind…
FROM 1 April 2019, a new 10 year contract with Veolia will begin for Harlow residents’ household waste and recycling bin collections. As Veolia is the current contractor the new contract will come into effect with minimum disruption to residents. There will also be improvements…
THE CAMPAIGN to stop out sourcing of the Domestic team at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow took the Broad Walk on Saturday. Camapigners were busy all morning and afternoon obtaining signatures from local residents. YH spoke to domestic and Harlow resident Lyndsey Johnstone about the…
THE establishment of 23 new Town Centre Teams, which are due to be in place this summer, has been announced this week demonstrating another way the force is investing in more local, visible policing claims Essex Police. A spokesperson said: “Essex Police has grown in…
THE ANNE ROBSON Trust won the latest round of Harlow Soup. The Butterfly Volunteers run by the Anne Robson Trust volunteer at PAH providing companionship to end of life patients who have no family or friends to visit them, Harlow Soup has gone from strength…
A POPULAR bar and nightclub in Harlow has announced that it has closed. The TwentyOne Bar, based on Post Office Walk in the town centre made the announcement on the Facebook page. The bar was often in close proximity to a number of disturbances over…
HARLOW’S Spring Clean is underway after council staff, councillors and staff from HTS and Veolia carried out the first litter pick yesterday (22 March 2019) as part the Great British Spring Clean. In just over an hour and a half more than 25 bags full…
A TEENAGE drug dealer caught with 37 rocks of crack cocaine and heroin nearly £1,000 in cash has been jailed for more than two and a half years. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how officers were patrolling in Westfield, Harlow on January 9 this year when…
A MAN who stabbed a teenager in Harlow, causing him to lose his gall bladder, has been jailed for close to three years. Thokozani Shiri, 21, of Torkildsen Way, Harlow, had pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article at…
A PETITION calling for Theresa May to cancel Brexit by revoking Article 50 has passed over five million signatures. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584 Parliament’s petitions committee tweeted that the rate of signatures was “the highest the site has ever had to deal with”, after the website crashed. The…
THE OLD MEN’S RUNNING CLUB (OMRC) is a hardy group of Harlow dads who want to raise £5,000 for the Dolphin Ward at Princess Alexandra Hospital. They are all very grateful for the work of the much-loved and respected ward and so want to give…
Gratnells Engineering employee inspired to become STEM Ambassador CHLOE Winyard joined Gratnells Engineering as Marketing Assistant in May 2017 and has seen first-hand the positive impact of promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing subjects to young people. Historically known as the leading name in school…
PLANS for another 160 homes in Newhall have been approved. The applicants had already been granted outline planning permission for the area. They had returned to the Harlow Council planning committee to seek specific permission for a further tranche. Both Labour and Conservative councillors pointed…
A “parliament of carers” is being envisaged in Essex to support the thousands who are saving the public purse more than £800million by looking after loved ones in their own homes. The need to provide a framework of support for the estimated 145,000 people who…
LAST SUMMER, we went down to the launch of the Changing Lives project in Harlow. Several months on, we went down to Mark Hall Academy to see leader David Simmons and assess how the project was going. For more details click on the link below.…
A WOMAN is in hospital and a man has been arrested after an alleged attack outside a pub in Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Police were contacted at just after 6pm on Thursday, March 21st, following reports that a woman in her 20s had…





