ESSEX County Council has achieved a top rating for efforts to cut emissions and strengthen climate resilience. The CDP (originally the Carbon Disclosure Project) has awarded the council an ‘A’ rating. This is the third year running the council has received the top rating. It…

THOUSANDS of bus passengers who rely on vital routes to get to work, school or the doctors’ will be protected from sudden and uninformed cuts to services thanks to the government’s Bus Services Bill. A government spokesperson said: “In a move that will protect thousands…

A NEW report claims over 7,000 children in Harlow are living in what is called “relative poverty”. The research, carried out by Loughborough University for the End Child Poverty Coalition, provides new information on child poverty across the East of England. This highlights that a…

EAST Herts Council has launched a new website – East Herts Air Quality – that lets residents see live air quality data from key locations around East Herts. Three areas in East Herts have been designated Air Quality Monitoring Areas (AQMAs), meaning air pollution is…

WORKING with patients as equal partners is crucial to ensuring services provided by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) meet their needs. Around 300 people with direct or family experience of using our services work closely with us to improve the care we deliver. They help…

A NEW report recommends the expansion of cadets forces across schools in Britain. Permission to Expand sets out the case for scaling up the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) in state schools as part of a wider mission to rebuild pride, purpose and belonging among young…

AS we begin Volunteers Week (June 2-8), Andrew Brookes from Mind in West Essex writes about the importance of the charity’s volunteers and the mental health benefits of volunteering… Volunteering plays a vital role in the fight for mental health in Harlow and across West…

THE leader of Harlow Labour has responded to the news that Harlow Council is set to buy Terminus House. Councillor James Griggs said: “The announced intention to buy Terminus House is welcome news, it is entirely sensible for the Council to own as much of…

NEWLY rebranded, the Ambitious Essex Growth Hub will support small and medium sized businesses across Essex, Southend and Thurrock. Essex entrepreneurs will continue to benefit from specialist business support, thanks to the relaunch of the Ambitious Essex Growth Hub. Through the Ambitious Essex Growth Hub,…

HARLOW Palestine Solidarity Campaign set to hold public meeting. Full details below.

SINGLE-use vapes will be banned from the shelves of all shops from tomorrow (Sunday 1 June) thanks to a government blitz on sale and supply. The new crackdown makes it illegal to sell single-use vapes at corner shops and supermarkets, putting an end to their…

Dear Editor, AS a resident of Harlow and someone who has supported Labour for decades, I feel compelled to express deep disappointment in our current MP, Chris Vince. While Mr Vince has spoken in Parliament on local topics like the UKHSA facility and mental health…

Dear Sir IN a rare visit to Harlow Town Centre it was my privilege to see the remarkable progress that has been made in the last year in the extremely necessary repaving of the area. It was breath taking to see not only had Harlow…

A TARGET set for the East of England Ambulance Service to meet the national standard for its emergency requests has been described as a “extreme challenge”. Response times to category 2 requests – described as an emergency – have gone from 40 minutes in April…