SOME issues may only impact some of us but there is no question that waste affects and impacts every single person in Harlow, in Essex, in the UK, on the planet. Each of us creates waste that has to be disposed of.  For too long…

Dear Editor, Suella in the sewer THE lowest form of politics is a government that tries to frighten voters into not voting for the opposition, especially when the fears they are exploiting are groundless. We’ve had quite a lot of that recently. Laughably we’ve seen…

Dear Editor, WE wish once again to raise the issue of “Taxis” and “Private hire” vehicles. We are now 10 days after full council 20th September 2023 and the fact that Cllr Nick Churchill still has not responded to any media story or questions raised…

Dear Editor, Harlow Alliance Party response to the interview between the Director of HGGT and the CEO of Harlow Council The Harlow Alliance Party was the only Party to object to the Local Development  Plans of Harlow and Epping Forest District Council when they were…

Dear Editor,  I AM delighted to be helping the MS Society celebrate the amazing volunteers who help the charity support people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) across the UK.  We’re looking for people in the South East to nominate volunteers who have made an impact on people affected by MS. Whetherthat’s through outstanding support, adventurous fundraising or tackling injustice on behalf of the whole MS community – we want…

HIS hair was black, in tightly curled with a tuft on top of his head and a flounce on his tail. Ben was a standard poodle; he was gentle, sociable, playful, intensely interested in everybody else’s food but his real passion was socks, the smellier…

Dear Editor, CUTS have consequences.Here’s a definition of shameless. Somebody posing for a picture looking at a roof support system, installed some years ago, to stop crumbling school roofs from collapsing. That person praising the support method for allowing the school to be open, but…

Dear Editor, OUR request to allow horse riding in Harlow Woods has been well documented by Your Harlow and for those who are new to this, the headline is that to allow access to Harlow Woods Natural England are required to approve amendments to the…

FOR those residents who have yet to respond to the consultation to change to whole council elections every 4 years, I urge you to do so before the closing date of 5pm Monday 18 September – today. It is a consultation in the loosest sense…

Dear Editor, THIS week marks fifty years since General Augusto Pinochet led a bloody coup on September 11th 1973 to overthrow the democratically elected Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende. Allende believed in helping the poor and wanted to change Chile and was seen as…

Dear Editor IT IS Thursday afternoon, 7th September. I was due to start a new job last Monday, but I couldn’t because of childcare responsibilities. I have children that go to Sir Frederick Gibberd College (SFG) and, as of today, only Year 7 have been…

THE CHAIR OF Harlow Council’s Licensing Committee has responded to the Harlow Labour leader’s comments on taxi licences. Councillor Nick Churchill said: “I am writing in response to Cllr Vince’s dramatic and misinformed statements concerning the sub contracting of private hire vehicles from Wolverhampton by…

Dear Editor, WHILE I appreciate that Harlow Labour must make themselves heard, I wish that for once, they would do the honourable thing and put aside party politics and instead, like Robert Halfon is doing, focus on supporting the affected Harlow schools, parents and children…

Dear Editor, I HAVE just attended a meeting of the parents of pupils due to start in Year 7 at SFG in September. I have nothing but praise for the response of the BMAT academy team, Helena Mills, Dee Conlan and staff. They have clearly…