Dear Editor, I would like challenge parts of Harlow Council’s statement aired on BBC Essex on July 10th which stated: “The council leader and cabinet member for environment recently met with the riders to listen to their concerns and to try and find a way…

Dear Editor I AM part of a volunteer group that supports the work of Harlow Council’s Biodiversity Team. The last few tasks we have been asked to do is to put in infrastructure to deter the unauthorised use of the woods by horse riders. I…

Dear Editor THE train companies are consulting on plans to close station ticket offices. I believe this will disproportionately affect older and disabled passengers. I urge readers to take part in the consultation. Link: https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/consult Below is the text from the Greater Anglia website about Harlow…

Dear Editor, TRYING to walk along Tillwicks Road opposite the Phoenix Pub is a joke. The bushes are so over-grown that pedestrians have to walk in the road and it’s not just a side road, it’s a major main road! Then when you call contact…

THE recent arrival of travellers in the Town Park resulted in many comments on social media, mirroring those that have been made since Harlow Council withdrew from taking legal action in 2020. It is a sad fact that politicians across the Country have to date…

Dear Editor, HAVING recently engaged with the new leader of Harlow Council, Cllr. Swords regarding his promise to “revive left behind neighbourhoods”, I was surprised to hear that, “neighbourhood renewal plans will be subject to consultation with local residents” shortly in the Potter Street area.…

Dear Editor, A NUMBER of citizens and Labour councillors have expressed their dismay that Robert Halfon’s letter of June 25 to YourHarlow says: “sadly the previous Labour Council did not choose to renew the injunction – which has now allowed such encampments to arrive.” The…

A PRESENT and a former leader of Harlow Labour have slammed MP Robert Halfon over not voting at last night’s Privileges Committee debate in the House of Commons. Harlow Labour leader, cllr Chris Vince said: “It is disappointing that Harlow’s current MP abstained on last…

Dear Editor, I AM writing to share my experience and highlight the significance of the recent Sort The System mass lobby of Parliament on 24 May 2023. As one of the hundreds of people who attended the lobby from all corners of the UK, I…

MY mum had quite a number of sayings, designed to fit every situation. ‘Everything happens for a reason’ is one she shared with Marilyn Monroe but I was never sure of it: life often has a disturbingly chaotic aspect. My favourite is ‘Everybody has their…

ON the same day Robert Halfon and his cohorts wax lyrical about how well they are doing in getting potholes fixed I encountered the latest crazy manifestation of these works. On Tuesday night First Ave was closed for works including repainting the white lines and…

Dear Editor, I READ with interest the tweet you shared from Cllr Russell Perrin in which he shared his ecstasy at the resurfacing of First Mandela Avenue that he claimed in January 2023 “would take place immediately”.   Whilst our MP and the Head of Highways at…

WE often read in YH how people are disappointed by the state of our Town Centre and today I witnessed part of the problem. A woman stood outside of McDonalds, with her family, smoking a cigarette. Despite there being a bin on either side of…

FOR volunteer’s week 2023, I want to send a big thank you out to all of Harlow’s incredible volunteers for all that you do for our town. Over the last couple of years, with the terrible pandemic and now with the cost-of-living crisis, Harlow communities…