Dear Editor, LAST week, we delivered the biggest Council Tax cut ever in UK history meaning a £205 Harlow Council Tax cut from your bill this year. That’s a £55 Council Tax cut from Conservative-run Harlow Council and a £150 Council Tax cut from the…

Dear Editor, THE country currently has it’s eyes in the wrong direction. Whilst we are looking at the debacle currently in parliament of the incessant agenda of bringing down the prime minister by any means necessary, largely caused by the left wing bias main stream media.…

READERS may recall the Local Development Plans of Harlow DC, Epping Forest DC and East Herts DC have in part created the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town, which as things stand will see thousands of homes built on the Green Belt around Harlow. The Harlow…

THE shortest day is weeks behind us and the nights are gradually becoming lighter, despite the best efforts of Essex County Council. The Conservative-run Council has failed to repair numerous street lights around Harlow, leaving many areas at the mercy of rising crime and anti-social…

Dear Editor,  SINCE 2016, the Labour group has voted no less than seven times at council meetings to approve the Stort Crossing. They passed every step of the plans since the idea was first brought forward. They never held any proper public consultation. It is…

Dear Sir, I despair at the grand and nonsensical announcements that have been made by both the Labour and latterly Tory council for rapid transit systems for Harlow. The new Tory council is right to point out the flaws in Labour’s plan for a monorail…

A DRIVER has slammed the state of the town’s roads after her tyre was damaged after hitting a pothole in Harlow. She has written a detailed letter to Essex County Council regarding the circumstances. We have re-printed the letter as well as the response from…

  By Stephanie Lawton Chief operating officer AS we begin a new year, in line with hospitals across the country, we are experiencing an extremely high demand for our services. We have seen a significant increase in attendances to our emergency department (ED), in the national context…

Dear Editor , THREE children were killed by an air strike as they were playing football in Yemen last Friday (21 January) and more than 70 prisoners died when a detention centre was bombed. In all likelihood these deaths were caused by Paveway IV bombs dropped…

Dear Editor, As a nation of animal lovers we are calling on your readers to speak up for animals to make sure that animal sentience becomes enshrined in UK law.  Animal sentience was the only issue which was not carried over after Brexit and so…

BORIS Johnson is facing calls to resign after admitting attending a drinks party at Downing Street during lockdown. What do people think in Harlow, – the county seen by many as a political barometer? BBC Look East went down to the Broad Walk to speak…

Dear Editor, ON January 11 this year I discovered in my inbox the latest newsletter from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) for Essex, Roger Hirst, that included an interesting article on Levelling Up. The article referred to Roger Hirst’s work as Chair of the…

Dear Editor, YOUR readers will be aware of the well-documented pressures currently being experienced in health services both locally and nationally.   Our members, providing frontline nursing care to patients under extremely challenging circumstances, are exhausted. They are aiming, as always, to provide the highest standards of…

Dear Sir, THE figures for Harlow show that we currently have the highest numbers of Covid infections in Essex. We also have among the lowest rates of vaccination – with the Harlow vaccination figures being approximately 14% below the national average. Thanks to the work…