Dear Editor, COUNCIL leader Dan Swords has asked the government to scrap local elections in Harlow this year. An inconvenient truth for councillor Swords is that 11 councillors should be elected this May as directed by legislation made in response to the Electoral Commission’s recommended…

Dear Editor AS a tenant of Harlow council for many decades I would like to address the attitude of the council to consulting tenants’ on serious issues that directly affect them. For example, what is the attitude of the council towards tenant participation at all…

Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of residents from Stackfield, Mark Hall Moor, and Great Plumtree following a recent meeting with residents, Cllr Paul Jago of Reform Harlow and Michael Houlihan of Harlow Labour concerning Harlow District Council’s proposal to demolish three blocks of…

Dear Editor, HOW long should it take for Essex County Council to repair street lights? Around six weeks ago I noticed that two lights were not working in the area around The Chantry playground. I went on to ECC website, they were aware of a…

Dear Editor, Readers will be aware that many County and District councils face abolition in less than two years and are waiting for the Government to decide which of the options they have been presented with will be chosen. Whilst the formal deadline for postponing…

HOW will you spend Christmas? Recently I heard somebody say he’ll volunteer for a charity because, he said, that’ll give him something to do. He’ll probably have a great time, too. He’ll be with other people, he’ll feel he has helped them enjoy themselves and…

WE received this correspondence the other day. We happen to think it is menacing. We were in two minds on whether to print it. But whereas we think councils such as East Herts and Herts have got it right, we think Essex and Harlow haven’t…

WITH the festive period approaching, we are keen to share some top tips with our community on staying healthy and out of hospital over Christmas and New Year writes Dr Andrew Kelso, Chief Medical Officer at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT). Winter weather…

Dear Sir Another day and another letter regarding the flags dotted around the town (reasonably written I hasten to add). As sure as night follows day cue the comments from people who support keeping the flags up stating that it shows pride in the flag…

Dear Editor, TIS the season to be jolly, and there’s plenty of evidence of that in Harlow. Daniel Robinson bringing the community together for carols, fun and frolics at the Playhouse Pantomime, the extraordinary spectacular of the Christmas Lights Up in our town centre, and…

IT cannot be argued that the current criminal justice system in England and Wales is in a total and utter mess. In my experience it has been underfunded since 2010. Indeed following a question I asked of the sitting MP in my area, Robert Halfon,…

Dear Editor, I JUST wanted to take a moment to applaud Councillor Dan Swords — truly, Harlow’s hardest-working man when it comes to finding a camera. Every time there’s a ribbon to cut, a pavement to point at, or a Facebook post to write about…

Dear Editor. AT the beginning of October we wrote to local government leaders across Essex asking for their and their parties’ views on the future of libraries once local government is reorganised. In particular, we wanted to know whether they agree with us that Essex…

WOMEN Against The Far Right was set up in opposition to the far right’s use of  women’s safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. A spokesperson said: “The far right are not the defenders of women as evidenced by their aggressive and sexist…