AVERAGE pay rises are failing to keep up with the rise in the cost of living, the latest official statistics show reports the BBC. While wages rose in the year to November, they did not rise as fast as prices over the same period. This…

THERE was a series of impressive performances by Harlow athletes in the Essex Cross Country Championships on Saturday. There as an impressive run by St Nicholas’ Year 9 student Alistair Mizon who came 19th in the Junior Boys run at Writtle. St Marks West Essex…

DIRECT from it’s success at London’s Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, a SOLD OUT Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also features a full live band performing…

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…

ESSEX Police are investigating a complaint from a number of parents regarding a man’s conduct at a supermarket in Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously in Tesco in Church Langely at around 10.15am today (Monday…

Westcliff 50 v 5 Harlow A TRIP to Westcliff’s new ground was on the cards this Sunday morning for the next round of the Essex Waterfall Cup. A bright morning and an open pitch awaited in a fixture that pitched us as division 2 leaders…

MAGISTRATES in England and Wales will be able to jail criminals for twice as long as they currently can, under plans to clear court backlogs reports the BBC. The government is planning to allow magistrates to hand out sentences of up to a year, rather…

RESIDENTS of Hunsdon, Eastwick and Gilston have hit back at plans by Harlow Council to effectively take over the area. Members of the Hunsdon, Eastwick and Gilston Neighbourhood Plan Group (NPG) responded to the recent public consultation on the Harlow Town Plan, which set out…

ESSEX Police are appealing for anyone who saw or has footage of a collision in Harlow where a cyclist was injured.A car and a bicycle were in collision in Haydens Road at around 7.55pm on Monday 17 January. It was reported the car failed to…

WE are giving you updates on the Covid-19 situation in Harlow as the needs arise. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. It is by no mean perfect but it gives you,…

HARLOW Amateur Theatre Company (HATS) will be holding open auditions on Saturday 22nd January at 11am at Harlow Playhouse for our June production of Big Fish. Rehearsals will be Monday & Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings starting in February. Show week will be June 12th…

MANCHESTER Airports Group (MAG) today said it is confident of a strong recovery in 2022 after Omicron restrictions on travel were removed last week. Before temporary restrictions were introduced in November and December, MAG airports were seeing a stronger recovery than other UK airports. According…

TRAFFIC regulations are set to get a lot tougher outside St Mark’s school in Harlow. Local residents and commuters will know that Tripton Road is close to gridlock as parents drop off their children in the morning and then wait to pick them up at…

MILKSHAKE Monkey is back and can’t wait to put on a spectacular NEW Show for you all, joined by some of his favourite Milkshake! friends plus two Milkshake Presenters creating the most dazzling show you have ever seen! Join Paddington, Daisy & Ollie, Milo, Noddy,…