A FORMER patient of St Clare Hospice is hosting a Cabaret Event to raise funds for the charity which cared for her following a devastating cancer diagnosis. Jem Ayres, 33 years from Harlow, is the founder of Burlesque Jems dance school and will be hosting…

By Karla Mouncey Jaggers WHEN thinking of Harlow Playhouse, intimate gigs with live unsigned bands is not generally the image conjured up. When booking tickets for BBC Music Introducing Essex I was totally unsure of what the evening would entail. When arriving at the newly…

ESSEX County Council is congratulating secondary schools after the county’s performance under the Government’s new GCSE measures was published for the first time. About 15,000 young people were entered into GCSEs at schools in Essex this year. Provisional figures show the percentage of the county’s…

By Gary Shaw THE event was last Saturday October 1st, as a fundraiser for the British Heart Foundation, in memory of a dear friend Paul “Bellsy” Bonello, who sadly passed away back in April. Paul was returning from holiday, when he was taken seriously ill…

HARLOW Civic Society is delighted to invite you to the launch of the town’s very own architectural design awards. The awards will celebrate Harlow’s unique architectural heritage as a new town, and encourage excellence in the design of its development over the coming years. Each…

In and around Harlow, dearest to cheapest: – Tesco, Church Langley = 112.9p – Texaco, Epping = 111.9p – Sainsburys, Harlow and Hoddesdon = 110.9p – Unbranded, Epping Service Station = 108.9p Average price of fuel = 114.09p

By Emily Cooper ST John’s Arc have regular free lunchtime concerts and this Friday 14th is no different. Professional Russian pianist, Alexander Ardakov has previously played for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and will now be playing music by Chopin and Rachmaniov at St…

By Charlotte Page HARLOW Council is set to hold their next cabinet meeting this Thursday. The agenda includes discussing Harlow’s transportation and highway connections and also the relationships that the town has with its surrounding areas. Item ten is set to discuss the importance of…

By Millie Lane WE cannot speak highly enough of Harlow’s Junior parkrun. It starts at 9am in the main part of the Harlow Town Park just next to Pets Corner. It is run by a very dedicated team, who are full of enthusiasm and encouragement.…

PUBLIC Health England held a second three-day exhibition last week to update on plans to create its headquarters and a Public Health Science Hub at Harlow in Essex. The £400 million project will involve redeveloping the vacant GSK site at the New Frontiers Science Park…

Review by William Tennison BAD Girls is an original British musical, based on the award winning television drama, as Wing Governor Helen Stewart battles with old guards Sylvia Hollamby and Jim Fenner to improve the lives of the inmates at Larkhall Prison. This fight for…

THE number of potholes on main routes in Essex has halved thanks to significant investment in the county’s roads. Between June and September this year figures showed a 47 per cent drop in the number of defects on priority routes. The impressive figures come following…

THE biggest ever flu vaccination programme in England has been launched today meaning more people in Essex will be protected. According to Public Health England, it is estimated that several million people get flu each winter, leading to more than 2,000 NHS intensive care admissions…

A FORMER Harlow student is inspiring youngsters to follow their dreams as she prepares to work with the world’s top medical professionals. Maddie Leadon left Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, in 2010 with a crop of 12 A* GCSE grades and went on to…