CALLING all singers, dancers, comedians, jugglers, musicians and everyone in between – the annual Rhodes Talent Search is upon us once more and the competition needs you! The event sets out to find the best talent in Stortford and the surrounding area and organisers expect…

A VERY special reunion of Harlow’s celebrated John Petters Swing Band takes place on Thursday 26th February at St John’s Arts Centre, St John’s Walk, Market St. Old Harlow, CM17 0AJ. The concert will see the welcome return of ex pat. clarinet and saxophonist, Pete…

BURNT Mill’s impressive GCSE results from last summer has seen them appear near the top of the table in one school league listing. The school, in First Avenue, Harlow, was topped in this year’s league tables only by grammar schools in the list of 115.…

Nishall’s Blog The ever inventive young blogger presents his thoughts on voting.

A Letter from St Paul’s By Jo O’Reilly IF you’ve walked past St Paul’s Church in the town centre recently, you might have noticed that Harlow’s homelessness problem has become a lot more visible. The small gardens at the side of the church have been…

ROBERT Halfon, MP for Harlow, has stood up strongly in defence of the government’s employment record, and attacked Labour’s “failed policies on job creation and youth unemployment”. Speaking in the House of Commons, Robert mentioned remarks by Labour Councillor Emma Toal, who recently commented that…

POLICE would like to identify this man following three burglaries which took place in Harlow. Three industrial premises in the Latton Bush Centre in Southern Way were broken into just after midnight on Monday, January 26. Workwear worth £270 was taken from Herts Mill Services…

FOLK LEGENDS, Steeleye Span will be appearing at the Harlow Playhouse next month (March 11th) For any artist to discover new inspiration after many years is a huge challenge yet this is just what Steeleye Span achieved with Wintersmith, the 22nd studio album in a…

SUZY Stride, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Harlow met with members of Mark Hall student parliament this week to find out what changes that want to see in Harlow. The budding politicians act as a bridge between students and staff and a voice for students to…

SINCE April 2009 Harlow Foodbank has fed over 14,000 people in crisis with emergency food. It has this year distributed 65.5 tonnes of donated food in Harlow and the surrounding area, through its referral system working in partnership with 154 front-line partners. The foodbank now…

THE Secretary of State for Local Government and Brentwood and Ongar MP Eric Pickles has welcomed the news that Essex County Council has frozen its Council Tax for a fifth successive year. Mr Pickles said: “As Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government I…

EXCLUSIVE A MAJOR INVESTIGATION into the way Essex Police investigated thirty cases of alleged child abuse is underway. Twelve detectives have been placed on restricted duties, with one suspended, as the force tries to get to the root of what may have gone wrong with…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon has once again stood up for residents by raising Harlow’s illegal encampments in the House of Commons. During Communities and Local Government Questions, Robert asked the Minister for Policing, Mike Penning, to set out what powers are available to Essex Police…

THE SAD DISCOVERY in a Harlow cemetery of the names of three young men from one family, who had perished while serving their country in the First World War, sparked curiosity in staff at the Museum of Harlow who delved into the story of the…