HARLOW travelled to Thurrock after the longest off season on record with our last game against Old Brentwood’s back in March 2020. Long awaited debuts today for Matt MacFarlane, Kai Young, Atakan Alagoz, Griffin Clark and also really Gabe Greaves returning after a four-year sabbatical…

YOGA on Prescription is a programme which supports NHS patients to gain self-care skills by learning yoga breathing, relaxation and mindfulness techniques. For NHS patients: • with stress, anxiety or mild to moderate depression • at risk of Type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease •…

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. The report covers UK figures; Princess Alexandra Hospital figures; the…

THIS is all we know about Poor Beastie. Poor Beastie is Harlow singer songwriter Bill Ginn. Bill attended Burnt Mill School and Harlow College. Many The Square fans may remember his band The World on Fire. Now relocated to Cambridge, the new album is called…

Editorial HAVE a look at the picture above. There is at least ten police officers in Harlow Market Square on Friday morning. We understand that they were there for a few hours, handing out leaflets etc. The previous afternoon, an eleven-year-old child was robbed of…

ESSEX Police investigating after an 11-year-old boy was robbed in Carters Mead, Harlow. The boy was approached whilst riding his bike shortly before 4.30pm on Thursday 9 September. The boy was pushed off his bike before it was stolen and he suffered a minor injury.…

Walk-in Covid-19 Vaccine Centres Now Open! ​ THROUGHOUT west Essex they have opened a number of conveniently located walk-in Covid-19 Vaccine Centres. ​ For 1st or 2nd doses (2nd dose 8 weeks after 1st dose) ​ No appointmentJust turn upNo IDYou do not need to…

DISABILITY Charity Accuro (Care Services) were thrilled recently to receive a generous donation of four Samsung Galaxy Tablets from Bishop’s Stortford based IT company Genmar, who have provided I.T. support to the charity for several years.  West Essex based charity, Accuro provide services with aim…

‘Where to belong’ – Harlow Playhouse, September 2021 – a performance review by Ian Beckett. IN this twilight zone of uncertainty between the onslaught of Covid 19 and what we hope will be the begin of, not a return to a mythical “normality” but progress…

MHP Theatre are excited to announce their first production since ‘Twist’, in March 2020. ‘The Bureau of Unsent Letters’ is a completely new work, written by Jack and Eve-Marie Downey. It takes a look into the lives of ‘ordinary people’ through the letters they wrote…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to ask a question regarding Iran. Robert Halfon: “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent Iran’s further non-compliance with the 2015 Joint…

Southern League Central Division Didcot Town 1 v 2 Harlow Town HARLOW Town put in another impressive performance to win away at Didcot on Saturday afternoon. Goals by Junior Dadson and Alex Read secured all three points after Didcot had opened the scoring with a…

OVER forty per cent increase in people homeless on leaving prison in the East of England. Government data released yesterday shows a shocking rise in homelessness among those leaving prison, across the East of England. The number of people homeless or threatened by homelessness on…

UP to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will be made available each year thanks to government action to streamline the testing process and tackle the worldwide lorry driver shortage. HGV driving tests will be overhauled, meaning drivers will only need to take one test to…