THE local council elections will take place on Thursday 5 May 2022. Notice of election (pdf) Key dates You must have registered to vote to be able to vote in these elections. The last day to register to vote is Monday 14 April 2022. If you are registered you…

THE Essex Chambers of Commerce broadly welcomed the measures announced in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement, but recognise that more could have been done to support the cost of doing business crisis. Quite understandably, the focus of the Spring Statement has been on supporting individuals…

PRINCESS Anne gave a royal seal of approval to Stansted Airport College on Tuesday. Her Royal Highness congratulated students and staff when she visited the four-year-old campus and urged other educators across the country to learn from their trailblazing example. The Princess Royal toured the…

AFTERNOON Tea conjures up images of sophistication, style and something that is quintessentially British – but to me that exactly sums up the Lister Medical Centre Vaccination Team from the Harlow South PCN which also includes the Hamilton Practice and the Ross practice ON Monday…

ON Saturday, March 26th 2016, a little girl called Summer Grant lost her life when a bouncy castle that she was playing on in Harlow Town Park blew away. One of the films below is of the toys and tributes left at the gates of…

WITH every passing day of unbroken sunshine the excitement builds for the start of the 2022 cricket season. Off the field Luke Heskett continues to create an environment for all players, especially the younger members, to improve through the expansion of the EPP (Emerging Players…

Harlow Junction 7A – Weekend road closure to enable surfacing works The B183 Gilden Way / Sheering Road in Harlow will be closed to traffic this weekend to allow for surfacing works between the Chuchgate Street Roundabout and Lower Sheering Road. Part of the ongoing…

AS we move well into 2022 there’s many things that we can look forward to and there’s two significant events this year that Harlow Council will be helping the Harlow community to celebrate – The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Harlow’s 75th birthday. Harlow Council is…

FIVE years ago, we interviewed seventy people, asking them the question: “Why did you come to Harlow?” We have plans for a project to mark Harlow’s 75th anniversary (so watch this space). The vital thing about getting people on record is that, sadly, they won’t…

GOOD luck to Harlow Boxing Club’s Francis Wright who has a very big fight on Saturday night. Francis is in the semi finals of of the England National Championships. Francis has only been sparring for less than a year, but has taken to the sport so…

Dear Editor, THE Harlow Tory administration party are as bad as the former Harlow Labour administration party of Harlow. They keep on about about cutting and freezing the council tax in Harlow, when it has gone up compared to last year. This proves that they don’t…

IT is over two years since we last saw a theatre production by Harlow director, Harry Tennison. We have always admired his work, even though Harry’s biggest critic seems to be himself. But that may well be because he has very high standards. His latest…

THE GIBBERD Gallery is delighted to welcome back school groups. A spokesperson said: “As we slowly open up after two years of lockdowns we were delighted to welcome Hare Street Primary School to the Gibberd Gallery. The whole school have worked on cross curricular projects…

TAKE a seat in the shadow of the brewing vessels! The taproom is open from 2pm this Saturday. Come and say hello! Free entry to the taproom with their full range on offer! How else would you want to spend the weekend?!Check out their events…