POLICE in Suffolk are renewing appeals for information to trace a Hollesley Bay prisoner who failed to return following a period of home leave, who may now be in the Harlow area. Prison staff contacted police just after 1am on Saturday 26 April to report…

THE Barron Knights are back at the Harlow Playhouse. They are a humorous pop group bound to have you laughing and dancing. After forming in 1960, The Barron Knights have built up a very impressive resume, including opening for The Beatles and Rolling Stones, and…

Blog-post by Harry Tennison THEY say that the main difference between amateur and professional theatre is that professionals rehearse for days and play for months, whilst amateurs rehearse for months and play for days. In Harlow, we are blessed with two excellent amateur dramatic companies…

ESSEX Police officers have now charged a man with the theft of artefacts from Museums in Essex and in London. Daniel Johnson, aged 32 from Canfield Road, Takeley nr Bishops Stortford has been charged with burglary and theft at Stansted Mountfitchet Castle; theft at the…

TWO children’s centres in Harlow have been given a clean bill of health following Ofsted inspections. The Meadows Children’s Centre and Burnt Mill Children’s Centre, managed by children’s charity Spurgeons on behalf of Essex County Council, were inspected at the end of March and both…

FOR THREE nights, the Harlow Theatre Company has put on two one act plays as part of the Harlow One Act festival at the Victoria Hall Theatre. The first play was Walk the Walk. Written by Andy Pragnell and directed by Tony Saxby. It told…

By Harry Tennison So going into Harlow Ballet’s production of Snow White, I had this in the back of my mind. However no sooner was it there then it was annihilated, abolished and ignored because I loved it! The production, choreographed by Hayley Burns was…

HARLOW Council has been awarded £46,200 by Harlow Health Centres Trust to deliver two projects aimed towards encouraging residents to get active outdoors. The Council, which is a member of Active Harlow, and the Community Sport and Physical Activity Network submitted the bid to try…

THE EVER-popular Harlow Theatre Company’s One Act Play Festival is set for this week. One Act Play Festival 2014 24th-26th April at 8pm @ The Victoria Hall Theatre ‘Walk the Walk’ by Andy Prangnell Directed by Tony Saxby Brian and Jules a middle aged couple…

THOUSANDS flocked to Pets Corner in Harlow Town Park on Bank Holiday Monday for an Easter fun day. The sun stayed out as there was plenty to do including tractor trailer rides, lamb feeding, an Easter egg hunt and a bouncy castle. There was also…

SHE WENT by the name of Lady Enchantress and said she was from a “far away place called Harlow” but whatever the truth, her performance with a recorder was quickly given the thumbs down by the judges on Britains Got Talent. Jane said she was…

Blog-post by Nishall Garala The New Beginning Do you feel you’re finally beginning to see signs of new life? By now, maybe you’ve witnessed a bud of green, popping from a tree, or some bulbs finally forcing a flower between blades of grass. Spring has…

POLICE want to identify a man and a woman caught on CCTV at the time four bottles of gin and vodka, and packets of meat, were stolen from the Co-op Store in Tumbler Road, Harlow. The theft took place at around 8.30pm on Wednesday March…

FANCY a daredevil challenge this spring? Then why not try your head for heights and join the thrilling 110ft abseil down Harlow Water Tower in aid of a local breast cancer clinical trials charity? Last year 50 people took the challenge at Church Langley, raising…