HARLOW Councillor and former Essex County Councillor Tony Durcan was the recipient of a prestigious honour at Harlow’s ceremonial Annual Council meeting on Thursday. Cllr Durcan has been made an Honorary Alderman of the County by Essex County Council and was presented with a certificate…

HARLOW Council is looking for nominations from the public for buildings and cultural assets to be added to its local list of heritage sites. In addition to Harlow’s nationally listed buildings, there is also a local list which, whilst not meeting criteria to be government…

A ROAD in Harlow has been renamed after the inspirational President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Fifth/Allende Avenue, which is a busy main road in the town and runs along Harlow Town Park and towards Eastwick in Hertfordshire, has been officially renamed Fifth Avenue – Zelenskyy Avenue…

AUGMENTED reality to transform the way people learn about the men and women who died during both world wars. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) will be deploying new augmented reality technology at 10 cemetery locations during War Graves Week to tell the stories of…

ON Saturday, Harlow Museum had a fantastic morning celebrating the winners of their blue plaque competition. Over 100 entries were narrowed down to 12 honourable mentions and one winner – Marie. Her plaque was in honour of Claire Hickles, a teacher at the Harlow Ballet…

WE are grateful to our friends at the Essex Record Office (ERO) for this article which refers to an incident back in 1400s. The research came from Dr Herbert Eden, one of the researchers for the People of 1381 Project (http://www.1381.online/ Whilst he was in…

FOUR years ago, the Danish Broadcasting Company teamed up with Your Harlow as part of a news item on how Brexit was coming along in the country. They were very pleased when we told them we knew a Dane living here. When we took them…

TWO Harlow scouts attended a number of events in London connected with the coronation of Charles III on Saturday. Lily and Hollie are members of the Harlow District Explorer Scouts. Whilst they were at Lambeth Place they had their picture taken with the Archbishop of…

THE BELLS at St Mary Magdalene Church in Potter Street in Harlow rang out for the coronation of King Charles III. As coronation parties are set to take place over the town, the historic event was also marked by a number of churches all over…

ON FRIDAY afternoon, the staff, pupils and parents at Katherines Primary Academy enjoyed a Coronation picnic. As is traditional, it rained! But the whole school went into Plan B and they had the picnic inside. One of the many highlights was the rendition of God…

BUCKINGHAM Palace has published the Coronation order of service for the first time ahead of the crowning of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey today. Britain’s kings and queens have been crowned at Westminster Abbey for nearly 1,000 years, beginning with William the Conqueror’s on…

HERE is a list of road closures across Harlow as the town is set to the coronation of Charles III. If you are holding a celebration, please send us your photos to [email protected]

POLICE officers will be out in communities across Essex in the coming days to ensure you’re safe while celebrating the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington will be attending the gun salute in Colchester to mark the occasion while two…

TO mark the Coronation of the King and his long history of public service, Essex County Council is supporting The Big Help Out, a unique initiative which forms part of the King’s Coronation celebrations. The Big Help Out, which starts on Monday 8 May, gives…