St Clare Hospice charity shop re-opens in Harlow Town Centre
THE Harlow shop is open from 10am to 4pm today (Wed 8th July). The Hospice said: “Welcome back to our amazing shoppers and donors. We’ve missed you!
Passmores Academy’s wonderful GCSE Art exhibition goes online
USUALLY, at this time of year, schools across Harlow have been hosting their GCSE Art exhibitions. They are wonderful events where staff, students and parents are able to attend and see the great work the students have produced.
Greater Anglia: Free face coverings and hand gel will help safely welcome Harlow commuters
GREATER Anglia is gearing up to safely welcome back commuters, installing hand sanitiser dispensers at its 20 busiest stations, as it increases its timetable from 6 July in line with more businesses reopening.
Harlow Pride makes you proud of Harlow
SATURDAY’S event was based at Harlow Playhouse and shown on-line via their own website and Facebook.
Costa to celebrate re-opening with free drink offer
AS lockdown lifts and we begin to get into the swing of our ‘new normal’, many will be looking forward to returning to the Nation’s Favourite Coffee shop*, Costa Coffee for their favourite barista-crafted coffee.
Harvey Centre owners pleased with footfall after lockdown
DESPITE widely publicised negative reports about the state of the UK retail market following the latest quarter day figures, shoppers at Addington Capital’s Harvey Centre in Harlow appear to be coming back on site to shop.
Lynn and Lucy: Film based in Harlow gets rave reviews
FILMING for Lynn and Lucy took place in 2018 and many will not only recognise the locations but also a number of Harlow residents who were involved in the film as extras as well as speaking parts.
Network Rail’s Eastern Region misses passenger train performance targets
NETWORK Rail’s Eastern region has delivered more efficiently but missed both its passenger train performance and freight targets over the last year, according to a new report published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today (2 July).
Latton Park: Body Fresh Fitness set to re-open
Body Fresh Fitness is proud to announce the opening of the New outdoor gym on the 6th of July under strict and secure COVID 19 regulations. Body Fresh is based at Latton Park, th eHome of Harlow Rugby Club. Body Fresh Fitness is a gym that looks after its Members which includes: Free training app […]
Public toilets in Harlow Town Park to re-open
FROM Monday 6 July 2020 the public conveniences in Harlow town park, adjacent to Pets’ Corner, will reopen.
The Crown landlord looks forward to re-opening on Saturday
WITH many pubs re-opening on Saturday July 4th, YH popped down to The Crown in Old Harlow to speak to the landlord, George Reynolds and see how the last four months were for the pub and how he was preparing and looking forward to opening on Saturday July 4th.
Young people from Harlow’s Livewire Theatre premiere their first original Screenplay
HARLOW charity Livewire prepare themselves for acclaim as they await the premiere of their full length feature film entitled “Lockdown”.
Greggs set to re-open at The Water Gardens
GREGGS will be back in town this Friday! Your favourites are back on the menu and tasting as good as they always have!
Harlow Town FC launch crowdfunder campaign for floodlight repairs
HARLOW Town FC have launched a “Light Us Up” crowdfunder campaign to help raise money for floodlight repairs, whilst rewarding fans for their support.
Harlow’s Isabella wins Jack Petchey award
THE Jack Petchey Foundation launched Jack Petchey’s Community Awards, an award scheme to recognise young people from London and Essex who are helping their community during the coronavirus outbreak.
Most Greater Anglia services to operate again from Monday 6 July
GREATER Anglia is re-introducing most of its scheduled services from Monday 6 July – increasing the number of seats available on weekdays by over 46,000, as more people are due to return to work as the lockdown is eased further.
Harlow-based company announce online launch for ‘prologue’ theatre-dance piece from Rhiannon Faith looking at loneliness
DROWNTOWN, the new show from Rhiannon Faith Company (based at Harlow Playhouse), was set to tour this spring/summer including two shows at Harlow Playhouse on 24 June prior to a run at London’s Barbican, but for due to Covid19 all that has been postponed until 2021 (when it is hoped the Barbican dates can be rescheduled).
St Alban’s and St Luke’s news sports pitches available for hire
ST ALBAN’S and St Luke’s primary schools have two fantastic new sports pitches.
New Ground Cafe in Harlow gets ready to re-open
BEFORE Covid-19 came, it felt that one of the must-go places to go to in Harlow was the New Ground Cafe in Newhall.
Harlow-based Mummy’s Crazies Kitchen bakes wonderful cupcakes and cookies
A HARLOW woman has seen her bakery service grow and grow over the past two years. Ellen Segal, 32, runs a bakery service from her own kitchen in Harlow.
Celebrating twenty-five years of the Gibberd Garden Trust
ON a beautiful sunny June, it was wonderful to go to the Gibberd Garden, off Gilden Way and celebrate the twenty five years of the Trust by speaking to the hard wrong volunteers there.
New Family Innovation Fund-Xtra gives Essex families a little extra help
A NEW range of additional support has been launched by Essex County Council (ECC) this week to help children, young people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Harlow beauty salon owner angry at not being able to open
THE owner of a Harlow Beauty Salon is angry at the government decision to not let them open yet.
‘Busy train’ alerts now available for rail passengers on Greater Anglia website
IN anticipation of more people returning to work and needing to travel by train, Greater Anglia has launched an information service to help guide rail passengers to quieter and less popular trains, to help with social distancing on-board.