Come along to the St Clare Summer Fayre

COME along, celebrate the start of summer, and support your local hospice charity. Tell your friends and family – the St Clare Summer Fayre is an event not to be missed! It’s on Saturday 8th July at St Clare Hospice, CM17 9JX, from 11am –…

LONGWOOD Primary had the pleasure of inviting the author and illustrator Simon Murray into the school to meet and work with the children. The workshop was based on his Icky Doo Dah picture book character and the children learnt to draw and design their very own characters alongside…

MULTIPLE bank holidays and the half-term school break helped drive London Stansted’s passenger numbers to more than 2.55 million in May, an increase of 19% on the same month last year. The airport recorded its busiest day of the year so far with 92,920 passengers passing through…

A TYPICAL two-year fixed mortgage deal now has an interest rate of more than 6% for the first time since December reports the BBC. Mortgage lenders have been putting up rates and pulling deals at a rapid rate in recent weeks, driving up costs for…

LOW income households are set to receive help to join the low-carbon revolution thanks to the newly funded SHIELD project. UK Power Networks’ Smart Heat and Intelligent Energy in Low-Income Districts (SHIELD) project aims to change the current approach to decarbonising heat and energy in consumers’…

WE don’t get enough comedy at the Harlow Playhouse. We understand that well known comedians are expensive. But it would be good to see more up and coming comedians. On Thursday night we had Fiona Ridgewell and Ross McGrane at Theatre 2 at the Harlow…

THE RSPCA has issued an urgent reminder to pet owners in England that they will soon be breaking the law if their cats aren’t microchipped – with nearly half unaware that they could soon fall foul of the law. As of 10 June 2024 failing…

HIS Royal Highness King Charles III has recognised two members of Essex Police in his Birthday Honours lists. • PC Steve Judd, Volunteer Police Cadet Leader, has been awarded an BEM in the 2023 Birthday Honours’ list • Dr Victoria Harrington, former Director of Strategic…

Advertorial: FROM MONDAY, Metro Cars will be providing a “Free Ride car”. It sounds like a great offer, so we asked the team at Metro Cars for a little bit more information. A spokesperson said: “Whilst we offer fantastic promotional codes via our App to…

OVER 500,000 water bottles have now been refilled for free on the Greater Anglia network, helping save plastic waste from polluting landfill and oceans. Greater Anglia has invested £65,000 in installing water refill points at 22 of its stations to give Greater Anglia passengers access…

Fast EV charging points now available in public council car parks New convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging points have been installed in Harlow Council-owned public car parks, at no cost to the Harlow taxpayer, in The Stow and Old Harlow with more coming soon. The new fast…

ST Mary at Latton Church to host Summer Fete. Full details below.

SUNSET Sessions hosted its third sell out show of the year on Saturday night. Parndon Wood Nature Reserve providing the perfect setting for three incredible acts to perform. Local singer songwriters Emily Mell, Jeebo & Roisin Quinn delivered three amazing sets on the evening. A…

THERE are lots of great events at Harlow Rugby Club over the next month. Details are below. For more details go to https://harlowrugby.club

The Gibberd Garden – 16th Beer Festival Sat 17th June 2023 & Sun 18th June 2023 – 12pm to 7.30pm Tap for Tickets! THE Gibberd Garden Trust presents our 16th Beer Festival and what’s proving to be one of our most popular events! Join us for…

BONDING Before Birth is the theme of this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (12 to 18 June), which is organised by the Parent-Infant Foundation. Sensitive, nurturing relationships between parents and their babies are fundamental to emotional attachment and infant mental health. Early relationships shape…