ANNA Wells, a popular singer-songwriter from Harlow, was amongst East Anglia’s finest musicians recognised at a prestigious awards ceremony. The NMG Awards, now in their eighth year, drew a crowd of over 300 to the Apex venue in Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk. A number…

A BRAND new pizza restaurant has opened up in Harlow. Fireaway Pizza is situated on East Walk in the town centre and is part of the fastest-growing pizza franchise in the UK this year, delivering delicious fast fired pizzas that combine traditional Italian methods of…

THE LEADER OF Harlow Council has agreed to look into the possibility of a lasting memorial to Harlow’s 9/11 victim Simon Maddison Councillor Andrew Johnson was responding to a question from Labour councillor Tony Durcan. You can follow the filmed news item from the 11th…

THIS was the first time this reviewer had been back at the Theatre 2 in the Harlow Playhouse since February 2020. We are very loyal fans of Theatre 2. It is an opportunity for audiences to see acts that had played at the Edinburgh Fringe…

THE international travel traffic light system is being simplified with a single red list, as part of an overhaul of the rules from 4 October reports the BBC. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps also said eight countries would be taken off the red list from Wednesday.…

THIS is the fifth show that YH has reviewed since the Harlow Playhouse re-opened on September 2nd. There has been a real relief and joy amongst the audience that they are back watching live entertainment but nowhere was this more apparent than at Typically Tina…

MORE than £1,500 was raised for charity at the Chair of Harlow Council’s golf day held at Canons Brook Golf Club on Friday 3 September 2021. The money will be split at the end of year between Councillor Clive Souter’s chosen charities – dementia care…

Oktoberfest is an annual festival in Munich, Germany, held over a two-week period and ending on the first Sunday in October. The festival originated on October 1810, in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria. These days Oktoberfest in Munich draws more than six million people…

THE HARLOW Wombles have been given a cash boost after winning funds at Harlow Soup. Harlow Soup basically works like this: Four organisations make representations as to why they would like a little bit of funding. They do this in first of an assembled group…

THE Essex Lottery is an online lottery created by Essex County Council to support local causes across the county. More than 300 good causes are now receiving funding from the Essex Lottery and more are invited to join. Since the Essex Lottery launched in 2017…

HARVEST has always been a great time for the Harlow Foodbank. Support from schools, churches, businesses, clubs and individual donors fills the Store House ready for winter. Last year very few could collect due to COVID restrictions, but donations were still up due to the…

HARLOW Council is to install electric vehicle charging points in car parks it owns around the town to boost electric vehicle ownership in the town. A report agreed at last Thursday’s (9 September) Cabinet meeting will see the council enter into a contract with BP…

Refurbishment works begin at Pets’ Corner after additional investment by the council HARLOW’S much-loved Pets’ Corner is to receive a facelift with improvement works which began there last week. HTS has been commissioned to deliver the improvement works, with new cladding, larger stable windows to…

BACK by popular demand, Paul Zerdin and everyone’s favourite puppets are heading your way with a brand new UK tour in Autumn 2021. Sam, Albert, Baby, Roger the bodyguard and an urban fox have all survived 2020 locked down with Paul….well nearly. They can’t wait…