THE former portfolio holder for regeneration and growth has told YH that he is delighted to see their plan for wild flower planting bloom across the town. Labou may have been ousted in May but that hasn’t stopped Tony Durcan taking delight at the flora…

WEST Essex based disability charity Accuro (Care Services) have been awarded £20,000 from the independent charitable trust Essex Community Foundation (ECF).  The funding, which comes from the Essex Coronavirus Response and Recovery Programme, will be used by the charity to help with the additional costs…

LIBRARIES in Essex are calling for children to sign up to read six books this summer as part of Wild World Heroes – the Summer Reading Challenge 2021. This year, the Challenge takes place in Wilderville, where the Wild World Heroes live. Wilderville is a…

A CHEQUE for £10,000 has been presented to the winner of St Clare Hospice’s Lottery rollover.   The jackpot was scooped by a player from Sawbridgeworth who won the top prize on Friday 11th June 2021.  The rollover prize, which hadn’t been won for 50 weeks, had…

THIRTEEN colleagues from six branches of independent funeral directors Daniel Robinson and Sons raised more than £1,800 for Isabel Hospice when they took part in Sunday’s Ware 10K. The team included Jamie Lister, Liz Chapman and Hannah Free from the Harlow branch. Assistant funeral manager…

THE RSPCA today launches a new campaign to ‘Cancel Out Cruelty’ – as figures reveal Essex is one of the ten ‘cruelty hotspots’ in England and Wales. Over the last five years, the charity has received 2,623 reports of intentional cruelty to animals in Essex…

BRITAIN’S ‘Ultimate Pop Star’, Sir Cliff Richard, invites you to be part of the most spectacular silver screen party of the year, as he celebrates his 80th birthday in cinemas nationwide.  On 27th October 2021, Sir Cliff will bring his enthralling live show to a…

TEAM members from delivery service FedEx have raised more than £1,000 to support mental health reports The Enfield Independent. The group walked 16 miles between Enfield and Harlow as part of FedEx’s global community engagement programme, FedEx Cares. The initiative welcomed team members from the…

THREE Hammers legends grace the stage to talk about their brilliant careers at the mighty West Ham United. Come and Join Sir Trevor Brooking, Tony Gale and Alan Curbishley as they discuss the games, dressing room/training ground stories, managers, fall outs and everything you wanted…

ALEXANDRA House staff in Harlow have been raising funds for their residents. Staff from the Hamstel Road residential home decided to do the walk across the o2 arena in London. They raised nearly £1000 for their residents. This is a great achievement and the moneys…

IT’S the semi finals! England Vs Denmark and the Harlow Playhouse are super excited to be able to host the showing at Harlow Playhouse on the big screen in Theatre 2! Half time entertainment will also be provided by singer Mary Cameron So, wear your…

WEST Essex and East Hertfordshire hospice, St Clare Hospice, has launched a campaign to recruit more trained nurses to the palliative care sector, whilst trying to raise the profile of the profession – in a bid to attract more nurses to the sector. There is…

AFTER the success of its critically acclaimed international hit The Nature of Forgetting, Theatre Re returns with ‘a rich tapestry of ongoing humanity’ (The Scotsman) about the evolution of family and life. Emily is eight months pregnant when she reads her grandmother’s journal. As she…