PADDINGTON Bear came to visit the Harvey Centre last weekend. The popular bear entertained lots of children and their parents at the popular shopping centre. The Harvey Centre had stocked up on marmalade reserves in anticipation of a visit from a bear-y special guest. Paddington…

Join The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow town to beat bowel cancer THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust are taking to the streets to beat bowel cancer, and they are keen for everyone to join them in the fight. April is bowel cancer awareness month…

A GROUND-breaking play, a partnership between Harlow Playhouse and Harlow College is set to make its debut next month. Mongrel is the first of many original plays sourced from the Harlow Playhouse Young Practitioners programme, Harry Bailey and Leo Shepherds directorial debut is not to…

A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION focussing on Burnt Mill Village is set to open in May. The exhibition will also look at Old Harlow and Potter Street. It is a partnership between Harlow Council and the popular Facebook page, Photos of Harlow Old and New. It will…

YOUNG musicians are being introduced to opportunities within their home town. A group of 40 GCSE music students from Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, attended a performance by Harlow Symphony Orchestra at St John’s Arts. Cristin Casey, curriculum director of performing arts for the BMAT…

Fresh opportunity to become an inspirational This Girl Can Essex ambassador WOMEN and girls across Essex are being invited to join the successful This Girl Can Essex ambassadors programme to help inspire and motivate others to get active by showing them how exercise can be…

IF you would like to improve your running then Parkrun and Beyond may be the running group for you. The running group meet every Wednesday at the Mark Hall Sports Centre (7pm to 8.30pm). The sessions often begin with a ten minute talk by coach…

BRENDA TAYLOR SCHOOL EXCELS AT PRESTIGIOUS ROYAL ACADEMY BALLET COMPETITION THE Brenda Taylor School of Dance had exceptional success at The Royal Academy of Dance Competition in London last week. This very challenging and prestigious ballet competition which attracts a large field of talented young…

LAST year, Harlow actress, Linda Clark was part of the team that brought the play “Once a Year on Blackpool Sands” to the Harlow Playhouse. Since then, it has gone to Broadway and back. Now there are plans to bring it to the silver screen…

Greater Anglia performance amongst best of last 20 years PUNCTUALITY on parts of the Greater Anglia network last month was amongst the best of the last two decades, with performance improving for the fourth month in a row, according to the latest statistics. On average…

Hospice calls on local businesses to compete for the St Clare football trophy! WEST Essex and East Herts charity, St Clare Hospice, is calling on local businesses from across the area to battle it out on the pitch at their annual Business Football Tournament this…

MARC Bolan, with his band T.Rex, was one of the most flamboyant and charismatic stars of the original glam rock era. With Bolan’s special ingredient of Rock-a-Boogie songs, the band had a string of huge hits throughout the 1970s including Love to Boogie, Telegram Sam,…

THE SHORT life of Alexander Swire as read by Church Langley resident Alison Dossetter. This project has been brought to you with the support of Harlow Council’s Civic Fund and HTS Ltd. Never Forget.

Harlow Theatre Company brings Rome to Old Harlow HARLOW Theatre Company are preparing to bring Rome to the Victoria Hall Theatre in Old Harlow with their first production of the 2019 season, Vice Versa written by Phil Porter. ‘Lovingly ripped off’ from the Roman comedies…