intu Lakeside is joining retail businesses across the nation in marking Purple Tuesday, the UK’s first accessible shopping day. Tuesday 13 November 2018 will see intu’s popular retail and leisure destinations across the UK join the campaign to promote awareness by highlighting the difficulties facing…

A TALENTED Harlow artist is set to showcase her work at an exhibition in Hertford. Anthea Whitworth joins Carmen Maria Renwick, Diana Catchpole and Lorraine Turnbull wit an exhibition from Tuesday November 13th to Saturday December 8th at the Courtyard Arts and Community Centre, Port…

FOUR Harlow-based community projects will be pitching their ideas to attendees at the Harlow SOUP event on Thursday 29 November. Each of the four projects will get four minutes to pitch their project idea at the event, and answer four questions from the audience. Attendees…

ACTIVE Essex has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Active Essex Sports Awards, which will celebrate sporting achievements from grass roots to professional level. The awards will recognise the individuals and organisations who have made outstanding contributions to sport and physical activity in Greater Essex…

HARLOW Synagogue opened their doors on the 3rd November 2018 for the community to come together to pray for those who died and were injured at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.  There were readings from the Rabbi and other members of the congregation. Older…

THE current exhibition in the civic centre window is a personal work for local artist Amanda Westbury which speaks of family history, loss and memory. She hopes that the symbolism and items used in the work are universally recognisable and have a personal relevance and…

THE SHY MANIFESTO is a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy drama about a shy boy who has had enough of constantly being told to come out of his shell. 17-year-old Callum is proud to be shy and he thinks you should be too, because what this noisy,…

ON Tuesday 16th October, a son from Harlow embarked on a trek to climb Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, in memory of his mother and to raise vital funding for St Clare Hospice, who cared for her during December 2016. Daniel Mackay (40, from Harlow) completed the…

Diwali Celebrations At Kiddi Caru Harlow THE children and staff at Kiddi Caru’s Harlow day nursery have been celebrating Diwali. Diwali, the festival of lights, takes place each year in the autumn. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, it celebrates the victory of…

International Recording artists Foster & Allen are bringing their 40th Anniversary Tour to Harlow CELEBRATING 40 years together in the music business they will be performing a string of their hits including ‘Bunch of Thyme’, ‘Maggie’, ‘After All These Years’, ‘I Will Love You All…

RAYTHEON UK have supported the relaunch of the Science Alive Centre in Harlow – with CEO Richard Daniel and Robert Halfon MP in attendance. The relaunch is the start of a new chapter in the life of the Centre. Raytheon UK has donated £15,000 and…

TWO local artists have decorated the side of the Royal British Legion wall with a touching WW1 mural. The Royal British legion is situated on Harlow Common. Valerie Fitzjohn and Angela Spencer took eight weeks putting the poignant mural together that shows a timeline of…

Grants Available for Health and Well-Being Projects (Essex) GRANTS of up to £5,000 are available to support charitable projects that help to improve the health and well-being of people living in Essex, Southend and Thurrock. The funding which is being made available through the Provide…