THE children at Kidz OK have shown a special interest in the Royal Family recently by celebrating the birth of Prince Louie and today the children joined in the fun for the upcoming Royal Wedding by dressing up as princes and princesses. They made Royal…

THE Harvey Centre in Harlow is looking forward to supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital once again this year, with another ‘One Great Day’ event. This year the centre will be working alongside Paradise Wildlife Park to put on some extra special prehistoric and adventure themed…

OVER 100 guests recently attended a party to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Hatfield Heath’s drama group ‘Heath Players’ The party was held in the Peter Lines Memorial Hall as the Village Hall was renamed in memory of a long-standing member of…

THERE are many ways to be inspired by The Gibberd Garden, which lies on the edge of Harlow off Gilden Way. The one thing the trustees do not want is for it to be tagged as a “Hidden Gem”. YH went down to the Gibberd…

CHILDREN got a unique opportunity to watch the dress rehearsal of a West End show. A group of 60 Year 4 pupils from Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Harlow, were invited by Disney to get a behind the scenes look at the Lion King. The…

HARLOW Playhouse and BBC Music Introducing in Essex join forces to present a very special series of live gigs, all hand-picked to nurture and give exposure to the freshest artists across the UK. You’ll find BBC Introducing at major events like Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds,…

HARLOW SOUP has announced the four projects that will pitch at the next Harlow SOUP event at Pemberley Academy on Thursday 24th May. All four projects will get four minutes to present their idea to the event audience, explaining how they will spend the money…

‘THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY’ (50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) Harlow Playhouse Thursday 7th June 2018 BOX OFFICE – 01279 431945 HAS it really been 50 years since the most successful Folk/Rock Duo of all time recorded their first no1 hit single ‘The Sound of Silence’? Having…

BARBARA Noble’s family came down from Sunderland to Harlow in the fifties. From there, Barbara followed an education that went from Hare Street to Passmores to Warwick University. We focus on that part of Barbara’s life because our interview reminds you of a world when…

HARLOW Playhouse has announced the cancellation of a Joe McElderry concert scheduled for this Thursday. Joe McElderry announced on his Twitter account that he is suffering from an “awful throat infection and will unfortunately miss this week’s shows in Harlow and Clacton”. Harlow Playhouse has…

DIRECTLY following their Discovering Business in Essex Exhibition on Wednesday 6 June 2018, there will also be the opportunity to further network your business and hear from the Essex Chamber of Commerce’s special high profile guest speaker, Mike Tindall MBE at their Business Reception which…

Meditating Happiness WHAT is it that we all have in common—that motivates us? What is it that we are all striving for? We all want to be happy and experience a sense of well-being in our lives. But, most of us look for happiness in…

ON the same day that the ITV2 programme won the Best Reality award at the 2018 television BAFTAs, former star Jonny Mitchell was joining in the festivities at rescue donkey Del Boy’s 16th birthday party at Redwings Ada Cole in Nazeing. As part of their…

THE Saint Nicholas school gymnasts have taken the top spot at the Harlow Key Steps Gymnastics Competition held last Thursday. After some strong competition from the other Harlow schools that took part, Saint Nicholas School secured success in both the Key Stage 1 and Key…