Gifts bring cheer for unwell children at Princess Alexandra Hospital Santa and many other well-wishers brought welcome cheer to unwell children who were inpatients at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow over the Christmas period. Staff and friends from Stansted Airport brought teddies for newborns…

AS we come to the end of our Harlow is 70 project, the author of the project, Michael Casey, wanted to take the opportunity to chronicle why his parents, Kevin and Kathleen Casey came to Harlow from County Clare in the Republic of Ireland to…

A Harlow officer has been described as “a credit to the police force” after coming to the aid of an elderly lady at the scene of a road traffic accident. Pc Josh Haase was on patrol at around 9am on Wednesday December 6 when he…

THE labour ward at Princess Alexandra Hospital welcomed seven new babies from Essex and Hertfordshire on Christmas Day. Three of the babies are from Harlow. The first Christmas baby was a little girl born at 3.01am. Ayla Trainer was born at 3.01am on Christmas Day,…

IF they should ever want to bottle optimism, energy and enthusiasm, then they could do worse than visit the eight Stewards Academy students, we interviewed as part of our Harlow is 70 project. We have been interviewing residents all year and will be reflecting on…

NOW and again, we drop into the blog written by Harlow playwright, Steve Hannam. The blogs chronicle his day to day life and relationship with his son, who is autistic. https://dansonthunderbolt.wordpress.com/2017/12/17/living-with-luke-83/ He has written a play based on his experiences. It has proven very popular…

HARLOW PARALYMPIAN and campaigner Anna Wafula-Strike was given a surprise award by Harlow Tye Rotary. Ms Wafula-Strike MBE was a guest speaker of Rotary at Harlow Rugby Club. Ms Wafula-Strike said: “It was lovely just to be invited to speak to the Rotary Club but…

A loved pony at Pets Corner in Harlow enjoyed his annual Christmas Party Joy Burles, an 86 year old woman from Sawbridgeworth, has been a volunteer at the centre for nearly 30 years. She met Boo Boo and his mother when he was a week…

THE Harvey Centre is thrilled to announce that its toilet facilities have been awarded two prestigious awards at the annual Loo of the Year awards ceremony held in Solihull earlier this month. The Loo of the Year awards invite submissions from across the country throughout…

HERE is a list of church services across Harlow. If you can add, then please contact us at [email protected] Our Lady of Fatima, First Avenue Christmas Eve: 6pm Christmas Day: 11am Christmas Day: 1.30pm: Polish Mass =============== St Thomas’ Church, Hamstel Road Christmas Eve: 10.30am…

JUST to let you know that the good people at the Harlow parkrun will still be running the event over the festive period. To re-cap, the parkrun is a 5K run/walk etc around the Harlow Town Park. It is two laps and a loop of…

HASTINGWOOD-based charity, St Clare Hospice, has once again brought the magic of Christmas to the hospice by hosting a party for people who are supported by their Day Therapy team. Held in the hospice’s dining room on Monday 18th December, and hosted by St Clare…

Last Greater Anglia train services on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve Greater Anglia will run revised timetables over the festive period. Passengers should check before they travel to find out about last train times on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and details of…

OUTSTANDING leadership and management at Longowwod Primary has been noted by education inspectors, Ofsted. The government inspectors came to the school in November. The report was published on December 15th. The report states: This is a good and rapidly improving school. Since the multi-academy trust…