TWO colleges have joined forces in a Home Office-funded project exploring the themes of community cohesion and the issues of far-right extremism. Luton Sixth Form College and Harlow College are working together in the initiative, dubbed No Love For Hate, as part of the Government’s…

SAWBRIDGEWORTH Town FC are set to explain why their game on Saturday was abandoned. Sawbo played hosts to FC Clapton in the Essex Senior League on Saturday. Reports on social media suggested that there were a number of altercations between players as well as an…

Harlow official begins its 70th birthday celebrations HARLOW’S 70th birthday festivities are officially underway and there are more events to come as part of a year of celebrations. Harlow new town was officially 70 years old on Saturday 25 March 2017. It was on this…

Review of Jonny and The Baptists Harlow Playhouse on Friday March 24th GUSTO. That is the word we were looking for. Jonny and the Baptists have such enthusiasm and gusto that they sat in the audience for the first part of this double bill (In…

Harlow make history in last ever game at Rams Gorse HARLOW were too good for Lowestoft and Yarmouth as they scored over 150 points in a one-sided affair on Saturday. With a large crowd in attendance to celebrate the last ever 1st XV game at…

ON Saturday (Harlow’s 70th birthday), the Harlow Writers put on their annual presentation as part of the Essex Book Festival. Robert Halfon, Harlow’s MP, attended and said how much had enjoyed the various items and appreciated the part that the Harlow Writers played in the…

THREE Harlow Running Club members achieved personal best times for the distance (PB) and a club record at the Hackney Marshes parkrun on Saturday morning. Pride of place goes to Sharon Wright who finished in 31st place out of 243 finishers PB time 19min 47sec,…

ALL e-books will be in one location and new titles will be added every month Borrowing e-books from Essex libraries will be easier from next week as they will all be stored in one location. From 1 April Borrowbox will be our sole e-book supplier…

Review of In Tents and Purposes Harlow Playhouse WE would like to think that sooner rather than later, someone will recognise that Roxy Dunn is a writer of razor sharp scripts and snap her up. We hope so because then we can say we saw…

ON Saturday March 25th, 2017, we went for a drive around Harlow on its 70th birthday. We took over seventy photographs and have published them below. The photographs are intended to give you a snapshot of life in Harlow on March 25th. They are by…

Ryman Premier Tonbridge Angels 0 v 3 Harlow Town HARLOW Town pulled off what must be their away win of the season when they beat promotion hopefuls Tonbridge Angels on Saturday afternoon. Goals by Ibrahima Sonko (3′ and 79′) plus Fabion Simms (84) secured all…

Holy Cross Children sing for the Commonwealth TWELVE children from Holy Cross Catholic Primary Academy, have been chosen to join the Commonwealth Youth Choir. On Monday 13th March, Commonwealth Day, they joined the other children in the choir and the Cold Stream Guards to sing…

WE wanted our heritage project, Why They Came Here, to be a proper testimony to those who have come to this town between 1947 and 2017. Last Sunday, we travelled to the heart of Birmingham to interview former leader of the Harlow Council, Donald Legat…

TO be honest, this reviewer was not that keen on attending this concert. Nothing against You Win Again but the events in Westminster had cast a huge shadow on the day. But as part of a very entertaining evening, You Win Again dedicated the song…