BBC Essex Radio Julia Salisbury JOURNALISM students from Harlow College were given a VIP tour of BBC Essex’s radio station in Chemlsford last Wednesday afternoon. The students, who are currently completing their NCTJ Diploma at the college, were guided round the studios and newsroom by…

West Norfolk 41 v 12 Harlow London & SE Div III NE HARLOW had a big challenge on Saturday playing 2nd placed West Norfolk. Adding to the task were the atrocious weather conditions. Harlow started the game playing into a 30m.p.h. wind and rain. Harlow’s…

Christmas officially came to Harlow on Saturday 14 November – with an all-singing, all-dancing festive extravaganza at The Harvey Centre. Shoppers may have spotted a number of unusual characters during the day, including maids a milking, French hens and a partridge in a Pear Tree,…

BULLIES don’t stand a chance at one Harlow primary with a team of ambassadors on the case. Anti-bullying week at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, saw pupils from each year group recruited as anti-bullying ambassadors. The themed week started with an assembly where pupils…

ENGLAND and Chelsea Ladies defender Claire Rafferty helped to inspire a future generation of female footballers recently when she attended Pear Tree Mead Academy in Harlow to sign autographs and pose for photos with students. 32 girls aged between seven and eleven enjoyed a question…

SAMUEL BECKETT’S 60-year-old masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, is coming to the Harlow Playhouse for three nights only. Voted the most significant English Language Play of the 20th Century, the play can best be described as ground-breaking, an anarchic mediation on the meaning of live and…

Ryman Div One North Tilbury 3 v 1 Harlow Town The Dockers made it fifteen games unbeaten by over-powering last years play off contenders Harlow Town, 3-1 at Chadfields. This is a remarkable run by the Dockers and testament to the management and team spirit…

Ladies Second Team Harlow Ladies Second Team drew 1-1 with bottom of the table Thurrock. By Ben Light Despite it raining for the whole day Harlow started off strong and kept most of the possession, but due to some players being away and not having…

THE Festive celebrations are starting early this year at the Playhouse with the arrival of The Three Half Pints on 20th November. The slapstick trio will be taking on the classic Christmas tale ‘A Christmas Tale,’ by Charles Dickens, adding comical twists to the script…

Julia Salisbury POPULAR Scottish 70’s band, Bay City Rollers, are coming to the Rhodes Centre in Bishops Stortford on 26th November. The music of the Bay City Rollers became the soundtrack for a generation of teenagers growing up in the mid 70’s, a new musical…

Ryman Division One North Harlow 3-1 Heybridge Swifts STRUGGLING Swifts suffered a fifth successive defeat on Harlow’s plastic pitch on Tuesday and remain enmeshed in the Ryman North relegation zone. Things had looked good for Jody Brown’s side when Luis Morrison put them into a…

Julia Salisbury PARNDON Mill is well known throughout the Harlow area for its creative activity and numerous artistic workshops. So, it’s no surprise that the gallery will be exhibiting a number of fine art and craft expositions by a variety of distinguished and skilful artists…

Harlow XV 34 vs. 7 Beccles London League Division Three North East. HARLOW kept up their winning form with a good six try to one victory over Beccles on Saturday. The game was played in atrocious conditions with heavy rain for three quarters of the…

MUSICIANS, comedians, singers and dancers wowed their audience at an annual talent show. The Spinney Factor once again saw pupils from Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, put on a show to classmates, teachers and parents. Auditions were held in each class before…