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THE lives of prominent Essex people – including MP Sir David Amess, footballer Jimmy Greaves and Labour politician Stan Newens – are to be detailed in a long-running reference book of noteworthy British individuals reports the BBC. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) is…
GREAT Big Green Week Open Day at Plant Pots and Wellies. They are based at the allotments near The Hides.
COME and join Pact for Autism for their quiz evening They have sold over half the tickets for the event and would love to make it a sell out with your help , you can book as an individual and they will connect you with…
GRIEVING Friends Support Network set to meet. Full details below.
THEIR next stanza meeting will be on Thursday the 26th of June. They will be – sharing member news, discussing some featured poems about power and conflict, and, if they have time, continuing with ideas on presentation, structure and typesetting.
LET’S Do Lunch: Fundraising for Harlow Chinese Language School
CHELMSFORD Racecourse presents another Thursday evening meeting, with a seven-race card consisting of two novice contests, a maiden and four handicaps. Read below for a preview of the Chelmsford card courtesy of Sporting Life. The two-year-olds are first up in a seven-furlong novice (6.00). This is…
ON Sunday 1st June, St Clare Hospice brought a burst of colour to Harlow Rugby Club with their first-ever Colour Fun Run. The event drew in an impressive crowd, with over 450 participants gathered for the 5k run. The run kicked off with a spectacular…
LONDON Stansted welcomed a record breaking 2.74 million passengers to the airport in May as the airport marked a significant milestone in its £1.2bn transformation project with the opening of its new domestic arrivals building. The monthly total was boosted by thousands of Tottenham Hotspur…
HARLOW Council, the owners of The Harvey Centre has described the closure of three shops as part off a “period of transition”. Linzi shoes closed a few weeks ago. They had been in the Harvey Centre since 2017. Legends hairdressers closed after 29 years in…
GRANTS to support the establishment of thousands of trees, orchards and hedgerows on streets, in parks, and in community and educational spaces across the UK, are now available through The Tree Council – including the introduction of a new £1m grant pot, funded by Defra.…
TO coincide with National Picnic Week (14-21 June), Visit Essex is encouraging the people of Essex to support local attractions and food producers by taking part in the Big Essex Picnic. Across the county top attractions, vineyards, parks and historic landmarks will be welcoming visitors…
THE ESSEX Records Office are coming to Harlow on 14th June for The Printed Maps of Essex, a talk by Peter Walker. His talk is a journey through the development of printed maps over the centuries. They are bringing printed maps (modern copies!) to sell…
CHELMSFORD Racecourse has been ranked as one of the Top 10 racecourses in the UK for cheapest entry price, according to the 2025 Racing Post Racecourse Price Index. Making a return in 2025, the Racing Post Racecourse Price Index has ranked all UK Flat racecourses…
NHS trusts in the East of England pay at least £127 million a year to private companies, an investigation has revealed. GMB Union sent Freedom of Information requests to trusts across the region, with responses showing they spent £127,295,037 per year on outsourced contracts. Just…
RIVER Island is the latest retailer at rick of store closures as the company’s owners draw up a rescue plan to protect its existence on Britain’s high streets, Sky News reports. The fashion chain has enlisted advisers from PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop a formal restructuring plan…
