LOCAL student Sophie Stacey from Harlow College has won Media BTEC Student of the Year at the National BTEC Awards. The ceremony was held in recognition of the nearly one million students around the country who are studying BTEC qualifications this year. Pearson, who own…

TODAY WAS a historic day for Essex as the Tour De France sped through our county. The third stage from Cambridge to London was won by Marcel Kittel. Your Harlow went down to Windy Hill which runs between Moreton and Magdalen Laver to record what…

The Rat Pack with special guest Liza Minnelli The Harlow Playhouse Saturday July 12th THEATREGOERS are advised to buy their tickets early for the Ultimate Event. This show isn’t to be mistaken for a typical tribute Rat Pack show – Expect to be taken back…

TRACING family, house or local history has become easier following the Essex Record Office’s contribution to a National Archives-led project. The ERO is celebrating by hosting a special event on 12th July from 10.30am to 3.30pm explaining what manors and manorial documents are, displaying highlights…

KIDS can venture into the world of mythology and discover a mermaid, dragon and unicorn in this year’s “Mythical Maze” Summer Reading Challenge at Harlow Libraries. Over the summer holidays, children will be set the challenge to read six books. They will get a sticker…

EPPING Forest District Council Arts Development team hosted its annual dance platform, ‘eNgage’ at Harlow Playhouse Theatre, on Tuesday 24 June. The packed audience enjoyed a wide range of dance styles from tap to hip hop and contemporary to musical theatre. This year welcomed two…

THERE is just a few days to go until the Tour de France comes to Essex and final preparations are taking place to make the event a success. Bunting and banners have been put up in the towns and villages along the route, while signs…

WEST Essex Clinical Commissioning Group is advising people in the area to consider their health needs ahead of the Tour de France arriving in Essex on 7 July. People that take medicines regularly are urged to make sure they have enough to cover them until…

English Schools’ Athletics Association (ESAA) Combined Events Regional Championships 28, 29 June 2014 CORBY was the venue for the East of England Regional Combined Events Championships and Naomi Harryman, St Mark’s pupil and Harlow Athletic Club member, was part of the four strong Essex Under…

Harlow Rugby club, Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JQ. Saturday 27th July Taking place at Harlow Rugby club, this show is now in its second year, it proved to be a big success last year with a whole range of car enthusiasts of all ages.…

THE Year 11 group from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, are preparing for the adventure of a lifetime when they head to Accra, Ghana, later this month. In an effort to build their team and prepare for the active trip, they visited Wales…

RECENTLY, Stewards Academy hosted a visit by the author of Secrets of the Henna Girl, Sufiya Ahmed, as part of the Essex Book Festival. In preparation for the event, in excess of eighty students across years 7,8, 9 and 10 read the book and, with…

Finally! After too many years of waiting, a rock and roll band have arrived with the flamboyance, the style and, yes, the strut to match their unstoppable tunes. When was the last time a band wanted to be this glamorous, and insistent that only the…

HARLOW Running Club member Andy Kinney completed another of his exhausting double race weekends. On Friday he ran the Ards Half Marathon in County Down Northern Ireland, finishing in 510th place out of 639 finishers in 2hrs 09min 48sec. Then on Saturday, just a few…