REFORM UK will contest the Mark Hall Ward by-election on 1 May 2025. The Party is pleased to announce Mr Paul Jago as its candidate. Paul is a Harlow resident of many years and dedicated to Mark Hall being a great place to live for…

THE Essex International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet to showcase the very best in film and greeted top industry names to the inaugural event. The gala launch took place on Thursday 27 March at the Curzon Cinema, Colchester. The festival, which had already…

LAST chance to nominate in the 2025 Civic Awards! Quick – nominations for the 2025 Harlow Civic Awards close at 5pm tomorrow (Friday 4 April)! If you know of an unsung community champion, a person or organisation that goes the extra mile for the town…

DISCO Inferno at Stewards Academy was a joyous celebration of seventies music that sounded as fresh today as it did all those years ago. The plot is centred on Jack (Hayden Lawless) selling this soul to the devil via Lady Marmalade (Ivana Miksovic) for success.…

THE animal charity is advocating for wider recognition and appreciation of rats and hopes the day will encourage people to find out how smart and sensitive rats truly are. Despite the bad press they sometimes receive, rats are friendly, intelligent and playful animals and can…

DISABILITY charity Accuro (Care Services) is excited to announce the return of their Lego building event ‘Brick Mania’ which this year will include some Cosplay magic. It will take place on Saturday 10th May at Mark Hall School in Harlow. This popular event will be…

UK businesses will shape the UK’s response to US tariffs announced overnight, as part of plans announced by the Business and Trade Secretary today. Following the 10% reciprocal tariffs on a range of products announced by the Trump administration yesterday, UK companies are being invited…

NEWLY released data has shown that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for butterflies in the UK and, for the first time on record, more than half of butterfly species in the UK are now in long-term decline. Nine species had their…

THE top tech businesses in Essex have been recognised in the new edition of the Ambitious Essex Tech 50 list. The Ambitious Essex Tech 50 includes businesses across each of the Greater Essex districts, boroughs and cities. They range from small start-ups to household names…

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is encouraging working parents to open a Tax-Free Childcare account to save on their childcare costs ahead of the Easter holidays. Tax-Free Childcare is a government funded top-up scheme for working parents and can be used to pay for approved…

CELEBRATING 50 years since the release of the ‘Wish You Were Here’ album, UK Pink Floyd Experience recreates the atmosphere of Floyd live-featuring top-flight musicians, a stunning light show and more than two hours of incredible music.  The brand-new show for 2025 includes all the songs from ‘Wish You Were Here’ plus favourites from ‘The Division…

TOURING 28-piece band, Oddfellows Brass, is bringing its popular performance to Harlow’s Passmores Academy on Saturday 26 April. The ticketed public concert, organised by local friendship group Mulberry Oddfellows, starts at 3pm with doors opening at 2:30pm. The Leicestershire-based band regularly competes at local and…

WELL done to the 20 teams who ventured across to Passmores Academy to take part in the annual Tchoukball Festival! Despite being a relatively new game to Harlow, the children made huge progress in terms of match-play and tactical understanding, simply by playing the game.…

STANSTED Airport could need extra parking amid its plans to grow to 51 million passengers a year, Essex County Council has claimed. The airport intends to submit a planning application within the next few months to increase the annual passenger limit up to 51 million…