CELEBRATE Holi in Harlow Town Park. Full details below. 🎨 Celebrate Holi with us! 🎨✨ Let’s spread joy, colour, and togetherness! ✨ 📅 Date: Saturday 15th March 2025 (Weather Permitted)⏰ Time: 2 PM – 4 PM📍 Location: Harlow Town Park (Near the Bandstand) 🌈 Buy…

WITH less than a month until spring, when a burst of colour appears in many of the UK’s city and countryside parks, you may feel the urge to pick a flower or two on your way home. However, as daffodils and other wildflowers begin brightening…

ESSEX County Council has spent £148m on road maintenance and pothole repairs and has seen a staggering rise in the number of compensation claims lodged against it for damage caused by the craters in the last three years it is claimed. As Britain’s ‘pothole crisis’…

HARLOW Council has approved its housing budget for 2025 to 2026 which will see over £136.6 million invested to transform council housing. The budget, approved on Thursday night (27 February), represents a doubling of the council’s spending on housing from what it was in 2019…

WORK by officers has led to the conviction and sentencing of a drug dealer in Harlow. Taylor Molineaux was arrested during a warrant in November last year as part of an investigation into the sale of Class A drugs in the town. During the warrant,…

SYDNIE Christmas, the sensational winner of UK’s Britain’s Got Talent 2024, has swiftly become one of the most talked-about vocal talents in the world. Her breathtaking performances during the show captured the hearts of millions,  including the notoriously tough judge, SimonCowell, who declared; “That was  brilliant,…

THE Labour opposition in Harlow blasted the Tory-run council for rejecting their bid for what they described as more cash for policing in Harlow. A spokesperson said: “On Thursday night, the Conservative administration rejected our budget amendment proposal to reverse the Councillor Allowance increases and…

PATIENTS will be able to book more appointments online and request to see their usual doctor under a new contract agreed with England’s GPs, the government has said reports the BBC. The deal gives an extra £889m a year to general practices, as well as…

A NEW working group has been established to provide government with a definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia, supporting a wider stream of work to tackle the unacceptable incidents of anti-Muslim hatred. It will advise government on how to best understand, quantify and define prejudice, discrimination, and…

A FURTHER dispersal order is being put in place as we extend our work to protect the public from a potential car cruise event. The dispersal order for Harlow is covering an area including River Way, Church Langley, Old Harlow, Harlow town centre, and Gilden…

Update: Statement from Essex Police An Essex Police spokesman said: “We were called to reports of an assault in Lower Meadow, Harlow, at around 2.25am on Friday 28 February. “Officers attended and were on the scene by 2.35am. “A man aged in his 40s was…

HARLOW Council has set its biggest budget ever which includes a Council Tax freeze for the fourth year in a row. Last night (28 February) the council’s budget for 2025 to 2025 was approved at the Full Council meeting.     The £244m budget dramatically increases…

 RAINBOW Services prom event is making a comeback!  A spokesperson said: “But we need your help to make it a night to remember. Do you have any fancy outfits – suits, dresses, bags, or shoes – just sitting in your wardrobe or stashed in your…

THE Buddy Up Project has been accepted onto the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme 2025. The scheme recognises outstanding young people aged 11-25 across London and Essex. Groups on the scheme get to celebrate the achievements of young people and apply for a package of…