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TWO Harlow charities received a total of £14,000 following a year of fundraising by the outgoing chair of Harlow Council. Councillor Clive Souter made the presentations at a Harlow Council meeting on Thursday night. The cheques were presented to Harlow Stroke Support and Rehab Centre…
UNITE, which represents tens of thousands of aviation workers, expects that the delays at most major airports that occurred during the Easter holidays will be repeated next week during the half-term holidays and will be even worse during the summer holidays. Unite general secretary Sharon…
KIND-hearted Izzy Cartwright has raised over £7,000 for a number of charities including one that is helping her father Simon battle cancer. On Sunday morning, Izzy swam 120 lengths of the pool at the Harlow Leisurezone. She was supported by friends and families who encouraged…
HARLOW’S Changing Lives has been granted £266,996 by the National Lottery. Only starting the organisation in 2018, they have grown rapidly in supporting the community of Harlow. A spokesperson said: “It has been our goal to ensure that Changing Lives is sustainable and is able…
RAIL commuters in East Anglia can now buy flexi season tickets on ticket machines across the Greater Anglia network. The flexi season ticket is a bundle of 8 day passes for a specific journey between two stations to be used in 28 days. The tickets…
ST MARKS West Essex Catholic School held their first leavers assembly for three years on Thursday. In a packed hall, full of Year 11 students and their very proud families, Headteacher Mrs Elaine Heaphy, Head of Year, Erica Larke and the Year 11 form teachers,…
HARLOW’S Roots to Wellbeing were honoured on Thursday night by Harlow Council with a civic award. The event took place in the civic chamber at the Water Gardens. Roots to Wellbeing organises health and wellbeing walks for people of all ages, after school clubs and…
RAYTHEON UK’s corporate social responsibility programme, Forward Steps, is the umbrella for Raytheon UK’s charitable and volunteering activities. Through Forward Steps, Raytheon UK employees have volunteered more than 500 hours already in 2022. Here, three employees – David, Lesley and Faith – shared why they are…
A HARLOW nursery has received an outstanding report by government inspectors Ofsted. Kindred Harlow is based within the Harlow Leisurezone on Second Avenue in Harlow. The report states: Children thrive in this stimulating nursery. They are exceptionally curious learners both inside and outside, clearly enjoying…
CAN you help to make sure police get emergency 999 help to those in our county who need us most? Every day at Essex Police our dedicated force control room take thousands of calls from the public on our 999 and 101 numbers. However, at…
HARLOW Rocks have been honoured with a civic award by Harlow Council. The presentation happened on Thursday night at the annual council meeting at the Water Gardens. Harlow Rocks were nominated by Samantha Haythorpe. The nomination was read out by councillor Nicky Purse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nlw7h3xH8Oc
DEMENTIA champion Tessa Harvey was honoured with a civic award at Harlow Council on Thursday night. Tessa was nominated by several people, who paid testimony to her dedication and commitment to those with dementia. The presentation is below. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KL4ta_IKWug
PLANS have come forward to replace a series of former garages in Harlow with new social housing reports the LDR Service. A planning application to build eight two-storey terraced homes for the provision of social housing in the Arkwright Garages site in Harlow has been…
RESIDENTS are invited to join Harlow Council and Harlow Playhouse for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon celebration on Thursday 2 June 2022. The celebration will take place from 6.30pm to 10pm in Playhouse Square (outside of Harlow Playhouse). There will be live music and entertainment…
HARLOW Town football club’s record-breaking striker Alex Reed was honoured by Harlow Council with a civic award. The ceremony took place on Thursday at the council offices in the Water Gardens. Alex Reed was given the Sports and Culture Award for scoring over 200 goals…
SIX-year-old Stanley Batten was diagnosed with a brain tumour in December last year and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Firefighters from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service heard about Stanley through a friend of his family and wanted to put a smile on his face. Watch…
