BUDDING engineers from schools across Essex can take part in a competition to build a rocket which will culminate in regional heats early next year. Last year, Sweyne Park School in Rayleigh, Essex won the national heats in the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge and…

Write Here! Write Now! 26 Feb, 27 Feb Theatre 2 Pay What You Can Ever wanted to try your hand at playwriting and have it performed? Now’s your chance! The Herts & Essex Festival of Playwriting helps to develop new writing talent across our region,…

Written and Directed by Adrian Berry. Adrian Berry’s acclaimed sell-out production tells the tale of a young David Bowie obsessive. Martin is a boy with problems – an illness no-one understands and a head full of sound and vision. So when an unexpected gift arrives…

A COUNCILLOR for Bush Fair has expressed his concerns over the possible consequences to the introduction of Universal Credit. YH sat down with cllr Mark Ingall to hear more about his concerns.

The £71m regeneration of the The Briars, Copshall Close and Aylets Field (BCA) estates is a joint partnership between Countryside, one of the UK’s leading home builders specialising in placemaking and urban regeneration, Home Group, a national provider of homes for sale and affordable rent…

PLANS to transform dementia care in Harlow have taken a major step forward with the launch of a new joined-up countywide dementia strategy. Building on the pan-Essex mental health strategy announced in July 2017, a new Southend, Essex and Thurrock Dementia Strategy, ‘Let’s Talk Dementia’…

ON Sunday, members of the Harlow community gathered together for the Harlow Architectural Awards of 2017. This competition is intended to celebrate the very best in local building design, and encourage a higher standard of architecture for future developments in Harlow. The event was hosted…

RENT-to-own retailer BrightHouse has been told to pay £14.8m to 249,000 customers by the financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reports the BBC. BrightHouse will compensate customers who had cancelled agreements after one downpayment but had not been refunded. It will also make payments…

ESSEX Police are investigating a report of a crash in Harlow involving a car and an 18 year-old man. It was reported to have happened in Old Hall Rise at around 7am on Monday, October 23rd. The car failed to stop at the scene. The…

Winter Warmer events help local people to stay well As the colder months loom, the message from the local NHS, district councils and the voluntary sector is stay well this winter. People most at risk during colder weather, including those with long-term health conditions and…

PASSMORES Academy headteacher and Harlow MP Robert Halfon clashed on breakfast television over education cuts in the town. They appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain ahead of a major demonstration at Westminster today (Tuesday). The Harlow MP was there in his capacity as the chair…

PATACC is once again pleased to be organising the 2017 Harlow @ 70 Black History Multicultural celebrations. As already known to most people, the purpose of the festival is to provide an opportunity for local people from diverse backgrounds to come together and celebrate the…

THE life sciences and medical tech sector in Harlow has received a £500,000 boost from the county council. The cash injection for MedTech Accelerator Ltd was approved at an Essex Country Council cabinet meeting earlier this week (17 October 2017). The accelerator will provide initial…

THERE’S something to delight everyone on the programme for Harlow Ballet Association’s forthcoming gala. Staged at Harlow Playhouse on Sunday afternoon, the event features scenes from two of the world’s best-loved classical ballets – the Spectre de la Rose pas de deux from Cinderella and…