HERTS and Essex Community Farm will be hosting a fundraising music night featuring local musicians at The Herald, Broadley Road, Harlow on 9th March 2019 from 7pm til late. Sam Ashford & The Peliroccos will be headlining the event, with further support from The Undercovers…

Progress Update – 11 February 2019: Edinburgh Way – works completed in January Street lighting: Cabling to all of the newly installed lighting columns along Edinburgh Way has been completed. The columns on the north side of the scheme have now been switched on and…

The Hit PART puppet performance, part perception game; Strangeface are tackling mind bending material in this project aimed at audiences aged 15 and up at the Harlow Playhouse on 20th March 2019. Their anti-hero Mikey embarks on an unforgettable odyssey through the doors of the…

AT last Thursday’s meeting of full council, Labour leader Mark Ingall presented the 2019-20 Council Budget to members. In presenting it for debate, he said that, “against an uncertain national economic outlook and with Tory government cuts continuing to bite, it offered residents much needed…

LEGAL and General Capital has agreed to take a 50 per cent stake in a £230 million data centre campus that will serve life science and technology businesses along the London to Cambridge innovation corridor. The FTSE 100 investor has agreed a partnership with Goldacre…

AN estimated 1,000 people marched on County Hall on Saturday (February 9) to protest against County Council plans to drastically reduce the Library Service in Essex. In a bid to slash costs by £3.7m, 25 of the county’s 74 libraries have been earmarked for closure…

MAGICIAN Mandy Muden has risen to fame after her entertaining appearances on Britain’s Got Talent. Appearing at Theatre 2 on Saturday night, she royally entertained the audience with her very clever magic matched with her withering wit. You got the feeling that Mandy wished the…

HARLOW residents who volunteer can now earn and spend Time Credits on leisure, cultural and community activities in the town and across the country.   Time credits is the world’s largest community currency and recognises the value of time and skills voluntarily contributed by Harlow residents…

THE Harlow Alliance Party held their second public meeting within the space of a month at Paringdon Sports Club on Saturday. Party Leader Nicholas Taylor gave a powerpoint presentation on the proposals by four councils, including Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) and Harlow District Council…

A DISPERSAL order has been put in place in Harlow in response to information they have received about an unauthorised car cruise. It was put in place at 5.13pm, Saturday 9 February, and will run until 5.13pm on Monday 11 February. It covers the area…

Update: Statement from Essex Police We were called at 6.40pm on Saturday 9 February with reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a Volkswagen Tiguan in Orchard Croft, Harlow. The pedestrian, a 70-year-old man, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver, a…

1200 hrs Essex Police has warned that a tree is down in Old Harlow. The tree has fallen onto the highway on London Road. You are advised to avoid the area. Photo courtesy of Sgt. Kevin Mayle.

A CORRINGHAM man has been found guilty of drug-driving in Harlow. Ben Stephen Horst, aged 23, of Lampits Hill Corringham pled guilty to the following. On 15/07/2018 at Harlow drove a motor vehicle, on a road, namely Hastingwood Roundabout, when the proportion of a controlled…

HERE IS the film of the Harlow Council meeting held on Thursday February 7th, 2019. YH films the meetings in the interest of transparency and openness. This film is two and a half hours long however we will be breaking it up into item sized…