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ON the weekend that Harlow celebrated it’s 70th Birthday, local choir “Double Up Your Spirit” celebrated their 1st Birthday with a special concert at their rehearsal base in The Herald pub in Sumners. The choir was created by and is provided with Musical Direction by…
DURING the last week, pupils at Purford Green Primary School have been building up to their big celebration of Harlow’s 70th Birthday. The celebrations began with visitors from Harlow who have lived in the town since the early 1950s. The children have found out about…
IT was absolutely packed when our reporter turned up to the Rainbow Services Harlow is 70 party at the Great Parndon Community Centre on Saturday afternoon. A Frank Sinatra tribute act was singing, residents were dancing and there was a wonderful array of cakes, sandwiches…
ALL e-books will be in one location and new titles will be added every month Borrowing e-books from Essex libraries will be easier from next week as they will all be stored in one location. From 1 April Borrowbox will be our sole e-book supplier…
Coffee with Cops THIS is your opportunity to engage with Police officers from the Harlow Community Policing Team. Officers will be available to speak to in Mcdonalds Harlow Town Centre on Wednesday 5th April 2017 between 12:00-13:00hrs, any one speaking to us will also get…
WE saw Harlow MP, Robert Halfon at the opening of the MedTech Centre in the Kao Park on Friday morning. After interviewing him on the matter in hand, we asked Robert to reflect on the events in Westminster, especially because the Harlow MP and his…
Review of In Tents and Purposes Harlow Playhouse WE would like to think that sooner rather than later, someone will recognise that Roxy Dunn is a writer of razor sharp scripts and snap her up. We hope so because then we can say we saw…
POLICE are looking for information to find two 15-year-olds, on of whom has links with Harlow. Logan Austin and Nasser Mian have been missing from Fareham in Hampshire since the early hours of yesterday (Saturday). The pair don’t have any money or phones with them.
ON Saturday March 25th, 2017, we went for a drive around Harlow on its 70th birthday. We took over seventy photographs and have published them below. The photographs are intended to give you a snapshot of life in Harlow on March 25th. They are by…
ESSEX Police are investigating reports of an assault in Broadley Road, Harlow shortly after 6.30pm on Wednesday, March 22. A 48-year-old man has been assaulted by a group of youths, while playing football with his sons. He has suffered minor injuries to his head. The…
DOZENS of former teachers are on the path back into teaching after a successful campaign to help tackle the recruitment challenge facing schools in Essex. Essex County Council launched a campaign last month to attract ex-teachers onto a new Return to Teaching programme after recognising…
Holy Cross Children sing for the Commonwealth TWELVE children from Holy Cross Catholic Primary Academy, have been chosen to join the Commonwealth Youth Choir. On Monday 13th March, Commonwealth Day, they joined the other children in the choir and the Cold Stream Guards to sing…
WE wanted our heritage project, Why They Came Here, to be a proper testimony to those who have come to this town between 1947 and 2017. Last Sunday, we travelled to the heart of Birmingham to interview former leader of the Harlow Council, Donald Legat…
ESSEX Police were called to reports of a disturbance in East Gate, Harlow, at around 12.20pm on Thursday, March 23. Officers received calls about four people fighting outside a shop following an argument. A 17–year-old boy was arrested and was then taken to hospital with…
TO be honest, this reviewer was not that keen on attending this concert. Nothing against You Win Again but the events in Westminster had cast a huge shadow on the day. But as part of a very entertaining evening, You Win Again dedicated the song…
A HARLOW teenager has pleaded guilty to “intimidating and harassing” two Harlow PCSOs. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pled guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court on Friday March 17th. The incident occurred in Harlow Town Centre on November 27th, 2016. The teenager…
