ESSEX Detectives are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in which a woman was threatened with a knife. The 19-year-old woman was walking on a cycle path in Tripton Road, Harlow, at about 1.45pm today, Friday March 17 when she was approached by a man…

Work to restrict lorries from overtaking during the daytime on uphill sections of the M11 in Essex will start on Monday (20 March). The work, which will include installing road signs along a section of the M11 in both directions between junctions 8 for Bishop’s…

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a fire in a takeaway restaurant in Old Harlow. When crews arrived at the incident they reported the restaurant’s kitchen, which is on the first floor of the building, was on fire. Fire crews managed to extinguish the fire by…

BERNIE Ryan has lived in Harlow since 1958. He has been a wonderful citizen and servant to the town. He is one of those residents who is known to a lot of people, whether it was from his days at Cossors; as a member of…

On Sunday 23 April the eleven incredible runners will represent the Hastingwood-based hospice at the UK’s largest marathon, taking on the challenging 26.2 mile route through the capital. Five of the runners received Gold Bond places for this year’s London Marathon and were chosen by…

YOU are warmly invited to attend our Celebration on Saturday 25th March 2017 for the Harlow Towns 70th Birthday. The opening of our new exhibition GIBBERD’S GIFT and a Talk by Stan Newens on Harlow Towns History: This exhibition has been created as a celebration…

HUNDREDS of pupils in Harlow were given the opportunity to take part in interactive workshops carried out by Public Health England scientists as part of National British Science Week. National British Science Week is an annual event encouraging people to hold events to involve people…

THIS year, the Gibberd Gallery is happy to again be involved with the Harlow Art trail. They are looking for talented artists to join the trail and get involved! Artists are invited to submit proposals for new or existing works to be exhibited in the…

WE do enjoy going up to review the plays by the Heath Players. A pleasant drive out of Harlow, through Sheering and into Hatfield Heath. We had read reviews of other performances of The Last Romance by Joe DiPietro which described it as a “slight…

AS we said in our first film, the subjects of our films are people who came to Harlow from 1947 to 2017. With our more recent subjects, we hope to return to them in 2022 and then 2047. And so we turn to Sarah Hughes,…

ESSEX Police are currently treating the death of a man in his 40s at a property in Shawbridge, Harlow as unexplained. Officers were contacted by ambulance colleagues at 02.40am in the early hours of Thursday, March 16 to reports of a man who was unresponsive.…

Frankly Sinatra 23 Mar Theatre 1 Music The world’s No1 Sinatra, Stephen Triffit, celebrates the centenary of Sinatra Live at the Sands, following his own 3 seasons at the Sands, starring as the original Ol’ Blue Eyes in the West End, and selling out the…

TWO drug dealers, caught with a haul of crack and heroin in their vehicle, have been jailed for a combined total of more than six years. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how officers from Essex Police’s West Operation Raptor team were on patrol in the Town…

KIDDI Caru’s Day nursery in Harlow was a riot of colour yesterday as the children and staff enjoyed celebrating Holi. Holi, also widely known as the Festival of Colours, is a Hindu festival that marks the arrival of spring and celebrates love, colour and the…