Health

Ray Gates and Orla Dunne were on their way to an emergency call when they were flagged down by members of the public.

The charity for people with learning disabilities has been named as one of leisure operator Everyone Active’s first East Herts Community Champions.

Dr Robin Saunders campaigned for the toxic plants, which contain alkaloids that can cause severe vomiting, to be sold away from fresh produce.

The October 11 event, alongside the regular parkrun, has been organised by Katherine Kannegieter, whose first son Finley was stillborn in 2013.

Grove Cottage’s efforts to fund a replacement for its old London Road base began in 2021, thanks to Brian Crabb, who left a £1.2m legacy in his will.

St Clare Hospice has launched a new campaign to celebrate its volunteers and encourage more to join the team.

Volunteers at Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Football Club had to clear excrement from pitches at the weekend before children could play.

Freestanding machines to check blood pressure on the post are available in 15 libraries, including Safrron Walden and Harlow.

MP Josh Dean steps in after learning staff at Thorley Park’s Jhoots Pharmacy have been unpaid for three months and patients struggle to get medication

Simon Marriott is supporting his identical twin Andrew’s campaign over the use of anti-malaria drug Lariam and its link with military suicides.

“We may have political differences, but our aim – on this committee in particular – is absolutely the same. So let’s keep that up in her honour.”

The walk on Sunday September 28, organised by Bishop’s Stortford Salvation Army, offers an opportunity to pause, reflect and recharge.

Dr Sian Stanley said: “The NHS could easily become overwhelmed, so it is incumbent on us all to get vaccinated.”

Move Against Cancer charity is behind 5k Your Way as part of its mission to support those impacted by cancer to live an active and fulfilling life.

Six mums and a gran travelled to London to press Government to protect legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND.

In just one year, Hertfordshire had seen an “unprecedented” 27% increase in EHCP (education, health and care plan) needs assessments.

Illustrator Julia Bakay created a summary through pictures, keywords and metaphors.

In autumn 2023, OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission found “widespread and/or systemic failings” in the county’s provision.

St Clare urges supporters to write to their MP and ask them to attend Hospice UK’s parliamentary event at Westminster on October 15.

Clive Parnham, 65, began working for the Essex Ambulance Service, as it was then known, in September 1982.