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Barbara Read from Dunmow volunteers at St Clare Hospice

Dunmow volunteer Barbara explains why she chose to help St Clare Hospice

The best hair transplant in Turkey comes at a cheaper price.

The best hair transplant in Turkey comes at a cheaper price.

Best hair transplant in Turkey for natural looking results

Have your say on new strategy aiming to support more people in Essex to cycle

Have your say on new strategy aiming to support more people in Essex to cycle

Have your say: New strategy supporting more people in Essex to cycle

Julie Taylor and Cllr Louise McKinlay give a bleed control kit to the Black Lion pub landlord alongside PCSO Mike

Julie Taylor and Cllr Louise McKinlay give a bleed control kit to the Black Lion pub landlord alongside PCSO Mike

First life-saving bleed control kits distributed in Great Dunmow

The #MakeItVisible visit to Beaumont Park in Great Dunmow

The #MakeItVisible visit to Beaumont Park in Great Dunmow

Housebuilder brings #MakeItVisible mental health campaign to Dunmow

Chantell Mapp-Pope before and after her weight loss

Chantell Mapp-Pope before and after her weight loss

Dunmow mum-of-two 'sees Christmas wish come true' after weight loss

Paul and Hayley Barter recently and on their wedding day

Paul and Hayley Barter recently and on their wedding day

Family raises money to improve quality of life for dad with brain disorder

Kemi Badenoch met with Matt Creed and Geoff Winckles from Little Canfield Men's Shed

Kemi Badenoch met with Matt Creed and Geoff Winckles from Little Canfield Men's Shed

MP visits Men's Shed tackling loneliness and isolation

Felsted pupils held a fundraising fete for charity

Felsted pupils held a fundraising fete for charity

Felsted School raises funds at fete and celebrates Wellbeing Week

The Moat House Care Home grand opening

The Moat House Care Home grand opening

The Moat House Care Home Grand Opening

Paige Gouge wearing her Martha Lynn hat

Paige Gouge wearing her Martha Lynn hat

Brain tumour patient gets 'royal treatment' as hat model

Errol Mckellar from Dunmow set up a support group for men who have or have had prostate cancer

Errol Mckellar from Dunmow set up a support group for men who have or have had prostate cancer

Dunmow cancer survivor aims to 'break taboo' of incontinence

Shepherd's Health in Barnston is offering new treatments

Shepherd's Health in Barnston is offering new treatments

Barnston health clinic offers new services for 2023

Sarah Toward is holding two yoga workshops in Great Dunmow to raise money for charity

Sarah Toward is holding two yoga workshops in Great Dunmow to raise money for charity

Dunmow yoga teacher to raise money for Guide Dogs

Mum and daughter Jan and Hannah Kidman from Hatfield Broad Oak lost weight thanks to Slimming World in Great Dunmow

Mum and daughter Jan and Hannah Kidman from Hatfield Broad Oak lost weight thanks to Slimming World in Great Dunmow

Mum and daughter lose six stone between them thanks to Slimming World group

Cancer vaccines could be accessed by patients within the next decade

Cancer vaccines could be accessed by patients within the next decade

New 'breakthrough’ cancer vaccine could be available by 2030

Undated handout file photo issued by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) of a blood bag. The NHSBT has declared its first-ever amber alert status as blood supplies dropped to a critically low level. Issue date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.

Undated handout file photo issued by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) of a blood bag. The NHSBT has declared its first-ever amber alert status as blood supplies dropped to a critically low level. Issue date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.

NHS issues amber alert and warns of 'critically low' blood supplies

Julie Taylor presented bleed control kits to venues across Uttlesford

Julie Taylor presented bleed control kits to venues across Uttlesford

Bleed control kits donated in memory of teenager

Matt Gibson is running the London Marathon on his 50th birthday to raise money for Cancer Research

Matt Gibson is running the London Marathon on his 50th birthday to raise money for Cancer Research

Dunmow man to run marathon on 50th birthday after surviving leukaemia

Residents are invited to have their say on Uttlesford's health and wellbeing strategy

Residents are invited to have their say on Uttlesford's health and wellbeing strategy

Have your say on health and wellbeing strategy for Uttlesford

Should the smoking age rise by one year every year in order to make tobacco obsolete? Tell us what you think.

Should the smoking age rise by one year every year in order to make tobacco obsolete? Tell us what you think.

Should the legal smoking age rise year on year?

Alison Bradnick cuts the ribbon to celebrate the installation of the new defibrillator, helped by her four children Taliesin, Xander, Hermione, and Aurora and fellow residents of Walpole Meadows, Stansted

Alison Bradnick cuts the ribbon to celebrate the installation of the new defibrillator, helped by her four children Taliesin, Xander, Hermione, and Aurora and fellow residents of Walpole Meadows, Stansted

Life-saving kit that residents hope they will never use

Here is everything we know so far following the rising cases of hepatitis in childen in the UK

Here is everything we know so far following the rising cases of hepatitis in childen in the UK

Why are child hepatitis cases rising in the UK?

New symptoms of Covid have been added to the official list.

New symptoms of Covid have been added to the official list.

Nine new Covid symptoms added to official list

After Friday, people who have a positive Covid-19 test are advised to try to stay at home for five days.

After Friday, people who have a positive Covid-19 test are advised to try to stay at home for five days.

Who will get free tests under new Covid plan?

An Essex political group has worked out the impact on districts when lateral flow tests cease to be supplied for free on April 1, 2022

An Essex political group has worked out the impact on districts when lateral flow tests cease to be supplied for free on April 1, 2022

Essex: The costs by district of scrapping free Covid lateral flow tests

Charity single The Fire Is Out will be available for download or to purchase through Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre from Friday March 4, raising money for Mind in West Essex in memory of The Prodigy's frontman Keith Flint

Charity single The Fire Is Out will be available for download or to purchase through Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre from Friday March 4, raising money for Mind in West Essex in memory of The Prodigy's frontman Keith Flint

Charity Fundraiser

Charity single The Fire Is Out in memory of The Prodigy's Keith Flint

Prime minister Boris Johnson said that people who test positive with coronavirus no longer have a legal requirement to self-isolate in England.

Prime minister Boris Johnson said that people who test positive with coronavirus no longer have a legal requirement to self-isolate in England.

People with Covid no longer have legal requirement to self-isolate

Broomfield Hospital award winners Gary Pearce and Karen Cook

Broomfield Hospital award winners Gary Pearce and Karen Cook

Broomfield Hospital staff are the first to win a new award

Boris Johnson has announced the end of all Covid restrictions as part of England's living with Covid plan.

Boris Johnson has announced the end of all Covid restrictions as part of England's living with Covid plan.

Boris Johnson announces end of all Covid restrictions and free testing

A second Covid-19 booster vaccination will be rolled out to protect those most vulnerable.

A second Covid-19 booster vaccination will be rolled out to protect those most vulnerable.

Second Covid-19 booster vaccination to be rolled out in Spring

Boris Johnson has signalled the legal duty to self-isolate could end a month earlier than planned.

Boris Johnson has signalled the legal duty to self-isolate could end a month earlier than planned.

Self-isolation rules could be lifted a month earlier than planned

More than £1m will be spent recruiting new maternity staff at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

More than £1m will be spent recruiting new maternity staff at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

Essex hospital to spend more than £1m on new maternity staff

Carolyn Ollenbuttel and Vanessa Bell at Broomfield Hospital with Oa Hackett from Littlelifts

Carolyn Ollenbuttel and Vanessa Bell at Broomfield Hospital with Oa Hackett from Littlelifts

Boxes of treats for Broomfield Hospital's breast cancer patients

Melanie Chambers, deputy director of nursing and Victoria Bird, senior sister on Pegasus Ward, Broomfield Hospital

Melanie Chambers, deputy director of nursing and Victoria Bird, senior sister on Pegasus Ward, Broomfield Hospital

Broomfield Hospital's new children's ward opens

Participants at a previous Forbesy Camp, Essex

Participants at a previous Forbesy Camp, Essex

New Dunmow Saturday club launches for children

Care home residents will be allowed unlimited visitors from Monday, January 31.

Care home residents will be allowed unlimited visitors from Monday, January 31.

Care home visitor limits to be lifted next week

Benedict Punchard, senior charge nurse, in the new Broomfield Hospital garden for critical care patients

Benedict Punchard, senior charge nurse, in the new Broomfield Hospital garden for critical care patients

New Broomfield Hospital garden to boost patients' wellbeing

Boris Johnson has announced Plan B restrictions will be lifted after January 26, 2022.

Boris Johnson has announced Plan B restrictions will be lifted after January 26, 2022.

How are England's Covid restrictions changing after Plan B?

The heath secretary has emphasized the importance of not seeing the end of restrictions as the end of the pandemic

The heath secretary has emphasized the importance of not seeing the end of restrictions as the end of the pandemic

'We must learn to live with Covid' says health secretary on Plan B's end

Boris Johnson has announced that Plan B measures will be scrapped across England

Boris Johnson has announced that Plan B measures will be scrapped across England

Plan B measures to be scrapped across England

An Essex doctor talks about the impact of Covid and Omicron on staffing

An Essex doctor talks about the impact of Covid and Omicron on staffing

Fears that Covid may cause Essex hospital staffing to get ‘very difficult’

Sajid Javid has confirmed that there will be a reduction in the Covid isolation period

Sajid Javid has confirmed that there will be a reduction in the Covid isolation period

Covid self-isolation period to be cut to five days

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said bringing down the isolation period would be

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said bringing down the isolation period would be

Government minister supports cutting Covid self-isolation to five days

Danielle Rix and her father Paul Smith, Essex

Danielle Rix and her father Paul Smith, Essex

Hospital charity director thanks donors

Covid-19 case rates are higher than the national average in seven out of nine Uttlesford

Covid-19 case rates are higher than the national average in seven out of nine Uttlesford

Coronavirus in numbers: The latest Covid-19 data for Uttlesford

Essex County Council heard that the

Essex County Council heard that the

East of England Ambulance Service

Staff morale still poor at 'troubled' ambulance service

A sign informing customers that there are no lateral flow test kits available on the door of a pharmacy Picture date: Wednesday January 5, 2022.

A sign informing customers that there are no lateral flow test kits available on the door of a pharmacy Picture date: Wednesday January 5, 2022.

Explained: New PCR test rules brought in as Omicron cases surge

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced there will be no further restrictions at a Downing Street press conference today

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced there will be no further restrictions at a Downing Street press conference today

'We have a chance to ride it out' - PM says no new restrictions planned

Kylie said she is proud of her weight loss story in 2021

Kylie said she is proud of her weight loss story in 2021

'I'm proud of how far I've come' - Dunmow mum shares her weight loss experience

New analysis from the ZOE Covid Study has found that 75pc of people with cold symptoms are likely to have Covid.

New analysis from the ZOE Covid Study has found that 75pc of people with cold symptoms are likely to have Covid.

Three quarters of those with colds likely to have Covid, study finds

Lateral flow Covid tests have proved popular as people test before Christmas and New Year's celebrations

Lateral flow Covid tests have proved popular as people test before Christmas and New Year's celebrations

What does a faint red line on a lateral flow Covid test mean?

Dunmow and District Stroke Support Group give a wave at their December meeting.

Dunmow and District Stroke Support Group give a wave at their December meeting.

Festive celebrations for Dunmow stroke support group

According to preliminary findings from the UK Health Security Agency, people with Omicron are between 50pc and 70pc less likely to be admitted to hospital.

According to preliminary findings from the UK Health Security Agency, people with Omicron are between 50pc and 70pc less likely to be admitted to hospital.

People with Omicron up to 70pc less likely to need visit to hospital