Love your birthmark - it makes you special
	8:23pm Thu 15 May 08
	BEVERLEY Sky is truly inspirational.

Brown sets out his plans for NHS reform

4:26pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

HOSPITALS that fail to satisfy or cure patients face having funding slashed under the Government's NHS reform plans.

	Jack's battle with asthma
	11:00pm Tue 13 May 08
	DUST, pollen, pollution - they are allowed to circle freely in our environment yet they are potential killers if you are an asthma sufferer.

New sunbed rules

10:18pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

RULES on the use of sunbeds are set to be tightened up, including a ban on under eighteens using them.

	Linette’s bitter taste of Martini illness
	10:13pm Tue 13 May 08
	LINETTE Richardson has what she calls a Martini illness. It can strike anytime, any place, any where.

	Stroke victim fights back
	9:08pm Tue 13 May 08
	WHEN Lynette Sawyer suffered a stroke in 2006, her prognosis was not good.

	Weekly gym is vital to Connie
	2:15pm Mon 12 May 08
	CONNIE Salton is an inspiration. At 80 years old she attends weekly gym sessions, both swimming and circuit training.

My mentally ill son must not be freed

6:21am Tuesday 6th May 2008

A MUM has told of the heartache of never being able to share a normal life with her mentally-ill son.

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Jessie Wallace says back Havens appeal

9:25pm Friday 2nd May 2008

ACTRESS Jessie Wallace is backing Little Havens children's hospice's tenth anniversary appeal.

2,000 give up smoking with trust's help

2:55am Thursday 1st May 2008

A CAMPAIGN to persuade smokers to give up has been hailed a huge success - with more than 2,000 south Essex people quitting in the past 12 months.

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