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Brainwave for a new wheelchair

Brainwave for a new wheelchair

7:10pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

SCIENTISTS in Colchester have designed a robo-wheelchair which responds to brainwaves.

Volunteers who help to make a difference

11:00pm Wednesday 13th January 2010

PEOPLE with learning difficulties often struggle to tackle tasks many people would consider relatively straightforward.

Keep fighting excess flab to stay healthy

10:00pm Wednesday 13th January 2010

IF your enthusiasm for fighting the flab after festive indulgences is flagging, bear in mind that being overweight can seriously increase the risk of developing prediabetes, according to the health charity Diabetes UK.

Take the challenge to help get through your new-you plan

9:00pm Wednesday 13th January 2010

STRUGGLING to keep to your new year resolutions or lacking the motivation to even get started?

My ‘brain tumours’ were abnormal blood vessels

Jacqueline Cox – feels she’s been given a second chance

4:00pm Monday 11th January 2010

A WOMAN has told of her relief after doctors wrongly diagnosed her with terminal brain cancer.

Could you be a foster parent?

1:00am Saturday 9th January 2010

A rallying call has gone out for Essex residents to come forward and help address the county’s shortage of foster families.

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Your Say Your Thurrock

HEALTH and safety in this country is probably worse than any other country, due to the fat, greedy lawyers just waiting to pounce and start legal proceedings for any dimwit that happens to stub his/her big toe while going about their everyday routine. It's all about the money - they don't really care who has an accident, they just want to be able to sue and make a tidy sum. − Baphomet, Thurrock

Doormats targeted in health and safety crackdown »

I AGREE, scrap the tolls, and build another crossing nearer to Southend, Thurrock cannot cope with the traffic coming here just to cross the river. When this new container port is built Thurrock will gridlock - at least if there is a crossing nearer Southend we can cut out future traffic, maybe even cut down on what we already have. − Eddie, Aveley

People of Thurrock don't want second crossing »

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