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A fourteen year old girl has died just hours after been given a GlaxoSmithKline cervical cancer vaccination jab. Natalie Morton did have underlying health conditions and her death has not, as yet, been directly linked to the vaccine. But how many more young girls are going to be guinea pigs for this new vaccination? How many more [...]

Glad you have developed a good bond with your new feline friend!

Well, Southend Library has really been encouraging a healthy life style! I was shocked to see how they had arranged events, a whole progamme packed with a variety of different events associated with nature. Alongside discovering the history of Southend, many events included nature walks and meetings where the improvement of our town would be [...]

After a very pleasant cycle ride along Southend sea front following the cycle path around to Shoebury East Beach on Saturday morning, Jill and I stopped for refreshment and to relax in the in the warm September sunshine.
I spotted what appeared to be a seabird swimming and feeding out by the East Beach boom, but [...]

Sunday 20 September retained one of those milk of magnesia skies for the 36th annual Old Leigh Regatta. Victoria Wharf hosted the obligatory bouncy castles, jewellery stalls and a stand of local photos by Ryan Lupton.
Tannoy announcements for raffle tickets unsuccessfully competed with the band Street Life as children threw darts at envelopes on a [...]

Belfairs Woods have a new addition to the family, in the form of a beautifully carved badger.
The badger was sculpted by a specialised chainsaw carver at Belfairs Park Fun Day and has given new life to an old dying Oak tree in Belfairs Woods.
The carving was created for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council by expert chainsaw carver [...]

At Healthy Life we have always felt that it very important that individuals have as much access to information about cancer as possible. We always recommend the CANCERactive web site for totally unbiased information.
There is also a great deal of information available at our libraries, and Southend Libraries have issued the following press release relating to [...]

Women in the East of England join Sustrans in an urgent safety plea to governments.
Women don’t believe that British roads are safe enough for them to cycle on. That is the clear message from a poll of women by sustainable transport charity Sustrans.
The poll revealed that 75 per cent of women in the East of [...]