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Walking on the wild side

THERE are plenty of opportunities to get out and about in and around Sandwell Valley both on independent walks and with groups.Read

Getting to know the neighbours

Group leader Margaret Pritchard is jointly responsible for the guided walk but admits that she enjoys it as much as the group.Read

Stepping out to stay in shape

COME rain, come shine, come frost, come snow, pensioner Les Cooper is happy to pull on his walking boots every Friday morning and step out.Read

COME rain, come shine, come frost, come snow, pensioner Les Cooper is happy to pull on his walking boots every Friday morning and step out.

The 65-year-old retired gas fitter from Great Barr is one of a group of around 40 people who take part in a Health Walk each week at Sandwell Valley.Read

RACHEL is just one of hundreds of young people who have been helped by Barnardo’s Amazon project in Birmingham, Dudley and Solihull.

Working with youngsters up to the age of 21, Amazon offers counselling for those who have experienced sexual abuse as well as their families, carers and other appropriate adults.Read

Paige shows her strength

FOR Paige Clarke-Jeffers, losing her hair was a real shock as she was just ten years old at the time. Now two years later it has started to grow back but she admits it has not been the easiest time.Read

‘Deal with it. It’s only hair’

SYRITA Richards may be the newest group member but she has lived with alopecia for more than ten years.Read

Claire fights back after the horror of complete hair loss

FINDING your ideal partner is never easy, but 31-year-old Claire Boylan has found it even harder since she lost her hair.Read

Jenny’s bald battle

WHEN 57-year-old Jenny Austin first developed alopecia in the 1980s, she felt utterly isolated because it was a condition people did not talk about.Read

Support for youngsters left damaged

RACHEL is just one of hundreds of young people who have been helped by Barnardo’s Amazon project in Birmingham, Dudley and Solihull.Read

I could never tell anyone about the way my dad was sexually abusing me

RACHEL was about eight years old when she realised her relationship with her father was not normal.Read

Specialist nurses give vital support

A TEAM of four lung cancer nurse specialists offer support to patients at the Heart of England Trust covering Birmingham Heartlands, Solihull, and Good Hope Hospitals and Birmingham Chest Clinic.Read

Get help early to save life

EARLY detection is vital in the fight against lung cancer says Dr Patricia Glynn, consultant in respiratory medicine at the Heart of England NHS Trust.Read

Surgery soon after GP visit

IT was a persistent cough which sent grandfather Maurice Dodsley to his doctor. And it was a good job that he went as the cause was quickly discovered to be lung cancer.Read

‘There is a lot I can’t do and I get breathless – but I’m still here’

DAD David Pow has been hit by lung cancer three times and believes the condition will eventually kill him.Read

Lung surgery was just weeks after GP visit

IT was a persistent cough which sent grandfather Maurice Dodsley to his doctor. And it was a good job that he went as the cause was quickly discovered to be lung cancer.Read

Beryl completes circle from not knowing what diabetes was to aiding sufferers

AT the time it felt like just another childhood accident but falling off a roundabout at the age of 13 was to have a life-altering effect on Beryl Beards.Read

I’d like to shake the hand of the guy responsible for my two amazing little boys

Looking down at their beautiful twin boys, Richard Woolven and his wife Sandra, realise how lucky they are to have a family of their own.Read

How race can affect susceptibility to illness

Race can have big influence on susceptibility to illnessesRead

Worcester dad 'lucky' to have twins backs campaign for more sperm donors

Dad ‘lucky’ to be parent backs campaign for more sperm donorsRead