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ARE you between the ages of 30 and 60 and never had the chance to learn to swim? Well, now is your chance.
YOUNG people are being targeted by health professionals in Bucks in a campaign to get screened for sexual health infection chlamydia.
A new postal self-test kit is set to become available soon, which people can order confidentially online. Including a prepaid envelope to return the test, the results are available by text or phone within 10 working days.
The initiative, which is part of a national clampdown, is being incorporated into NHS Buckinghamshire's 'More than a Hug' project which highlights the potential infertility that can be caused if the condition is left untreated.
A GROUP of Chalfont St Peter women have appeared on a national television series documenting their attempts to lose weight.
The group, who call themselves the Chalfont Chubbies, appeared on the Channel 4 series My Big Fat Diet alongside host Anna Richardson.
THE National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) has had the perfect start to the new year by receiving a huge donation.
The centre, based in Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, was given a grant of ã17,488 by the Roald Dahl Foundation to help set up and support seven epilepsy information stands at paediatric epilepsy clinics across the country.
CHILDREN in the Chiltern district are being urged to get fit and healthy in the new year by taking up a course for overweight youngsters.
Tips to help people get healthier have been launched by child obesity experts at MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition,Do it!).
A CHALFONT St Peter hairdresser is offering support to women who have lost their hair by stylishly re-cutting their wigs for them.
Fake It, in Market Place, Chalfont St Peter, is offering the service to women who have lost their hair through illness and have been given wigs as a replacement.
IF YOU were offered the chance to see into the future, to view a photograph of your own face in five years' time, would you be brave enough to do it?
That's what I did at the invitation of Beauty Therapist Helen Griffith who works from her home in Ashlea Road, Chalfont St Peter.