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Cancer Research UK has announced the closures of 190 stores across the UK, including its one in Hemel Hempstead

Cancer Research UK announces closure of Hemel Hempstead store

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Picture caption – Emi (14) and her Mother Sophie (44) are taking part in Swimathon this March to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, the end-of-life charity Marie Curie and Swimathon Foundation. Dive in and sign up now at swimathon.org

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‘Swimathon President Duncan Goodhew MBE’– As Swimathon turns 40, 1980s Olympic legend Duncan Goodhew MBE is encouraging people across Hertfordshire to sign up and raise money for Cancer Research UK, the end-of-life charity Marie Curie and Swimathon Foundation from 20-22 March. Enter now at swimathon.org

Hertfordshire fundraisers urged to make waves as Swimathon turns 40

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Joseph Coelho with Star Award: Children’s poet and author Joseph Coelho is supporting the Cancer Research UK for Children & Young People Star Awards. Nominate a child or young person at cruk.org/starawards

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Standing strong: Hertfordshire woman and cancer survivor, Katie Gold, is urging people to help accelerate life-saving research by supporting Stand Up To Cancer this autumn. Get involved at su2c.org.uk

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Nicola Kinloch is calling on people across Hertfordshire to take part in Stand Up To Cancer’s Sweat Every Day in November Challenge. Nicola lost her husband Brett to cancer and is taking on his bucket list wish to raise funds for research. Sign up now at su2c.org.uk/exercisechallenge

Hertfordshire urged to turn up the heat on cancer with exercise challenge

Were at it again. Here in Hemel Hempsteads Old town.

Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital fun walk

A woman walks past a Cancer Research UK store in London. The charity shop chain will close 88 high street shops by May 2026, with 100 more expected by April 2027 (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Staff, volunteers, and shoppers brace for big changes 📦
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Support research into children’s and young people’s cancers by picking up a gold ribbon badge - the symbol of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - available from Cancer Research UK shops in September or donate at cruk.org/childrenandyoungpeople

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Hertfordshire urged to ‘go gold’ in support

Four of us starting the end of last year’s 48-mile run—tough but worth it!

Local teens gear up for gruelling 96-mile run to raise hospice funds

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Clothing choices may influence where skin cancer develops

Tesco colleagues from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire help raise money for vital charities

Tesco Hertfordshire colleagues help raise £20,000 for health charities

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Join the pack: Hertfordshire dog owners are being urged to walk 60 miles with their four-legged friends over the course of April to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer’s life-saving research. Sign up now at su2c.org.uk/walkies

Dog owners across Hertfordshire are being urged to step up to a four-legged fund...

Daniel proposing to his girlfriend Hayley during last year's London Marathon

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‘Swimathon President Duncan Goodhew MBE’– Making a splash: Swimming legend, Duncan Goodhew MBE, is urging people across Hertfordshire to sign up for Swimathon 2025 to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK, the end of life charity Marie Curie and Swimathon Foundation. Dive in at swimathon.org.

Hertfordshire swimmers urged to dive into Swimathon

A new study suggests that drinking a glass of milk every day may reduce your risk of bowel cancer.

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Skin cancer survivor Grace Davies is urging people to enjoy the sun safely this summer.

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This will be Alicia's fifth year raising money for Cancer Research UK by running in the London Winter Run

Runner to wear names of loved ones to raise funds for charity

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Figures show hundreds of 'missing' cancer diagnoses in west Hertfordshire

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Dacorum’s sustainable clothes swaps hit new record

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Camden Town Brewery x Fawcett Society launch Arsenal women’s pint glass
Camden Town Brewery is always up for football. That’s why we’re launching a brand new Jack Glass dedicated to the Arsenal women’s team, with 20% of the sale price going to our friends at the Fawcett Society.
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Will Jackson-Moore (second from right) will cycle with Jerry Scagell from Aldbury, Simon Abrahams and James Lumpkin.

Hemel Hempstead man to cycle over 3,000km in just 18 days in memory of his mum

The HPV vaccine is offered to girls and boys aged 12 and 13 years old (Photo: Getty Images)

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The blood test can pinpoint exactly where in the body the disease is coming from (Photo: Getty Images)

New NHS blood test detects more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms show

Eleven firefighters from Green Watch Hemel Hempstead will take on Race for Life's 5k challenge

Firefighters in Hemel raise thousands for Cancer Research UK

You can donate your Tesco Clubcard points to help people in need - here’s how

The supermarket introduced a charity scheme during the pandemic allowing shoppers to contribute spare pennies. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Tesco accused of rounding up shopping bills to the nearest pound - without permi...

The charity warns that members of the public need to be careful about sun exposure, even in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Skin cancer deaths have risen 150% since the 1970s - these are the signs and sym...

The research found that screening women earlier could save lives (Photo: Shutterstock)

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The number of cancer patients seeing specialists during coronavirus has fallen -...

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Race for Life cancelled in Hertfordshire

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Peter Kay has rescheduled his cancelled Dance For Life tour two years later - he...

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Hemels Cancer Research UK shop celebrates its 30th anniversary

30th birthday celebrations at Hemel charity store

Brits tuck into 100 million takeaways and ready meals every week

Children now drink a bath full of sugary drinks every year

Children now drink a bath full of sugary drinks every year

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Boxing clever in aid of Cancer Research

Hemel's Pretty Muddy event 2016

Girls get Pretty Muddy for cancer charity

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Opticians fundraise for cancer charity

Business as usual. Staff being positive at Cancer Research UK, Hemel Hempstead.
They are, right to left: Sophie Pomroy, Janet Liddle, Kitty Walsh, Ellen Weymouth and Theresa McDonagh

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