A young boy who has been out of school for a year and a half is going back to school next week.
Tommy Kelly, 13, was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, which affects the digestive system, a year and a half ago, meaning he had to be taken out of Rydens School, in Hersham Road, and forced to stay at home for eight months.
Isn't it great now that winter is here?
(Only joking of course, that was a joke if you didn't realize. It's like the time I went to see a comedy night in Englefield Green and one of the comedians said 'I just came back from Glasgow. Great town, but not enough chunky faced alcoholics there for my liking.')
One of the only good things about winter is when the sun is shining on a crisp day, and you can see the sinking sun through the bare trees.
I visited Thorpe Park last week after being invited on a press trip by their publicity officers, and went with some of the other Herald journalists to try out the new 'Fright Night' mazes.
And I must say, I had a brilliant time, the rides were good, and we got given free nibbles and alcohol (which I didn't think was a very wise idea considering we were going to be shot around at 100mph).
But what struck me as strange was how the publicity team sold it to me as 'being a party for journalists and celebrities.'
Sorry for the delay in my latest blog, I have been on holiday.
Well, that and being a bit ill. But listen to this story, I think you'll like it.
Here I am, back in the office and undergoing the typical bizarre week you get at local papers.
The Princess Alice Hospice 'Look Good Feel Great' patient makeover day on Friday 10 of October saw project partner and world famous hairdresser Trevor Sorbie and the FAMOUS make up team return to host a day of patient pampering. The event held to coincide with World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on Saturday 11 October comes very soon after the incredible success of a visit from Trinny and Susannah on September 24.
On Saturday 6 September, Jonathan Perkins, Trustee of the Princess Alice Hospice led by example as he took part in the Hospice's first Midnight Walk, he also encouraged two other trustees Lynn Gilbert and Jenny Provin to join him and make up a team called 'The Alice Band'.
A Victorian restaurant will be appearing on a number of cable TV programmes in the coming months.
The Dining Room, in Queen's Road, were contacted early in the year by talkbackThames, who filmed scenes for the UKTV Homes makeover show 'Love the Place You're In.'
The first show aired on Monday Septmeber 13, but the restaurant is due appear in a number of the 10 hourly weekly programmes.
A cancer survivor from Hersham took part in the BUPA Great North Run in Newcastle on Sunday (5).
Jackie Gledhill, 56, of Burhill Road, ran the World's biggest half marathon to raise cash for Cancer Research UK, after shedding more than four stone and battling thyroid cancer.
I have just been told the Environment Agency will be electro-fishing some of the River Thames this week to check on fish stocks.
The focus this year is on the eel, after worries their numbers are declining.
A youth football team which was saved from certain downfall had their new ground opened on Saturday September 20.
Hurst Park Juniors were given four pitches, goal posts, and flags by Apps Court Farm owner Stuart Macgregor for the three under 10 teams to play and train on.
