April 2009 Archives
A mother of two who has difficulty using her legs due to an incurable disease is taking part in a scientific experiment in Staines.
Multiple Scerosis sufferer Tracy Haden, 44, of Brightside Avenue, Staines, has three weeks left on the research, which is being conducted by Andy Meaney from Oxford Brookes University, at the Thames Club, in Wheatsheaf Lane.
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St George's day was celebrated in Staines on Thursday April 23 ww.goowhen two members of the Staines Partnership dressed up in costume.
Town centre manager Stuart Douthwaite and business crime reduction co-ordinator Ray Mewell dressed as St George and the dragon respectively in the High Street and gave out flags and balloons to passers by.
A Staines man will be running the London Marathon on Sunday April 26 dressed as a carrot.
Forty -nine-year-old Bob Prothero, of Gordon Close, is dressing up as the vegetable in an attempt to beat a world record for fastest vegetable to run a marathon.

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