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Heidi iswww.stpetersvoice.co.uk an inspiration to us all A Portishead woman has put pen to paper to share her courageous story about the devasting loss of her daughter, battling with terminal cancer, and her life before tragedy struck. Heidi Loughlin's inspirational story about heartache and heroism can be read in her debut book, Heidi’s Lifeline, which was released at an official launch on March 21. Half of the proceeds from its sales will go towards Heidi’s campaign ‘Heidi’s Gloves’, which aims to save lives through raising funds to prevent infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Heidi, 36, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of inflammatory breast cancer in September 2015, while pregnant with her daughter and third child Ally. Heidi postponed treatment to protect her unborn baby girl and gave birth to Ally 12 weeks early. Eight days later, Ally tragically died after contracting an infection in the NICU ward. Heidi has since dedicated ...
Heidi Loughlin with her debut book, Heidi's Lifeline
Lives are at risk from speeding Inconsiderate speeding around the Village Quarter is putting lives at risk, say a group of worried residents. They say that they often witness drivers exceeding the 20mph limit and fear that it is only a matter of time before a speeding motorist will be ‘responsible for someone’s death’. One of the reasons that motorists speed, say the residents, is because there is a lack of 20mph signs across the Village Quarter and some
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