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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006
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T H E R E G I O N ’ S T O P - S E L L I N G W E E K L Y
Town prepares
for V weekend
CHELMSFORD is bracing itself for an
estimated 75,000 music fans daily for this
weekend’s V Festival.
Motorists are reminded that road
closures will be in place on the A414
London Road (old A12) and Writtle Road
at Margaretting, from 9pm-3am Saturday
to Sunday, and on Viaduct Road from
7pm-6am on Saturday and Sunday in a
bid to reduce the impact of vehicles
leaving the event.
County highways chief Cllr Rodney
Bass said: We apologise for any
inconvenience this causes.”
The Chronicle’s promotions team will
giving away V Festival goodies at
Chelmsford Railway Station and Princes
Road Tesco from 8am-2pm on Saturday.
We won our
race for life
AN ELEVENTH hour double lung transplant
and a dramatic coach trip diversion for a new
kidney are behind the life-changing
experiences of two Chelmsford
women.
But now Justine Laymond
and Yvonne Stannard are
looking forward to a new
lease of life thanks to the
generosity of selfless organ
donors.
Doctors told Justine that
it was a miracle she
survived
the one-and-a-
half years she lived with
Lymphangioleimyomatosis
(LAM), a lung disease that
effects just one in a million
women.
When Springfield resident
Yvonne, 56, finally received
a kidney match after 10
years on the waiting list,
she embarked on an urgent
trip to hospital thanks to
an Essex coach firm.
Justine, 33, had said
goodbye to family and
friends
in February
when her chances of
survival
dipped
to
critical, with just five per
cent of her lungs still
working.
She is now back at her
Waterhouse Lane home
after undergoing a nine
hour
operation
at
Harefield
Hospital,
Middlesex, on July 9.
“Iwas onmyway outwhen
these lungs became available. I
am just amazed to be alive. It’s just
a miracle.
Survivor
“I always said I would survive and I
was going to be that one-in-a-million
to survive. I believed I would pull
through and I want my experience to
be an inspiration to oth