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A CHARITY show has completely sold out thanks to the support of a television actress from Northwood.

Jean Heard, star of The Bill, Grange Hill and No Sex Please - We're British, is topping the bill for the Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon's gala fundraiser.

The event, which takes place at end of February, is being held in aid of Rotary's $200million Gates' Challenge, to eradicate the world from polio.

DEEPLY moving stories of courage, determination and survival against the odds were shared as part of events in Northwood to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

More than 2,000 pupils from schools across Hillingdon, Harrow and Hertfordshire were invited to listen to survivors recount their experiences this week, in twice-daily sessions held at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue, in Oaklands Gate, and Northwood United Synagogue in Murray Road.

Nelly Ben-Or Clynes, of Northwood, told of how she escaped the notorious Nazi concentration camps in Auschwitz, by the skin of her teeth.

MORE than 100 volunteers will transform donations from Rickmansworth charity shops into fashionable attire, for a fundraising catwalk show.

The Rags to Riches Fashion Show aims to show how old, unwanted clothes and fabrics can be recycled to create stylish, desirable outfits.

Proceeds will go towards Help the Aged, Oxfam and Sue Ryder - all charity shops in the High Street.

RESIDENTS are demanding action amid fears their road, which is used as a rat-run for drivers escaping rush hour traffic, has become 'a death-trap'.

Residents of Woodside Road, Northwood say lives are being put at risk by hurried drivers using their road as a short cut to avoid congestion on Watford Road, which runs parallel.

They blame the problem on a new mini roundabout which gives priority to cars at the junction of Northwood Way, causing traffic on Green Lane to 'grind to a halt' and forcing drivers to look for alternative routes.

A SPECIAL concert to celebrate Mozart's birthday will take place at St Edmund's Church in Pinner Road, Northwood Hills this Sunday (31).

The event, which starts at 3.30pm, will feature The Edmund Wind Ensemble, who will perform masterpieces including Serenade No.11 in E Flat and Serenade No.12 in C Minor.

Tickets cost £6 including refreshments. Call 01923 821869 for more information and to book.

A HOSPICE is calling on more than 1,000 women to march the streets of Northwood at midnight to help raise £50,000.

Michael Sobell House, which provides specialist palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses, is launching its Ladies in the Night Walk, to take place in June.

The event aims to bring women of all ages and fitness levels together to have fun while collecting much-needed funds for the charity.

HERTS Air Ambulance is challenging residents to embark on a trek through Iceland to help raise money for the life-saving service.

The journey, which takes place from July 15-20, 2010, offers volunteers the chance to walk through breath-taking scenery and experience water crossings and geothermal swimming, before camping in the remote wilderness.

THE sister of a former Rickmansworth School student who died while serving in Afghanistan plans to walk across hot coals in his memory.

Wendy Sawyer, 25, is organising a fire walk to raise money for Help for Heroes after her brother, Captain Tom Sawyer, was killed in action last January.

Captain Sawyer, 26, was serving with 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery.

He was part of a fire support team fighting a Taliban strong-hold north east of Gereshk, in central Helmand, and died in an explosion during a joint operation with a Danish Battle Group and the Afghan National Army.

EGGS and spoons will be swapped with batter and frying pans for the 10th annual Rickmansworth Pancake Race.

The competition, which takes place on Shrove Tuesday (February 16), will see the High Street closed to traffic as hundreds of participants flip their way to the finish line.

All proceeds will go towards Watford Mencap, which is based in Rickmansworth and supports 500 adults and children with learning disabilities and their carers in South West Hertfordshire.

Last year, a record number of teams took part to raise more than £2,000 for the charity.

The winning team will receive a case of champagne, while refreshments for participants and supporters will be provided at the Coach and Horses pub, which is sponsoring the race.

The cost to enter for a team of four is £50 - call Lesley Blee on 01923 713622 or email lblee@watfordmencap.org.uk by Tuesday, February 9.

ANIMAL enthusiasts can learn all about the wildfowl living in Hertfordshire at a workshop next Saturday (23).

The event, which takes place at Stocker's Lake, Rickmansworth, includes an indoor illustrated talk with a guided walk around Stocker's Nature Reserve to identify birds on the lake.

The workshop is organised by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Anyone aged 12 and above is welcome and tickets cost £12. Call Jennifer Gilbert on 01727 858 901 for more information or visit www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk