What's Happening in Haverhill blog

Soldier Ian Flannery is taking part in a 155-mile race across a desert in memory of his friend.

Volunteers have clocked up 152 hours and made 125 visits to the needy during the first year of a new scheme.

New town councillors have spoken about what they love about Haverhill. Roger André and his daughter-in-law Diana André are two of the new faces to be elected onto the council.

It was an uphill struggle for three friends when they decided to raise money for charity. Dale Nunn and Ed Campbell, both from Haverhill, and Glenn Bevan, from Sturmer, completed an 11-day cycle ride to raise £1,500 for St Nicholas Hospice Care.

X Factor winner Matt Cardle delighted pupils when he paid a surprise visit to his former school to perform and judge a singing competition. Matt, 28, made an appearance at Stoke College, in Stoke-by-Clare, as part of the school’s art week.

Customers to a Haverhill salon can pay to stick their feet into a tank of fish as part of a new treatment being offered. The new Garra Rufa fish pedicures are being offered at Haverhill’s Serenity Foot Care, based in Just Cutz in Queen Street.

Church volunteers are set to wander town centre streets handing out chocolate and water to people who have drunk too much. The Haverhill Town Pastors scheme is going ahead after a donation of £3,000 by the town council to help set it up.