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NEXT week (June 14-20) is Fathers’Story Week, an opportunity for alldads and male carers to getinvolved in their children’s learningand development. And to mark the occasion, TheHarlow Children’s Centre Networkis giving away five sets of books worth £40 each!The six children’s centres in Harlow are part of the Sure Start schemeoffering free activities and space toplay for children under five, andtheir families.Harlow Children’s Centre Network will also be putting on sessionsespecially for dads and male carersso why not go along to makemusic, make a mess or listen tosome favourite children's stories.Remember, there always have greatactivities going on at the centres and while the 4MEN sessions are aimedspecifically at dads and male carers, you are welcome at all of the

activities or just to come and play.To find your nearest centre and see what activities are going on, visit the website atwww.surestartharlow.org or call(01279) 772600 or (01279) 773900.To be in with a chance of winning aset of books, answer the simplequestion in the entry form, fill in your details in the form and send itto Fathers’ Story Week Competition,Harlow Star, PO Box 268,Cambridge CB24 6HF, making sure you tick your child's age range. Theclosing date for entries is Friday, June 18.

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A set of children’s booksto celebrate Fathers’ Story Week

The judges’ decision is final. Usual Herts & Essex Newspapers termsand conditions apply. Closing date for entries is Friday, June 18.

A MAN who flew into “a tow-ering rage” and smashed upthe house he used to sharewith his girlfriend has beenspared jail.

Luke Teague, described as nor-mally timid and polite, caused thou-sands of pounds worth of damage by smashing holes in walls, rippingdown shelves, smashing patio

doors, breaking windows and trash-ing ornaments and pictures at the property in Malkin Drive, Harlow.

The court was told Teague had gone round to the house in the mid-dle of the night hoping to rekindletheir romance, but when his ex-girl-

ByCOURT REPORTERstar@hertsessexnews.co.uk

THE chief executive of Harlow’s Prin-cess Alexandra Hospital has resigned after three years in the job,

Chris Pocklington, left , was the hospi-tal NHS trust’s director of operations for four years before taking over as CEO.

Mr Pocklington said he had enjoyed many happy and rewarding years atPAH during which he built up manywarm working relationships with col-leagues across the organisation.

“During the past three years we havemade important operational and finan-cial strides for which we should all be proud, but I believe the time is right for somebody else to build on our achieve-ments and take the organisation forward to the next stage,” he said.

Gerald Coteman, chairman of thePAH NHS Trust, said Mr Pocklington’sleadership had been “instrumental inturning the organisation around” and

had helped the hospital to provide aconsistent, quality service to patients.

“Chris is very well respected for hisopenness and integrity and we respecthis decision to step aside at this point aswe prepare to move towards foundationtrust status,” he added.

The vacant chief executive post will be formally advertised later in the year.In the meantime the trust will appointan interim CEO.

friend said she was seeing some-one else he lost his temper.

Teague (27), from Rochford,Essex, pleaded guilty to chargesof destroying property and com-mon assault. He was given a sus- pended prison sentence, ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £8,850 compensa-tion and made the subject of arestraining order.

Lesli Sternberg, prosecuting atChelmsford Crown Court, said Teague was intoxicated when hecalled at the house at 4am onApril 10. His former girlfriend lethim in to placate him and he wentto sleep in the spare room beforeclimbing into her bed and makingadvances which she rejected.

“He became angry and aggres-sive and appeared jealous that shewas sleeping with other peopleand he went through her drawersand l ingerie,” said MissSternberg. “He then grabbed her around the throat. She felt shewas choking but she managed to push him away and she phoned her mother who phoned police.”

Teague punched holes in the bedroom and bathroom walls,smashed the TV screen and

destroyed picturesand ornaments.His ex managed to push him

outside but he started throwingstones at the kitchen window, pulled the blind and kicked thefront door. He also threw rocks atthe glass panes in the patio door which broke.

Sarah Lewis, representingTeague, said in mitigation thecouple’s five-year relationshiphad ended eight months prior tothe incident and he had moved out. They had met once and hehoped they could get back togeth-er but she told him she was seeingsomebody else.

“He describes a red mistdescending and he took it out onthe property,” she said. “He is a polite and timid young man and this is out of character.”

She added he was mortified hehad lost his temper and hurt hisgirfiriend. He now accepted their relationship was over.

Passing sentence, the judgetold Teague: “You became extre-mely violent towards her and thehome that you had shared togeth-er. Plainly you were jealous of her, upset and distressed at the breakdown of your relationship.”

AN independent charity whichhelps people to stop smokinghas chosen Harlow as thelocation for its firstfundraising shop in the southof England.MP Robert Halfon performedthe opening ceremony at theQUIT shop in Broad Walk onFriday.“Some people find it difficultto stop smoking and it ismarvellous that there areorganisations such as QUITwhich offer a wide variety of initiatives and help people tokick the habit,” he said.The charity helps smokers togive up by providing a rangeof services including afreephone Quitline, emailcounselling, publications and a

youth service Quit Because.Shop development officerKatharine O’Brien, pictured above with Mr Halfon atFriday’s opening, said: “As alocal resident I think it is greatnews for Harlow that the townis hosting QUIT’s flagshipshop in the south of England.“We are keen to recruitvolunteers to work in ourshops and can offer them afriendly and supportive teamenvironment and theopportunity to gain newexperiences.”The shop, which is open everyday except Sunday from10am-4pm, is also appealingfor donations of clothes, shoes,accessories, books, CDs, DVDsand household items.

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