Joe Skirkowski BBC News, Gloucestershire PA Forest Green Rovers owner Dale Vince and Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher are behind the pilot scheme Football tickets will be made available on prescription to help treat symptoms of depression, under a pilot scheme. Labour MP for Stroud, Dr Simon Opher, and Ecotricity founder and owner of Forest […]

Chris Craddock BBC Jersey communities reporter BBC Sports groups like Skateboard Jersey were at ‘Every Girl Moves’ Girls have been encouraged to get involved in different sports at an event where they could have a go at a range of them. The ‘Every Girl Moves’ event was held at Les Quennevais School on Monday with

NHS bosses are putting patients at risk of harm in the upcoming doctors’ strike, the British Medical Association says. The union believes NHS England’s plan to limit the number of routine treatments being cancelled will stretch senior doctors covering for striking resident doctors too thinly. NHS England has ordered hospitals only to cancel non-urgent care,

Getty Images The pop star has joined with Endometriosis UK to share her story and help raise awareness Pop star Ella Henderson has revealed she has endometriosis and has partnered with a charity to raise awareness of the condition. In a video message on her Instagram account, the multi-platinum selling artist said the last few

BBC Listen to Joe read this article When Imogen arrived at the University of Nottingham in September 2022, she carried with her a letter addressed to the student wellbeing services. As a teenager, she struggled with anxiety and self-harm. The letter, written by her former head of year, was a direct plea to the university

PA Media Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are set to strike for five days from Friday Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to follow their union down the “damaging road” of strike action, which is due to begin on Friday. Writing in the Times, Sir Keir said this would cause

Getty Images Resident doctors in England have started a five-day walkout over pay. They say they haven’t had a “credible pay deal” for 2025-2026, but Health Secretary Wes Streeting argues the strike is “unreasonable” after substantial pay rises in recent years. Who are resident doctors? Resident doctors used to be known as junior doctors, but

Nick Triggle Health correspondent Getty Images The NHS is facing a challenging few days during the doctors’ strike in England as it attempts to keep as many services as possible running, said the health secretary. Wes Streeting said while it was not possible to eliminate disruption from the five-day strike by resident doctors, it was

Getty Images England striker Chloe Kelly celebrates her goal during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 final between England and Germany The Euros are reaching their conclusion in a massive summer across women’s sport. But away from the drama and excitement on the pitch, there is also a scientific revolution taking place. Teams of scientists are

Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty Images It felt like there was a collective sigh of relief when a study, published this week, suggested 10,000 steps a day isn’t the health utopia we had all been led to believe. The news that we only had to reach 7,000 steps was enough to quite literally