Cervical cancer patient urges women to attend smear tests
New figures reveal that one in ten women have delayed getting a smear test because of concerns about going to the doctor during the Covid pandemic. As part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, one woman who, after being diagnosed herself,…
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The Government are looking to pay £500 to everyone with Covid-19 in England, in order to support the self-isolation scheme. It is among the suggestions in a leaked document from the Department of Health dated 19th January, and marked ‘Official…
Public poised for Big Garden Birdwatch next weekend
Half a million people are expected to take to their gardens next weekend for the worlds biggest garden wildlife survey. The RSPB a conservation charity is asking people to look out for everything from blackbirds to great tits. It’s time…
Kent Young Entrepreneur wins innovation award
A young entrepreneur from Kent has won the prestigious Young Innovators award. The Young Innovators programme was created in 2018 by Innovate UK in partnership with The Prince’s Trust to find young people from across the UK with great business ideas….
“Being trapped everyday with my own thoughts is really exhausting”- how eating disorders rage through the Coronavirus
For Zoe Burnett, a new num, a Tedx speaker, and an atypical anorexia sufferer, counting calories and excessive exercise are a coping mechanism and emotional avoidance, but when the world is in disarray, she finds herself desperately wanting a way…
Government continues to leave 3 million workers without support
Government sparked controversy today by extending the furlough scheme until March whilst continuing to leave 3 million workers to fend for themselves. Yesterday England went into a second lockdown after the rise of coronavirus cases. In England alone, more than…
Manchester University students protest against lockdown metal fences
Hundreds of students at the University of Manchester have been angered by the University’s latest measures to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Metal fences were put up around halls of residence on the Fallowfield campus on Thursday morning without…
Magic mushroom season
In the lead up to Halloween and Christmas there is a small window for harvest that more and more thrill seekers are revering in, magic mushroom season. Before the first frost, and all across the UK, more and more people…
Polar Paddington arrives in Yorkshire
The world’s first British polar bear has been re-homed today. Three-year-old Hamish has been on a 400-mile journey across the UK from Northern Scotland to Yorkshire. Hamish was born and grew up in Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park, and is one…
UK campaigns to ban nukes nationally and globally
A goal that most of the world shares, according to Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament UK(CND), is a world free of weapons of mass destruction. However, the campaign for nuclear weapon disarmament has had little traction and public attention in the…