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New £24m children's healthcare facility opens in Sheffield
The Spark has opened at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, bringing together outpatient care and the National Centre for Child Health Technolog…
Swimmer Archie Goodburn meets Prime Minister after calling for better brain cancer care
After sharing his experience with inoperable brain tumours on national television, 25-year-old athlete Archie Goodburn met with the Prime M…
ScotRail passenger journeys exceed 48 million following a busy spring and summer
ScotRail recorded over 48 million passenger journeys between April and September 2026, marking a 7% increase on the previous year. This gro…
Archaeologists uncover remains of Harvie's Dyke in Glasgow
Historians and volunteers have unearthed sections of a 19th-century fortified wall in Dalmarnock that was torn down by local residents in 1…
Smoking rates in Cornwall fall to 8.8 per cent
The number of adults smoking in Cornwall has dropped to 8.8 per cent, down from 18.2 per cent a decade ago. This figure now sits below the …
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde recruits 56 new midwives following £4m funding boost
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has welcomed 56 newly qualified midwives to its maternity teams across the region. The recruitment is part of…
New bereavement leave rights for pregnancy loss to begin next April
From next April, employees who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will be entitled to two weeks of unpaid leave. This change to the …
RAF Marham runway repairs completed three weeks ahead of schedule
A £3.5 million project to resurface the runway intersection at RAF Marham has finished three weeks early, while also delivering £3.8 millio…
NHS app users can now receive push notifications when prescriptions are ready
Patients across England can now enable push alerts on the NHS app to be notified the moment their medication is ready for collection. This …
Cardiff man discovers he had a silent heart attack after routine screening
Simon Morris from Cardiff booked a private heart scan after his daughter was offered a screening, only to discover he had unknowingly suffe…
103-year-old codebreaker Fred Vanke shares his secret wartime history
Ferdynand Vanke, a 103-year-old living in Derbyshire, has finally shared his story of working as a Polish codebreaker for the Allied war ef…
Cardiff father Simon Morris discovers life-threatening heart condition during daughter's screening
When 55-year-old Simon Morris accompanied his daughter to a heart screening in Cardiff, he decided to pay for a check-up for himself as a p…