A yoga teacher from Cleadon says that schools should adopt meditation and yoga techniques to increase children’s emotional well-being. Nadia McSheffrey, Founder of The Tranquil Treehouse works with school children and staff to develop and nurture pupils emotionally, mentally and physically. She said: “It has been a huge revelation for […]
Sunderland’s young people would shy away from asking a new partner about their sexual health history in fear that it would be ‘too awkward’. Although the majority who were interviewed said that they wouldn’t mind if their partner asked them about recent testing and sexual health, the thought of asking […]
A North East guru, who leads meditation and Buddhist techniques in Sunderland, says practising meditation teaches people to be calm and peaceful in our busy lifestyles. Kath Jones has been meditating for more than 20 years and believes that it can help people deal with what life throws at them. She leads […]
A Newcastle woman has spoken about her heartbreak after finding out the man she was speaking to online was using a fake profile, also known as Catfishing. It comes after a petition has been created to list fake online profiles as a criminal offence under the Fraud Act and for […]
The NHS plans to launch a clinical trial of up to 10,000 people to test a drug that could stop HIV transmission. The exercise is part of the national HIV prevention programme led by Public Health England and will take place over the next three years. NHS England will pay up […]
Newcastle City council proposes budget plans to implement the government’s social care precept of an extra three per cent to fund adult social care. The social care decree will be added on top of plans to raise council tax by 1.95 per cent resulting in a total of 4.95 per […]
The number of newly diagnosed patients with prostate cancer is rising within the North East. Thousands of men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in England and in the North East, this number has increased consecutively for the past five years. In 2010, nearly 1500 men were diagnosed with […]
Meninism is as absurd as it sounds and harder to comprehend than it is to spell. The term first appeared in 2013 when feminists used it to describe men who supported feminism and opposed all forms of misogynist behaviour. Fast forward to the present day and with the help of […]
Young men each year grow moustaches to raise awareness and money for men’s health programmes through the Movember foundation. Through online campaigning, social media and hashtags these men can help fundraise for important causes that affect many men, whilst simultaneously trying out whether facial hair suits them.
Say ‘Hello’ to World Hello Day. What began as a personal communication challenge in response to the conflict between Egypt and Israel in 1973, has grown into a global attempt to bring people closer together. World Hello Day has expanded in the last 44 years, spanning populations in over 180 […]