Health & Wellbeing

Pip Pip hooray! Skincare ladies land top store deal

By Miranda Robertson A Tarrant Monkton woman who launched a gorgeous natural skincare range after years of suffering with rosacea…

Hardy cyclists brave thunder and rain

With big smiles and high spirits, hundreds of soggy cyclists braved the monsoons and pushed through the gruelling 55-mile…

Rights and responsibilities of covid pass

I’ve been doing and supervising hundreds of vaccinations in London and Wiltshire.
 As we anticipate something approaching normality with venues…

Knowledge and education can be our best defence

I was saddened by the news of Prince Phillip’s passing. A good innings in every respect and a life…

What’s the main problem people present with in therapy?

As a mental health professional and psychotherapist, I’m often asked the above question. Stress, depression including bi-polar, behavioural disorders,…

How to help a child through trauma

‘Everyone’s Invited’ is a website where young people can share their experience of abuse or trauma. Many of the…

Meditations in nature: Under an awesome April sky

Leonardo de Vinci proposed that “once you have tasted the taste of the sky, you will forever look up”….

Tech allowing grandmother to speak

A family from Gillingham say they are so grateful for pioneering technology, which will allow them to hear their…

Facemasks raise £1k for Macmillan

A woman from Blandford is making masks for Macmillan Cancer Support. Kath Chun has raised more than her original £1,000…

The inspiring Dorset farmer who was a pioneer in the field of vaccination

A headstone in a church graveyard in Worth Matravers bears an epitaph for Dorset farmer Benjamin Jesty. “He was…