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Doomscrolling ‘steals our joy’, a new study warns. Here’s how to fight back
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Doomscrolling ‘steals our joy’, a new study warns. Here’s how to fight back

A new study has revealed the ways in which infinite scrolling ‘steals our joy’ – and how we might reclaim it.
Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses
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pneumonia

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses

A plan for equitable eye care was promised years ago. Why are we waiting?
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A plan for equitable eye care was promised years ago. Why are we waiting?

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Why everyone should give boxing a try, according to ex-world champ Jane Couch
Boxing

Why everyone should give boxing a try, according to ex-world champ Jane Couch

Inside the UK’s first NHS boxing gym: ‘You can pick yourself up no matter what’
Health

Inside the UK’s first NHS boxing gym: ‘You can pick yourself up no matter what’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Inside the UK’s first NHS boxing gym: ‘You can pick yourself up no matter what’
Health

Inside the UK’s first NHS boxing gym: ‘You can pick yourself up no matter what’

Young people turning to social media over NHS for nutrition and diet advice: ‘Social media is trumping doctors’
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Health

Young people turning to social media over NHS for nutrition and diet advice: ‘Social media is trumping doctors’

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times
John Bird

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times

Have you noticed a wrongdoing at work? I blew the whistle on the NHS. Here’s how to speak up
silhouette of woman speaking out
Bernie Rochford

Have you noticed a wrongdoing at work? I blew the whistle on the NHS. Here’s how to speak up

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I’m a volunteer at Childline. Our calls matter to children in times of need
Childline counsellor
Jenny Cockle

I’m a volunteer at Childline. Our calls matter to children in times of need

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
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Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

Time on your hands can cause stress – but I’m learning to lean into it
Sam Delaney

Time on your hands can cause stress – but I’m learning to lean into it

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called ‘most depressing day of the year’
Blue Monday Fact/Fiction
Mental health

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called ‘most depressing day of the year’