Health

Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'
Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Nikki Lilly.
Disability

Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'

Sound advice: why ear health matters – and how easy it is to check yours
Two silhouetted figures stand on a curved path surrounded by layered, abstract paper-cut shapes in shades of green and teal, creating a tunnel-like effect that suggests depth and exploration, modelled on the human ear.
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Sound advice: why ear health matters – and how easy it is to check yours

Charities are a lifeline for people who struggle to access NHS services – but they're under threat
Lisa Weaks

Charities are a lifeline for people who struggle to access NHS services – but they're under threat

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say
NHS workers in Manchester strike
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say

The UK must renew funding for children's vaccines – or else millions of young lives will be at risk
Michael Sheldrick

The UK must renew funding for children's vaccines – or else millions of young lives will be at risk

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation
Lockdown

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: 'It can be tough doing music with a disability'
Music

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: 'It can be tough doing music with a disability'

The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
Books

The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

Lobular breast cancer patients like me deserve better. Will Wes Streeting finally help us?
Kate Ford and Susan Michaelis
Kate Ford

Lobular breast cancer patients like me deserve better. Will Wes Streeting finally help us?

Bank holiday weekends mean beer gardens and booze – but drinking culture may be about to change
a glass of beer in the sun
Ash Singleton

Bank holiday weekends mean beer gardens and booze – but drinking culture may be about to change

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political
Health

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that
Dentist Neil Sikka
Health

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers
An NHS ambulance
Mathew Hulbert

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
A man holding a child
James Watson-O'Neill

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better

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One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
Carla Alderman and her son Cameron, who have been supported by Sense. Image: Sense
Disabled children

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues
Residents on the Nags Head estate. Image: Andy Parsons
Housing

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues

I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body
Emily-May Stephenson

I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body

I'm an aid worker in Myanmar. The sight of bodies being pulled from rubble will stay with me forever
Haider Yaqub

I'm an aid worker in Myanmar. The sight of bodies being pulled from rubble will stay with me forever