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Aug 18, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Spa retreat with planning consent for guest rooms goes on the market for £1.3m

A spa and wellness retreat business in Fishlake near Doncaster has been put on the market, with a £1.3m price tag, with commercial property estate agent Ernest Wilson, part of Eddisons. Truffle Lodge Spa, which opened in 2015, employs a team of 20 freelance therapists and front-of-house staff, as well as local pool maintenance, gardening, and cleaning contractors. Along with treatment rooms, a swimming pool, games room, bar lounge, and other wellness facilities, a five-bedroom detached house w

Aug 18, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Expert offers walking tips as Brits struggle to reach 10,000 daily steps

With over 30 million Brits in employment, many of our lives are centred around our careers. But, with many of us working sitting-down jobs, we’re often guilty of neglecting basic but essential exercise. According to recent data from Paace, the app that gets you earning with every step, 47 per cent of UK employees feel their current job role makes it difficult for them to achieve 10,000 steps a day. It’s often said that 10,000 daily steps are a minimum requirement to help reduce the risk of ser

Aug 18, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Ruth Langsford’s Memory Walk

TV presenter and Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Ruth Langsford is inviting people across Yorkshire & Humber to join her by signing up to one of the charity’s 12 Memory Walks this Autumn. The annual charity event is a highlight in Ruth’s calendar, having first taken part in Alzheimer’s Society’s Memory Walk 15 years ago. Each year she’s just as keen to get involved again. Supporting a cause close to her heart is important to Ruth, having witnessed her dad and now her mum living with dementia.

Aug 18, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Beauty experts warn that wearing makeup to bed ages skin twice as fast

Makeup experts have warned that wearing makeup to bed can age skin twice as fast. Experts at online beauty retailer Branded Makeup have suggested that falling asleep without removing cosmetics can trap pollutants against the skin all night, dramatically accelerating the aging process. The skin's natural renewal cycle occurs mainly during sleep hours, with the face unable to properly repair itself when blocked by makeup residue. “The skin attempts to regenerate during sleep, but makeup form

Aug 12, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Sleep expert reveals how to stay cool on hot nights - and what to avoid

The UK is facing its fourth heatwave of the summer, with the Met Office revealing temperatures will peak at highs of 34C in parts of England on Tuesday. As Britons all over the country look to stay cool at night, Ashley Hainsworth, managing director at Bed Kingdom, shares their advice to prevent overheating and get a good night's sleep during hot nights. Avoid strenuous exercise, alcohol, and spicy food Strenuous exercise before bed gets your blood pumping and keeps your heart rate and bod

Aug 5, 2025Health & Wellbeing

A bold new chapter for Leeds mental health services

A first-of-its-kind mental health programme is to launch across Leeds from August, with people aged 18 or over being offered the opportunity to self-refer. HEROES, which stands for Healing, Education and Recovery Of Emotional Strength, is a trauma-informed and lived experience–led mental health programme. It offers a fully holistic and educational approach to emotional recovery and is open to all adults aged 18+ via self-referral. The service will be delivered city-wide through the Leeds Menta

Jun 30, 2025Health & Wellbeing

RHS Macmillan cancer garden is 'deeply personal' design for Pandora Ryan

An award-winning garden designer from Huddersfield who lost three of her grandparents to cancer has been chosen by Macmillan Cancer Support to create the charity’s show garden at the first-ever RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham between 16 – 20 July. Pandora Ryan, founder of Pandora Ryan Garden and Landscape Design Studio, has designed a 99 square metre scheme – named ‘The Macmillan Legacy of a Lifetime Garden’ – that will encourage visitors to the five-day show to consider leavi

Jun 25, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Vegan festival returns to Sheffield with a new venue

Vegan Events UK, organiser of vegan festivals around Britain, is pleased to announce that the Sheffield Vegan Festival is returning – with a new venue for 2025. The festival, on Sunday 12th October, will be at a convenient central location, close to Sheffield railway station. There will be over 60 fantastic stalls, world food caterers, exciting demos, and inspirational talks running throughout the day from 10.30am to 4.30pm at City Campus – The Sheffield College. The festival will provide a one

Jun 23, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Popular physiotherapist opens luxury pilates studio in Sunny Bank Mills

Local physiotherapist and pilates instructor, Louise Samuels, who has become well-known in the area in recent years for her expertise and friendly, inclusive pilates classes, has just launched Duo Pilates. A brand new, physio-led reformer and mat pilates studio in the bustling heart of Farsley at Sunny Bank Mills. Classes are available at the spacious studio, which is located above popular cafe, The Mill Kitchen, from beginner to advanced levels, all of which are carefully designed by Louise,

Jun 18, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Hull care workers brave bungee jump to raise over £1,000 for SHINE Fund

Two care workers from Hull-based HICA Homecare have raised more than £1,000 for the organisation’s SHINE Fund by completing a sponsored tandem bungee jump at Salford Quays. Carole Leach, care supervisor, and Sharon Foster, care coordinator, took the plunge despite Sharon having a fear of heights. The SHINE Fund helps to create life-enhancing experiences for people supported by the HICA Group, a not-for-profit organisation which operates care homes and community-based care services across the

Jun 17, 2025Health & Wellbeing

Boutique reformer pilates studio PILAT3S to launch in Leeds city centre

PILAT3S, a dynamic Reformer Pilates studio focusing on energising full-body workouts and expert-led instruction, is opening its first location in Leeds. Launching on Saturday 21st June, the new location offers a personalised and accessible training environment designed to elevate the Pilates experience for all fitness levels. Located just a two minute walk from Leeds Train Station, PILAT3S will bring a refined approach on Reformer Pilates to the city. Each class is carefully designed to elevat

Jun 6, 2025Health & Wellbeing

More than £32 million to resurface roads and build new cycle lanes for women's race

Cyclists in the North East and Yorkshire will get around safely and easily as the Government invests an extra £32m to tackle potholes and build new cycle lanes in the region. On 6 June the Minister for the Future of Roads will be in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, to speak to local schools, cycling clubs and female cycling champions during Stage 2 of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women - the UK's biggest women's road cycling race. The Minister will show how the Government is taking action

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