A chef on Skye has opened a pay what you can whole food cafe called Araich in a former woollen mill in Portree. The community interest company provided free lunches to more than 90 pupils at Portree High School before opening to the wider community in October.
Paramedic Gareth Hopkins, who suffered a cardiac arrest at the London Marathon in April, has walked the final mile of the course six months later. He was treated in hospital for six months and is now recovering, with family, friends and supporters cheering him on.
NHS patients in around 200 GP surgeries in England will be offered new blood tests that check for several cancers at once, as part of a trial led by the University of Birmingham. The aim is to detect hard-to-diagnose abdominal cancers much sooner, when treatment has a better chance of success.
Potter Sarah Lord, who is now four years on from a breast cancer diagnosis with the all clear, fired 225 clay breasts in the reconstructed kiln at Vindolanda Roman Fort in Northumberland. The creations, inspired by Roman votive offerings, sparked open conversations among women about breast cancer and awareness.
