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Health · North West

Little finger weightlifter still pumping iron at 80

Harry Kay, from Preesall in Lancashire, has kept weightlifting into his 80s, using television advert breaks to fit in repetitions at home. He says strength training has helped him lose weight, lower his high blood pressure and feel good, and he encourages others his age to give it a try.

BBC Lancashire 7 Nov 2026

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Health · Wales

'Fi oedd y guinea pig': Y babi o Gymru gafodd driniaeth arloesol

Rhys Evans from Wales became the first person in the UK to receive a new gene therapy in 2001, as a baby who had spent his first year in a medical bubble. Now 26, he is living a full life and works as a sound technician in Minehead, and the treatment has since helped many other children. Doctors say it has now been given to 136 people with a range of illnesses since 2001.

BBC News Wales 7 Nov 2026

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