Matchday football steward saved a life with CPRThis is the moment that a man was reunited with the match steward who saved his life after he suffered a cardiac arrest at a football match.
David Ince, 67, from Haverhill in Suffolk, had heart problems during the Cambridge United v Rotherham United match in October.
Play stopped while steward Paul Harrison administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and helped to save his life.
The season ticket holder was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge where he recovered.
In the video, Mr Ince returns to the Cledara Abbey Stadium and recalls events with Mr Harrison.
“Without CPR, I wouldn’t be here today,” said Mr Ince.
This week, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is encouraging listeners to learn CPR as part of its Restart a Heart campaign.
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Schools recognised for emotional wellbeing skills10 July 2025ShareSaveCaroline GallBBC News, West MidlandsShareSaveGetty ImagesThe schools were part of a pilot scheme run by the council to teach awareness about traumaSeven Wolverhampton schools have been recognised for their commitment to promoting emotional health and wellbeing, the council says.
The schools were part of a pilot scheme run by the council to teach awareness about trauma, understanding individual needs, how to use consistent approaches and ensure emotional wellbeing was school priority.
They were recognised with an ATTUNE award, which promotes wellbeing and anti-bullying, at an event at Fordhouses Cricket Club last week, the council said.
Councillor Jacqui Coogan, cabinet member for children, young people and education, said it was a “wonderful opportunity to hear first-hand about the positive changes these schools have made”.
The schools are Loxdale Primary, Broadmeadow Special School, Khalsa Academy, St Peter’s Collegiate Academy, St Michael’s C of E Primary, Christ Church Infant and Junior School, and Low Hill Nursery.
Their efforts have led to “meaningful changes in culture, teaching practices and student support systems”, the council said.
Each school was invited to receive their award and share stories of transformation, from improved student engagement to stronger staff-pupil relationships.
Councillor Obaida Ahmed, cabinet member for health, wellbeing and community, said: “We came together to recognise and celebrate the incredible efforts of several local schools in achieving the ATTUNE Charter.
“These schools have shown what it truly means to be attachment-aware, trauma-informed and nurturing in their approach to education.”
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Premises plea as wellbeing charity told to move15 July 2025ShareSaveTom EdwardsBBC Hereford & WorcesterTanya GuptaBBC News, West MidlandsShareSaveBBCThe charity offers counselling, exercise classes and trainingA health and wellbeing charity has said it is in desperate need of new premises after it was told to leave its current site.
Simply Limitless offers counselling sessions to help support people’s mental health but must leave its base in Kidderminster by 8 August after the landlord found new tenants.
The charity also runs group therapy, exercise classes to help with loneliness and training to help people find jobs, and operations manager Ralph Pars said staff were now in a race against time.
Charity founders Paul and Lynne Raper said the charity was under “massive pressure”.
Mrs Raper said the charity helped 250 people a week and had been running for 12 years. She said she was “devastated”, adding: “We’re meeting some of the most vulnerable people living in the Wyre Forest.”
Mr Raper said the move followed a change to the licensing of the building and said the charity currently had nowhere to go.
‘Invaluable service’He said they were looking for a temporary space as a step towards a permanent solution and needed the help of a landlord or building owner.
The charity needs a hall for exercise groups and rooms for counselling, he said.
Mr Pars said: “We’re really up against it on time. We have literally four weeks from now that we have to exit this building.
“There’s an awful lot to consider in terms of a mobilisation plan to make that happen as well as to consider what our options are going to be potentially on a short-to-medium and then obviously medium-to-long-term basis.”
He appealed for anyone with a suitable property in Kidderminster to get in touch.
Lisa McNally, director of public health for Worcestershire, said the charity did “an amazing job”, and she added: “I really hope they can find a new home to operate their invaluable service.”
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Football tickets on prescription under new scheme21 July 2025ShareSaveJoe SkirkowskiBBC News, GloucestershireShareSavePAForest Green Rovers owner Dale Vince and Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher are behind the pilot scheme Football tickets will be made available on prescription to help treat symptoms of depression, under a pilot scheme.
Labour MP for Stroud, Dr Simon Opher, and Ecotricity founder and owner of Forest Green Rovers, Dale Vince, have drawn up plans which will see patients in Gloucestershire offered the chance to attend the National League side’s matches.
The initiative is part of a move by Dr Opher to offer social prescribing to patients with mild or moderate depression, instead of antidepressants.
“Football clubs are in the centre of our communities and it’s a way of getting people who perhaps are a bit socially isolated back into the community and back chatting to people,” said Dr Opher.
He added: “It’s a different way of treating mental illness that doesn’t involve tablets.
“When you play football you often go out and socialise after. I think one of the problems in our society is we’ve lost that ability and a lot of people get quite isolated – which leads to depression.”
Dr Opher has previously prescribed other activities such as comedy and gardening.
Patients who are part of the pilot scheme will be asked to provide feedback on the impact it has had on their mental health.
The MP has previously spoken about his concerns around the over-prescription of antidepressants to people who exhibit mild symptoms but believes they offer a solution to those experiencing more serious signs.
“Some people do have very severe mental health issues and do need medication and specialist care,” he said.
“What we’re aiming for here is people with moderate depression.”
The pilot is being trialled at 12 surgeries near Forest Green’s New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth.
Tickets will be supplied by the club for free and the pilot will run all season – starting with the first home game against Yeovil on 16 August.
Mr Vince, who has owned the club since 2010, said: “I think it’d be a great thing if football clubs up and down the country could reach out to people and do this.
“Men typically don’t really talk about their issues, that’s the thing, and you get loneliness and things like that as well.
“I’ve had periods of my life where I’ve been a bit fed up, and excluded… a bit down from time to time, it’s easy to spiral downwards when you’re not in contact with people and I just wanted to do something with that.”
Forest Green reached League One for the first time in their history in 2022 before suffering two back-to-back relegations to end their seven-year spell in the English Football League.
Former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage was appointed as their new manager on 1 July.
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Artists help pupils and centre users create murals3 August 2025ShareSaveClare LissamanBBC News, West MidlandsShareSaveNuePeople who attend a wellbeing and cancer support centre made a mural for its walls after working with two artists Two artists have worked with children and users of a wellbeing and cancer support centre to create new murals in a Staffordshire town.
Local artists Kate O and Wingy worked with pupils from Two Rivers School, which provides special education, and Tamworth Wellbeing and Cancer Support Centre.
New Urban Era (Nue), which organised the projects as part of its outreach programme, said the initiatives had fostered “creativity, connection, and a sense of accomplishment among participants”.
The murals were painted on walls at the two sites where they are now being displayed.
Art group Nue said it consulted with Two Rivers School’s deputy head, as well as the manager of the cancer support centre, at the start of the projects.
“These crucial discussions ensured that the projects were tailored to the unique needs and abilities of the users, artists and locations, maximizing their impact,” Nue said.
The artists guided participants through the mural creation process, which began with “get to know you sessions” exploring individual abilities and the principles of mural work.
NueYoung people from Two Rivers School created several murals as part of the projectTwo Rivers School saw a core group of 12 pupils complete the project, “resulting in several inspiring murals now adorning their space”, Nue said.
And a group of 15 users who attend the wellbeing centre off Crowden Road made a a “beautiful and meaningful” final mural, it added.
“We are incredibly proud of the profound impact this programme has had on the participants and the communities of Tamworth,” said Nue founder Vic Brown.
“By bringing art and collaboration directly to these vital venues, we’ve not only created stunning visual pieces but also fostered an environment of healing, self-expression and connection.
“The dedication of the artists and the enthusiastic participation of the users have made this initiative a truly remarkable success.”
NueThe fish murals were also painted at the school in Tamworth Both artists, Kate O and Wingy, successfully completed an NVQ Level 2 counselling course as part of the programme, to support their professional development in working within the health sector.
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Hospital trust to launch endometriosis study30 July 2025ShareSaveRichard PriceBBC News, West MidlandsShareSaveUHNMBosses say they aim to improve treatment for patients with endometriosis as a result of the studyA Staffordshire hospital trust has been awarded £250,000 to research a new method for treating endometriosis.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) bosses said they aim to improve treatment for patients as a result of the study, which is being run in partnership with Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
The two-year project will involve 70 patients recruited across the two sites.
It will compare the use of stents – surgical tubes used to open up the body’s passageways – with a new technique of using a small catheter to insert a green dye.
Clinicians believe the new approach may significantly reduce patients’ pain, surgical complications and recovery time.
“This is a trial we’re passionate about because it has real potential to change how we do this surgery, both here at UHNM and internationally,” said consultant gynaecologist Gourab Misra, who is the trial’s chief investigator.
“It’s about giving our patients the best possible experience and outcomes,” he said.
Endometriosis is a common but debilitating condition where tissue similar to the womb lining grows outside the uterus, often causing severe pelvic pain and infertility.
Surgery for deep endometriosis was complex, Mr Misra said, and carried a risk of damaging the delicate tubes connecting the kidneys to the bladder.
He added that while surgeons used stents to protect the tubes, these could cause significant pain as well as bleeding and needed a second procedure to remove them.
During the trial, patients who take part will be randomly allocated either the conventional stent or the dye-based technique.
A future rollout of the trial could later see the technique adopted across the NHS and globally, those behind the project said.
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Mums’ support group ‘buzzing’ at award nomination31 July 2025ShareSaveEmma OrrBBC News NIShareSaveSupport 2getherCiara O’Goan and Una Leonard have experienced postnatal depression and anxiety first hand.A community group from Omagh has “saved lives” for hundreds of women, its members have said.
Support 2gether offers support and education to mothers who are living with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety.
A finalist in the BBC’s Make a Difference Awards 2025, the group was co-founded by Una Leonard along with her sister in response to experiencing postnatal depression 17 years ago.
Run by four women, the organisation provides counselling, peer support and one-to-one services.
What is Make a Difference?Make a Difference is a BBC initiative seeking to recognise and celebrate members of the public who make life better for others where they live.
This year is the first time the awards have been held across the UK.
Support 2getherThe charities podcast ‘Fill Ur Cuppa!’ has allowed it to connect with mums across NICiara O’Goan turned to the charity for help before giving birth to her second child.
“They were there through very dark times, they are the reason I’m still here,” she said.
She is now part of the team and uses her insight to help families in similar circumstances .
“I’ve done the full 360 from being totally ashamed and having a stigma and suffering in silence to now shouting it from the roof tops,” she said.
“I know the difference Support 2gether can make. It’s a pinhole of hope.
“We have mummys that have told us we’ve saved their lives.”
The charity was selected by judges as one of four finalists in the Community Group Award, along with:
Killeeshil and Galbally Community First Responders, which provides emergency medical assistance in rural areas before ambulance services arrive. In December 2024 the group responded to a heart attack incident and helped stabilise the patient before hospital transfer.Hope House Ireland, which provides free respite stays for adult cancer patients in two homes at Browns Bay. It was founded by sisters Dawn and Jacqueline, both of whom have personal experience with cancer. Sound Friends Deaf Children’s Society, a parent-led support group for families of children with hearing loss. It offers offer advocacy, information, family support, educational events and inclusive social activities to help children and families navigate hearing challengesCo-founder Una Leonard said the Support2gether’s leadership team was a “beacon of hope” for the community.
“I have lived with postnatal depression and it has not defined me,” she said.
“When a mummy comes to us she is often surviving for the sake of her baby and at the end when she is surviving for herself, that is mighty.”
Support 2getherThe group says it brings hope and shines a light in the communityThe charity supports women through a combination of support and education.
It provides one-to-one support by a perinatal support worker, counselling, talking therapy and peer-to-peer support through workshops and get-togethers.
“There’s no judgement, everybody is suffering something similar and everyone’s journey’s different,” Ciara said.
She said the members of the group were “buzzing” to be nominated.
Una said: “It gives that recognition, that ripple effect through our community and beyond, and gets people to talk more about the illness.”
This year’s categories include:
Volunteer Award: For an individual who makes a notable difference to their community by giving their time voluntarily to help othersYoung Hero Award: Given to someone aged under 16 who has made a positive impact in their community or achieved something exceptionalGreat Neighbour Award: Presented to a person who helps to make their neighbourhood a better place to live or work in, either on a regular basis or through a single act of kindnessActive Award: For an individual or group who have used physical activity or sport as a way of improving the lives of those in their communityAnimal Award: Either bestowed on a remarkable animal that improves people’s lives, or given to an individual or group of people who improve the welfare of animalsGreen Award: For an individual or group who improve or conserve their local environmentFundraiser Award: Open to an individual or group of people who have gone the extra mile to raise funds for a good causeCommunity Group Award: Presented to a group that has helped to change the lives of others within their community. This award is supported by the BBC show Morning Live.Four finalists have been selected by a panel of judges in each category.
Overall winners from each category will be announced live on BBC Radio Ulster’s Vinny and Cate show on Friday 26 September.
If you have been affected by any of the issues in this story you can find information and support on the BBC Action Line website.
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