Health

A Selby mother who gave birth to twins on the A19 near York will reveal her story on a reality television show.

A Rotherham student who decided to become a vet because she felt powerless when her dog suffered seizures has picked up the A Level grades she needs to begin her studies in September.

A TALENTED Team GB swimmer who balanced his studies with 3.50am wake up calls for training sessions was celebrating academic success in his A Levels today.

A 42-year-old man who was once too unfit to walk around the Great Wall of China is celebrating after losing more than 15st to be crowned Slimming World's Man of the Year.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has committed to a cross-party approach to tackling Britain’s social care crisis as he claimed dementia should be ranked alongside the most serious illnesses such as cancer to support a growing number of sufferers.

The average waiting time for a routine GP appointment has reached more than two weeks for the first time ever, according to a new survey.

A senior doctor has called for the government to allow people to take more time off without getting a note from their doctor, as figures show Yorkshire doctors are issuing sick notes more than almost any other region.

Yorkshire employers are being urged to ensure they’re looking after staff mental health, as new figures show mental health is the number one reason for people taking long periods of time off work.

Doctors and charities are urging the Prime Minister to cut the “political spin” and take urgent action over record accident and emergency waiting times, as new figures show Yorkshire hospitals are among the worst in the UK.

For dementia sufferers and their carers, every day can start to become the same.

A court service in Yorkshire’s biggest city which help parents deal with drug or alcohol addiction so their children are not taken into care is to be expanded after the Government announced £15m in new funding to roll out the scheme across the country.

Successful Yorkshire lawyers Marilyn and Grahame Stowe have recently made a major donation to Leeds Cares, the charity partner of Leeds Teaching Hospitals. The donation of just over £26,000 was used to purchase life-changing ultrasound navigation software for use in the new advanced digital paediatric neurosurgery theatre at Leeds Children’s Hospital.

The worst areas for the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections across the UK have been revealed, with chlamydia and gonorrhoea the most commonly diagnosed.

JANE Tomlinson's three children's long-held wish that their inspirational mother's legacy could be used to help  other grieving youngsters is to be fulfilled.

Health bosses in parts of Yorkshire will be able to introduce a single system for ordering and tracking vital medical tests after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the scheme was to receive £12m in funding as part of a cash injection for the NHS.

Thousands of families across Yorkshire are fighting back in the wake of warnings that the region has the highest death rate in England for coronary heart disease.