Health

Animal-like robots that can comfort disabled children staying in hospitals are being developed in Sheffield – with the help of young patients. Chris Burn reports.

Boxer Frank Bruno is in Skipton this weekend to support a charity set up in memory of Samuel Carroll who took his own life. Catherine Scott reports.

DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes will be sharing insights into her road to success and her battles with mental health during an event at Leeds Beckett University.

Leeds law firm Clarion has been recognised for its mental health initiatives in the inaugural Behavioural Wealth Awards.

An experienced midwife helping a student with her first birth was stunned to find she had helped deliver the trainee 19 years previously.

People are being urged to seek help during Mental Health Awareness Week as a survey of 16-35 year-olds reveals 94 per cent are masking their true emotions by avoiding people, or social situations but more than a third of people  admitted that they didn't know where to go for help with mental health issues.

A Yorkshire breast cancer survivor has reclaimed her body with a striking tattoo following a double mastectomy.

A Young Leeds woman who has struggled with self-harm and suicide attempts over many years has opened up about her experiences in a bid to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health.

A Leeds family has embarked on an ambitious fundraising effort so that a four-year-old boy with cerebral palsy can benefit from life-changing treatment abroad.

Retired Olympic bobsledder Nicola Minichiello has become Neurocare’s newest ambassador in a bid to raise funds and awareness of head injuries in sport.