#MentallySound

Podcast ep 99 is here, originally broadcasted on @spicefm for #WorldMentalHealthDay: * @VividRicky chats to Simon/Rosie of @ways2wellnessUK on social prescribing. * @JllLaws of @AsylumMatters & @WestEndRefugee guests talk on refugee wellbeing. #LISTEN: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ricky…

Former South Tyneside College site fresh housing plans revealed - with added sports facility trib.al/UwCqdr3

A May morning run through an ancient bluebell wood. Nature often brings light and colour to days when we most need it…

Word is...that you might not need your big coat today 🌞

Following a significant motorcycle incident, Austrian chef Peter Lammer devised the "Standing Ovation": a ceiling-mounted frame in his kitchen that restores his mobility and alleviates strain on his legs.

It's Friday! Coming up on today's show: 👮 Shop security guard safety 🥊 Fighting your consumer rights 🏠 Rental scam alerts 🪴 Grow Along UK: DIY planters 🚨 BBC podcast: Crime Next Door 🏥 Coping with 'scanxiety' 👫 With Nick Knowles and Nikki Fox 📺 9:30am on BBC One

Last Wednesday, 5 students in Mississippi aged 12-15, jumped in to stop their bus after their driver, Leah Taylor, suffered an asthma attack and lost consciousness. Students on the bus leapt into action, with sixth-grader Jackson Casnave, 12, grabbing the wheel after noticing the bus had started to swerve. “I didn’t have time to process my emotions,” Casnave told the Associated Press. “I just wanted to make sure that nobody got hurt.” 👏 ❤️ HEROES ❤️ Everyone was ok including the driver.

Continuing his work off the pitch 🙌 Jack Grealish extends his role as a Special Olympics ambassador for another three years, having played a key role in raising the visibility of athletes with intellectual disabilities since 2022.

they’re calling it the most british interaction ever

I need 100,000 signatures to win a parliamentary debate about the ownership of the water industry. Do your thing internet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7626…

Here we go again, BadEnoch’s tiresome ‘welfare Vs warfare’ schtick…and the cherry on top is her attacking rent controls now… 🤷🏽‍♂️ #PMQs

#PETITION: Tim’s Law—Drink, Drug And Dangerous Driving Reforms... @UKChange: c.org/G4qjG9SP87

#PETITION: Employers—Introduce 4-Day-Working Weeks... @organisehq: organise.network/s/740eb4873021

Jeremy Hunt: “Ha ha ha…of course I’m not in favour of rent control!” You can tell how corroded some souls can be by what they find funny! #Peston

this is so pathetic. This guy is having a full on meltdown because he noticed that someone wasn’t laughing

…flag shaggers saying the quiet part loud!

Great North Run gets £100k to fill TV funding gap bbc.in/48wu7rZ

Tributes to engineer who 'revolutionised' Metro bbc.in/4dbGCMi

Housing estate residents see energy bills frozen bbc.in/3P5DAjv

All change? One Metro line, four all-out elections bbc.in/48tjQgm