Balancing on one leg should be included in mid-life health check-ups, researchers have said.
A new study found that people who cannot stand on one leg for 10 seconds have an increased risk of death within seven years.
Asking people to take the flamingo-style balance test provides "useful information regarding mortality...
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Officers searching for a missing teenage girl from Bournemouth are pleased to say she has been found safe and well.
Charlotte Mellars, 17, was reported missing at 4.06pm on Saturday 18 June 2022 from Alumhurst Road having last been seen at 12.55pm.
We are pleased to say she has now been...
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has accused the government of "using its might" to "bully" and "silence" disabled campaigners in the courts.
People allegedly damaged by the drug Primodos are in a high court battle with both the UK government and the German pharmaceutical company Bayer.Campaigners say that both the company and the...
Did you know that one in seven diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year die within two months after diagnosis? We are being failed. Enough is enough.
On Tuesday 28 June I am marching to No 10 Downing Street, alongside Target Ovarian Cancer campaigners, to hand in our open letter signed by 20,000...
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Officers searching for missing Swanage woman Grace Kent are pleased to say she has been found safe and well.
Grace, aged 23, was reported missing having last been seen at an address in the town at around 9.30am on Tuesday 14 June 2022.
Following extensive enquiries she has been found safe...
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Officers searching for missing Poole woman Christina Viola are pleased to confirm she has been found safe.
Christina was reported missing having last been seen at around 4.30pm on Saturday 11 June 2022.
Following searches by officers, she has now been located.
We would like to thank everyone who shared our appeal.
Officers...
A man who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Poole has sadly died.
Dorset Police received a report at 2.28pm on Friday 10 June 2022 of a collision in Turlin Road involving a single decker bus and a pedestrian.
Officers attended, along with the ambulance service, and the...
"Particularly potent" pollen caused by recent warm and wet weather is causing worse-than-usual symptoms for hay fever sufferers, the Met Office has said.
The combination of damp and warm weather in May means that despite pollen counts being no higher than usual, the pollen itself is stronger, experts have said.
Yolanda...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward as they investigate a serious injury road traffic collision in Poole.
Dorset Police received a report at 2.28pm on Friday 10 June 2022 of a collision in Turlin Road involving a single decker bus and a pedestrian.
Officers...
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report at 2.17pm on Tuesday 24 May 2022 of a single vehicle collision involving a white Triumph motorcycle on the A35 Puddletown bypass near to...
