IOC will use Paris 2024 to promote wellness among athletes after concerns raised over mental health in sportWhen it comes to sporting success stories anyone would be hard pressed to find elite athletes more impressive than Simone Biles, Bryony Page and Holly Bradshaw. But while the trio are great competitors and multiple medal winners, they are also...

More weddings would help Britain tackle its epidemic of loneliness, according to the Centre for Social Justice. And nothing says ‘romance’ like the offer of a cash bonusName: Weddings.Age: The first record of a marriage ceremony between a woman and man (it tended to be in those days) dates from about 2350BC in Mesopotamia (roughly Iraq). Continue reading...

The rugby league great still bears the burden of past mental health struggles but is finding new peace in his post-NRL career workIt was a news-making episode, with a satisfying redemption arc, but Greg Inglis admits his 2020 Australian Story dubbed “Beating the Blues” offered something less than the complete picture.In it, he had told hundreds of thousands...

Lawyers for David Maurice Wise claim he only has ‘dream-like memory of planting the bomb’ but magistrate says offending ‘serious’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe man who planted an explosive device outside the home of a pro-Palestinian resident has been sentenced to 12 months in jail, despite the court being...

Poverty, discrimination, and cultural stigma around mental health are among reasons, experts sayBlack mothers twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with perinatal mental illnessPerinatal mental illness affects more than a quarter (27%) of new and expectant mothers across England and covers a range of conditions including postpartum depression...

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England figures highlights structural inequalities and cultural attitudes to mental health, expert says‘Stark disparities’: why black mothers are more at risk of perinatal mental illness in EnglandBlack mothers are over twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with perinatal mental illnesses than their white counterparts,...