Health & Wellbeing

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Care home residents delight in heartwarming playgroup visit

RESIDENTS at Wilton Place Care Home enjoyed a heart-warming morning when playgroup Jiggly Wrigglers paid a special visit. The Wilton-based...

Ten days of nature and wellbeing as Breathing Spaces begins

FROM wild swimming and riverside adventures to yoga, wildlife walks and family festivals, Salisbury is set to celebrate the great...

High Sheriff hails ‘incredible’ Bobby Van team after shadowing visits

WILTSHIRE’S High Sheriff has spoken of the remarkable difference a simple home visit can make after spending three days shadowing...

Charities, schools and attractions close as extreme heat grips Wiltshire

SCHOOLS, businesses and visitor attractions across Wiltshire are changing opening hours and, in some cases, closing altogether as a rare...

Drinking water regularly, creating a cool through draft at night, and not cooking hot meals are among the tips for staying cool

Top tips for staying cool as temperatures in Wiltshire could hit 40C

WITH temperatures rising to around 40C across Dorset and across the south west this week, we are all battling to...

Sleeping in fear: Charity highlights growing hidden homelessness crisis

A HOMELESSNESS charity is appealing for public support as growing numbers of people face sleeping rough, sofa surfing or living...

Red heat alert as county braces for 39C temperatures

WILTSHIRE is preparing for what could be the hottest days of the year so far after the Met Office issued...

Residents left “egg-static” after chicks hatch

RESIDENTS at The Cedars Care Home in Landford have been enjoying a heartwarming new experience after helping to hatch and...

Amber heat alert extended as health officials issue safety warning

RESIDENTS are being urged to take extra care in the hot weather after health officials extended an amber heat-health alert...

Three-year-old walks to support dad’s cancer care

MOST three-year-olds spend their weekends racing around playgrounds or learning to ride a scooter. But little Kip Martin has set...