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Nearly two in 10 older people avoided going to A&E during winter last year due to these concerns

Six in 10 over 65s worry about catching flu from A&E trips

Hussain Manawer wrote a poem capturing the realities of caring for ourselves and others as part of AXA Health's Cover that Cares campaign.

More than a third of the sandwich generation feel overlooked

Fathers are ready for change

Ad Feature Half of the world’s fathers feel unsupported, study suggests

According to Barchester, these gestures reflect patience and practical support carers demonstrate every day.

Ad Feature Barchester launches 12 Ways to Care This Christmas initiative

Ad Feature Kettlethorpe High School Open Evening Information

Shared Lives is a care and support service for people aged 17 and over, including individuals living with a learning disability or physical impairment.

Wakefield Council spotlights local carers for Shared Lives Week 2025

James Cobbett, Managing Director of Visiting Angels

Bringing care closer to home: local social worker translates experience into new...

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Watch as cute shelter dogs get spoilt at Christmas dinner party

According to Carers UK, an estimated 12,000 people across the UK become carers every day, often without realising it

Are you a carer? Try this new tool to find out

Geoff and Jo Smith.

Watch: Dad walks again after having part of skull removed after stroke

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Giant pill box reminder for meals

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low

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Kids Club cinema - your guide to Kids Clubs and discounts this summer

Boy, 3, is rescued from railway track by man at Newark Northgate Station.

Watch: Boy, 3, rescued from railway track seconds before train passes

School classroom.

Watch: How to appeal if you don’t get your first choice primary school
Watch the video to hear James Bowen, NAHT, and Dr. Jonathan Doherty, Leeds Trinity University, discuss the primary school offers appeal process.
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Ambulance explodes and bursts into flames in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.

Watch: Ambulance explodes into a fireball after dropping off patient

Top things carers wish they'd known

The top 14 things unpaid carers wish they'd known at the start

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Breaking Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government

Dreamboys fulfil 92-year-old woman’s dream of seeing male striptease

92-year-old woman fulfils life-long dream of seeing male striptease

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Key workers and carers offered 25% rail travel discount

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

They are the kind of vivid blue sapphires whose lustre has been lusted over for centuries. Yet these wondrous stones have lain unseen for years and may even have ended up in the bin.

Jewellery hoard worth thousands found wrapped in carrier bags

The first wave of invitations for a Covid-19 vaccination are being sent to people aged 75 and over, people who are immunosuppressed, and health and care workers; with the remaining groups being invited in the following weeks.

Pontefract residents encouraged to book Covid-19 booster and flu vaccines

The council is highlighting that any loving person can make a wonderful foster carer to a local child in need, regardless of their sexuality, marital status, religious or cultural background, or whether or not they have children already.

Wakefield Council welcomes foster carers as it marks Pride month

The agency said Covid-related absence among staff was to blame for the problems identified.

Wakefield homecare agency 'very disappointed' with inadequate rating

NHS staff and care workers given free access to live events as Concerts for Care... Chelsea Rocks

Carers of elderly or disabled people are included in priority group 6, as recommended by the Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations.

Wakefield NHS urging carers over 16 to get vital Covid vaccination

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

The Wakefield and District Carers' Association (WDCA) said the a £34,200 grant, awarded by the National Lottery Community Fund, was an "absolute lifeline".

Wakefield charity awarded £30,000 National Lottery grant to support bereaved car...

Pinderfields Hospital will be lit blue this weekend as part of national celebrations for the NHS' 72nd birthday. Photo: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Pinderfields to be lit blue for NHS birthday celebrations

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

Kate Garraway talked about her husband's condition on Good Morning Britain via a video call from her back garden in North London (Credit: ITV Good Morning Britain)

TV presenter Kate Garraway has revealed that her husband may never fully recover...

People in England who were shielding can now leave their homes as lockdown eases...

NHS staff cheer an applaud outside Pinderfields Hospital during the national Clap for Our Carers event in April 2020.

This is why tonight's national Clap for Our Carers will be the last one

To thank the NHS workers who are working tirelessly throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Thursday 26 March will see a #ClapForOurCarers event dedicated to them (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to take part in tonight's national applause to thank key workers

Captain Tom Moore raised a huge £12.5 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden (Photo: PA)

Here’s what you need to know about NHS Charities Together as Captain Tom raises ...

As part of a new partnership with the Trussell Trust, British Gas colleagues are being encouraged to volunteer at their local foodbanks, after the charity revealed it is struggling to get supplies to those who are in need.

British Gas engineers are now delivering food parcels to help struggling foodban...

Thousands of people in Wakefield showed their thanks to our NHS last night by taking part in the national Clap For Our Carers scheme. Left: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. Right: Darren Powell

Clap for Our Carers: Video shows thousands of people in Wakefield show their tha...

The whole country will turn into a beacon of blue tonight as sporting and entertainment venues, along with city and town landmarks, are illuminated - to honour our NHS.

Clap For Our Carers: Wakefield clock tower to turn blue tonight in support for f...

This is how you can help your elderly relatives and friends during the coronavir...

The changes have seen state pensions rise, but many are faced with having their benefits frozen for the fourth year in a row (Photo: Shutterstock)

Benefit and state pension rates changed yesterday - here's what you need to know

Why 1.4m people are carers for cancer sufferers

One in seven Yorkshire carers neglect their own needs.

Yorkshire carers ‘neglecting own needs’ to help others

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