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Children are often nervous during these eyetests

Child psychologist's tips for stress-free check-ups for kids

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Specsavers offers free eye and ear checks to people experiencing homelessness in...

Lucy, who is profoundly deaf, out and about with her hearing dog Wilbur.

Take on a walking challenge in Wakefield and help deaf people combat isolation

Children’s wonders of the world revealed for the first time

As new research reveals the UK's loudest cities, Specsavers gets loud about its 20 years of expertise in providing hearing services. https://ecolife.zone/walkability-in-urban-planning/

Surprising Yorkshire city ranked second noisiest city in the UK

Optometrists from Specsavers’ Bradford and York home visits team visited 16 homelessness support centres in York, Scarborough, Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield, Bridlington, and Leeds.

Over 200 pairs of glasses provided to those experiencing homelessness across Yor...

The Pontefranct branch of Specsavers will move to Salter Row next week.

Specsavers in Pontefract town centre to relocate after almost 30 years

Tony Wing, Project Manager at VCHP providing visitors with care packages

Opticians provide eye tests and essentials for people experiencing homelessness

Harry Redknapp kicks off search to find Specsavers' Best Worst Team

Harry Redknapp Returns to Wakefield to Find Britain’s Worst Performing Football ...

Specsavers in Wakefield is calling for equal access to eye care as part of a new national appeal.

Wakefield Specsavers joins appeal for equal access for care home residents

Only 460,000 domiciliary eye tests were recorded between 2019 and 2020.

Care residents could be suffering from deteriorating eye health

Specsavers is looking for Britain's best worst football team.

Specsavers on the hunt in Wakefield to find Britain’s worst football team

Breaking Aldi & M&S revive Twitter feud

Top 10 most common first date fears - including splitting the bill and leaning i...

Splitting the bill and leaning in for a kiss are some of the most common first d...

The pair were brought together by Specsavers Home Visits to film a tutorial as part of its #GenerationWOW campaign.

TV presenter Steph McGovern takes to the rink at Fusion Skating
TV’s Steph McGovern has strapped on her skates and taken to eight wheels in a bid to learn how to roller skate with 74-year-old skating enthusiast John Parlour.
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A fifth of adults find themselves in embarrassing situations due to bad eyesight...

10 sounds that go first for people with hearing difficulties – including raindro...

The top 20 hearing frustrations – including lipreading and ringing in the ears

Adults will miss nearly 300 appointments over their lifetime

Coun David Jones opened the shop inside Sainsbury's at Trinity Walk.

New Specsavers store opens in Wakefield

Millions could be putting their eye health and safety at risk from UV exposure

Over a quarter of adults believe their hearing has got worse since they started ...

These are the top 20 most frequently used slogans in everyday conversations

Our eyes can reveal a lot about our health – including signs of serious eye diseases or conditions such as arthritis.

These are the signs of arthritis - that can be found in your eyes

Worst football team in Britain gets coached by Premier League footballer Jimmy B...

Adults over 60 feel 'unseen' in society due to their age, research has revealed Richard Jenkins

Dr Nigel Best, an optometrist at Specsavers, is urging people not to take part in these trends which sees them exposing their eyes to bright lights and toxic substances.

Dangerous TikTok trend 'could cause blindness' warns optician

Boy, 8, suffers headaches after being nervous about school – before eye test unc...

Top 50 sounds most likely to trigger happy memories.

Over 1,000 new jobs created at Specsavers as demand increases

Parents urged to get children's eyes checked as Myopia rates triple during pandemic

Parents urged to get children's eyes checked as Myopia rates triple during pande...

Specsavers stores across the UK are recruiting for 1,300 positions at all levels of the business, following a significant rise in demand for eye and hearing care after lockdown.

Specsavers sets its sights on creating 1,300 new jobs as demand increases

Zachary has been brought to life by Specsavers in cartoon form as part of a space-themed adventure, The Cosmic Case of the Missing Specs

Zachary, 8, becomes online star in out of this world adventure

Millions of adults may have undetected health conditions after missing routine t...

Adults have revealed the little things in life they no longer take for granted l...

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Essential eye tests open up in England to deal with lockdown sight deterioration...

After Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his chief aide Dominic Cummings claimed that having coronavirus affected their eyesight, many people may be keen to get their own eyes checked after recovering from the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here are the opticians open in England for emergency eye care

Police officer goes viral after his own dashcam films him falling over motorway ...

EYE TEST: Optometrist Anim Razzak, left, with customer Brian Mynott whose sight she helped to save.

'˜Optician helped save my vision'

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Warning over electronic cigarettes

Warning over electronic cigarettes

2,567 residents lost their lives due to air pollution – report

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