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Opinion: A resurgence in urban walking has been a long time coming. Our first baby steps might still be celebrated. But people in Europe and North America walk less and less.

Whether its helping patients with ever-growing mental health problems or making sure that vomiting children are safe and well, 2022 is busier than ever for your family doctor.

Britannia has been named the dirtiest budget hotel chain in the country, with Ibis and Premier Inn ranked the cleanest according to the Food Standards Agency's data

During lockdown in 2020, governments across the world encouraged people to take short walks in their neighbourhoods. Even before COVID hit though, amid the renewal of city centres and environmental and public health concerns, walking was promoted in many places as a form of active travel, to replace car journeys.

Co-op Insurance, which obtained the data, said many people are opting to keep their existing car rather than buy a new one due to financial pressures.

Gateshead's Dr Paul Evans has reiterated how important mask-wearing is when you go to a doctors' surgery - and warned he had to work on the assumption that "on any given day a proportion of our patients have Covid".

The people of Penrhys high above the Rhondda are proud of their home, their community and their Valleys spirit but feel abandoned

Senior health figures in Newcastle and Gateshead have slammed plans to ditch the last of the Covid-19 restrictions this week