DISCUSSING: THE LOVE ISLAND EFFECT
TUXtra explores why ITV2’s hit show is so addictive – and questions if ‘The Love Island Effect’ could be causing
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MENTAL HEALTH IN MEN: HOW DAN POOLE IS USING EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS
Having tried to take his own life on separate occasions following traumas in both his childhood and adulthood, Dan Poole is
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MENTAL HEALTH IN MEN: STAMPING OUT THE STIGMA AROUND THE SILENT CRISIS
Over 6,000 British people took their own lives in 2017, a Samaritans report revealed last year. Shockingly, the same report
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LONELINESS: ELDERLY DANCING THEIR WAY TO HAPPINESS
Every day elderly people all around Teesside take part in Zumba to combat their loneliness. Some of these sessions are
Read moreOrgan Donation: A Nurse’s Story
Lisa Tombling, a nurse from James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, explains what it is like to work behind the
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LONELINESS: FIGHTING THE FEELINGS
Loneliness can affect us all in different ways, it does not discriminate across class, gender or race. An individual may
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DISABILITY: ARE DISABILITY EMOJIS INCLUSIVE OR A STEP TOO FAR?
Disability emojis are coming to Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Facebook and Twitter in some shape or form this year. The
Read moreORGAN DONATION: COPING WITH BEING THE MOTHER OF A DONER
Suzanne Davies, mother of Liam Andrews, speaks about the donation of her son’s organs. Liam Andrews died from a brain
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DISABILITY: SPORT – GOING DOWN THE PAN?
As a human being, we’re constantly being told to do things because they’re ‘good for us’. ‘Make sure you get
Read moreOrgan Donation: How it affects people.
A Welsh teacher had a far from easy life suffering from Polycystic Kidney Disease in his early thirties. David Knapp had
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LONELINESS: HELPING TEESSIDE’S VULNERABLE MEN
The Moses Project is a volunteer ran project in Stockton which helps vulnerable men in the area who are disengaged
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DISABILITY: DIABETES: A HIDDEN DISABILITY
Peter Dearle may look like he has every young boy’s dream job. Travelling across the world to play football, and
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DISABILITY : Coping with Dyslexia
Dyslexia, only officially defined as late in 2009 as “a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate
Read moreOrgan Donation: A Specialist Nurse behind Organ Donation
One hectic morning on the Organ Transplant ward in James Cook Hospital, I caught up with Sharon Mitchinson in her office.
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