Opinion

Opinion

Catching Britain's Killers showed how science could help people overcome grief, horror and fear

Forensic science is an exact, well, science. Full of numbers, equations and calculations, it wants to strip out the emotions surrounding a crime and get to the bare facts.

Entertainment

Looking at when to clear out your make-up bag

Here is what to look out for when clearing up your makeup bag

It’s that time of year where we get into new routines, weather changes, your wardrobe changes.

Lifestyle

Here is how to treat thrush

Through my training, I learned about some interesting approaches to treating thrush.

Health

Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt in World on Fire

BBC's new Second World War drama World on Fire might be a bit soapy, but it tells the extraordinary stories of ordinary people

Tensions are rising, people taking sides between left and right, there is a frisson of violence in the air.

Entertainment

Here is how to treat digestive discomfort and acid reflux

Digestive discomfort and acid reflux are regularly treated with antacids.

Health

Saying hi to Eric Morecambe befopre our rainy outside broadcast

Life and times of a radio presenter | Jabbering Journo column

In the latest adventures of a rookie BBC radio presenter, my co-presenter and I decided to be all brave and do an outside broadcast (OB) on Sunday.

Opinion

Are you a cyberchondriac? | Jabbering Journo column

The GP drops her head in her hands as you explain - ever so patiently - that you have diagnosed yourself via the font of knowledge that is Dr Google and the prognosis is not good.

Opinion

Anti-vaccine protesters make their case in the US, part of BBC2's documentary The Conspiracy Files: Vaccine Wars

BBC2's The Conspiracy Files: Vaccine Wars made a stand for science in the face of anti-vaccine quackery

There was a tremendously biased, partial and unbalanced programme on the BBC this week, but The Conspiracy Files: Vaccine Wars (BBC2, Thursday, 9pm) had every right to be.

Opinion

Here is how to treat aches and pains in the cooler months

As the cooler weather starts to set in, aches and pains that were hidden in summer start to rear their ugly heads again.

Health

Travelling through time | Jabbering Journo column

This week I was reading my grandmother’s diary from 1945-46.

Opinion

The Papers (BBC) review - yes, regional newspapers are different from the nationals, and this programme showed why we should be worried that they are in danger of disappearing

Saying you love newspapers these days is the kind of declaration that could be viewed with the same disgust as claiming you love drowning kittens.

Opinion

Here is how to prevent adult acne

There are many reasons as to why adults can experience acne.

Opinion

Here is how elderberries and multivitamins can keep the autumn bugs away

September is the month everyone starts getting ill again.

Health

Gemma Ray and Nicola Adam, Grin and Tonic: BBC Radio Lancashire Sundays 4-6PM

Breaking the BBC airwaves in a new radio side hustle | Jabbering Journo column

As suspected, my latest career move into radio at BBC Lancashire (Grin & Tonic with Nic and Gem, Sundays 4-6pm - blatant plug) has not been straightforward but what it has been is an absolute blast.

Opinion