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More than half of Wales' adult population said they had a chronic illness last year

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Figures from Sport England show that the number of people engaging in physical activity has fallen by 0.4% since the London Olympics in 2012. “Disappointing,” says former sports minister Richard Caborn.

More people take part in competitive sport in Buckinghamshire than anywhere else in England.

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SCHOOLCHILDREN are being enlisted in the battle for clean air as Oxford's pollution levels rocketed again this month.

THE number of people collecting pay cheques at the end of the month is now the highest in Northern Ireland since 1995, official figures have revealed.

ASA welcomes latest Sport England Active People Survey statistics

Even among those in their 80s, one in five who got maths questions right had had sex in the past 12 months, compared with one in ten of those who got them wrong.

Employment is claimed to have reached an all time high in the province as figures released for February to April show ecomonic inactivity at a record low.

THE results of the Welsh Health Survey 2015 reveal that health remains the greatest challenge faced by the Welsh Government.

BusinessGreen: London mayor has told TfL to develop system of alerts and signs to increase awareness of air quality blackspots

The publication of new statistics by Police Scotland has attracted considerable attention for one welcome headline figure showing that recorded crime has fallen in the past year.

As far as uncomfortable stats go, they are right up there. Research carried out for The Independent suggests that three-quarters of people who rely on working age benefits say they feel shame about claiming, either sometimes, most or all the time. Not only that, but two thirds of people in work agree that claimants should feel that way.  It paints a picture of a pretty bleak outlook given that one of the founding aims of the Beveridge Report, which launched the modern welfare state, was to free social assistance from stigma.

Leading Greater Manchester youth service Early Break is urging caution over new calls to decriminalise drug use in the UK.

Leading health bodies the Royal Society for Public Health and the Faculty of Public Health are pushing for policy to focus on drugs as a health issue rather than a matter for the courts.

Despite 45 years of regulation, around one in five people aged between 16 and 24 used illicit drugs in 2014/15 according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales.

Unemployment in Scotland fell by 11,000 between February and April and now stands at 160,000, according to official figures.

Stress-related illnesses at work are one of the biggest reasons for absenteeism and loss of productivity in the UK workforce, with research from Britain’s

There has been a small reduction in the number of disabled people playing sport, down 2,400 in the last year to 1.56 million although there has been an increase of 222,000 since 2006 when the Active People Survey began.

It is the news which should give class geeks everywhere a rush of blood to the head.

Aly Dixon is up at the very top of her sport – but the Olympic marathon runner is thrilled to see the sport growing at all levels.