40% of people who had possible cancer symptoms did not contact their GP during pandemic
Cancer Research UK has launched a new ‘Spot Cancer Early’ campaign after a poll revealed that 40% of people in Northern Ireland who experienced possible cancer symptoms during the pandemic did not contact their GP.
The awareness campaign is part of a new early diagnosis drive aimed at the over 50s, urging them to contact their GP if they notice a change which is unusual for them or isn’t going away.
The campaign follows a survey carried out in February, which found the most common reasons for people in Northern Ireland not seeking help were:
• Difficulties in making an appointment
• Concerns about wasting a health professional’s time
• Worrying over putting extra strain on the NHS and
• Not wanting to be seen as someone who makes a fuss
Relive The Golden Age Of Steam At Whitehead Railway Museum
Families that are exploring Northern Ireland this year may want to plan a trip to Whitehead Railway Museum. Promising an immersive, family-friendly experience throughout its five impressive and interactive galleries, guests will be able to rub shoulders with the giants of the steam age.
Thanks to the development of Whitehead’s railway lines by Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Company, and offers of free first-class tickets to those who moved there, people flocked in their thousands to Whitehead in the 20th Century. Since opening Whitehead Railway Museum in 2017, the site is once again attracting tourists to the picturesque seaside town.
There is a station building with a tea room, stables gallery with education centre, locomotive and carriage sheds, a carriage gallery where visitors can board locomotives and sit in the driver’s seat and the machine workshop. For opening hours or to learn more about the museum, or book tickets visit steamtrainsireland.com/museum-tickets
And in Entertainment……..
Callum Best Signs Up For SAS Challenge
Calum Best, who will appear in the newest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, says he joined the show ‘to prove to himself’ how far he has come since losing his father to alcohol addiction 16 years ago.
The TV personality and entrepreneur has joined a line-up of UK stars for the hit Channel 4 programme, which sees celebs put through an array of gruelling tasks in the Jordanian desert, led by an elite team of ex-special forces operators.
Calum, whose famous footballing father George Best passed away in 2005, said that taking part in the quasi-military training served as “a place to go in and show who I am and the growth I’d been through”.
The new series of Celebrity SAS begins this Sunday on Channel 4 at 9pm, and other stars appearing in the new series include ex-Love Island winner, Amber Gill, actresses Maisie Smith and Jennifer Ellison, and former footballer Ashley Cain.
Curtis Stigers announces Belfast Show
Singer, songwriter and saxophonist extraordinaire Curtis Stigers brings his talent to Belfast for a very special performance in the Waterfront Studio on November 18th.
Get ready to hear his pop/soul-flavoured hits including “You’re All That Matters To Me,” “Never Saw A Miracle” and the worldwide top-ten hit, “I Wonder Why”. Tickets are on sale now from waterfront.co.uk
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