Black Thrive News Today

Millions of men are to be offered blood pressure checks in barbershops after research shows they face double the heart attack risk of women.

NHS England is expanding blood pressure checks available in local communities, but what should your reading be?

The NHS is expanding blood pressure checks available in local communities including barbershops, mosques and at a dominoes club, as part of a major drive to prevent strokes and heart attacks.

The NHS scheme aims to reach more people in the community for important health monitoring.

MySociety provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens, in more than 40 countries around the world.

Una Marson’s Lost Play Revived

UK Black Pride is Europe's largest Pride celebration for LGBTQ!+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and S.W.A.N.A. decent.

Anniversary of the bombing of ANC’s London headquarters in Angel

Charities and local authorities call for national rollout of easy access drop-in centres to provide early mental health support to young people.

Made for it: Jonathan Slaters (front and centre) father was a teacher and his mother was a children’s social worker. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I ended up as the head of the department that oversees both of those professions. Credit: Jonathan Slater Last year, the Department for Education’s use of an algorithm to decide exam results generated huge public anger, resulting in the departure of permanent secretary Jonathan Slater. He tells Matt Ross how events unfolded – and hi...