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Scottish Sun
21 hours ago
- Health
- Scottish Sun
Overweight Brits to get awarded shop vouchers for upping step count and eating healthily
The new measures are part of Labour's 10 Year Health Plan set to be unveiled on Thursday WEIGH TO GO Overweight Brits to get awarded shop vouchers for upping step count and eating healthily Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) OVERWEIGHT Brits will get shop vouchers to help shed the pounds. An NHS plan will see users awarded points for upping their step count and eating healthily. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Wes Streeting said: 'We're bringing together tech, business, the NHS, and citizens to get Britain moving and helping drive down waiting lists' Credit: Getty They can then be traded for vouchers, with discounts at supermarkets and coffee shops. Details are still being finalised but it is expected users will link health data on their smartphones to the NHS app. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: 'We're bringing together tech, business, the NHS, and citizens to get Britain moving and helping drive down waiting lists. 'During a cost-of-living crisis, we're not going to make food more expensive or ban treats — we're not the fun police. 'Our approach is more nudge than nanny.' The new measures are part of Labour's 10 Year Health Plan set to be unveiled on Thursday. Supermarkets will be forced to promote healthy products such as fruit and vegetables instead of chocolate and crisps. Sir Brendan Foster, long-distance Olympian and founder of the Great North Run, will also help in a new campaign to get people exercising. Sir Brendan Foster, long-distance Olympian and founder of the Great North Run, will also help in a new campaign to get people exercising. The Government says reducing daily intake by just 50 calories could lift 340,000 children and two million adults out of obesity. Treating obesity-related conditions costs the NHS £11.4billion a year. Mr Streeting added: 'If we don't tackle the rising tide of costs and demand on the NHS, then we won't have an NHS much longer.'
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Red Arrows' Great North Run return confirmed
The Red Arrows are to return as part of this year's Great North Run, organisers have display team has become closely associated with its flyovers as thousands of runners cross the Tyne planes will also perform a display over the sea at the event's finish in South having first been involved in 2002, they were absent from last year's event due to commitments in North America and also missed 2021 and 2022 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Announcing their return on 7 September, Great North Run founder Sir Brendan Foster said: "The roar of the Red Arrows overhead is a truly special moment."It's a spectacle to see them soar over the Tyne Bridge, leaving vibrant streaks of red, white and blue in their wake before they head to the coast." About 60,000 people are set to take on the 13.1-mile (21km) course this year, according to the company behind the event, raising millions of pounds for year's run - the 43rd - was held in showery conditions with famous faces including Sara Davies from the TV series Dragon's poor weather failed to deter hoards of spectators who lined the route from Newcastle's Central Motorway, through Gateshead and into South Tyneside. Follow BBC Newcastle on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
