our health reporter laura foster has more.nning to learn more about the effect it has on the mind. switch! new research, which surveyed more than a million people, found that those who exercised said they suffered from poor mental health less often than those who didn't. it's one of the reasons people come to this running cloud in didsbury. go, go, go, go, go! feel really good coming away from it. so no matter how your day's been, you know, if you push yourself, you're going to be happy at the end of it. exercise in general is the best way by far for me to de—stress. it gives me a lot of freedom and confidence, and it's helped me get over a lot of depression. the strength of the impact is also linked to linked to how much time was spent exercising. the biggest reduction in poor mental health came when people exercised for between half an hour to an hour at a time. if you exercised for an hour and a half, you'd still see and improvement, but it would be smaller. but the survey suggests there can be such a thing as too much exer

laura foster, bbc news. disputes claims that its signs surrounding the tourist hotspot are misleading, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. this geological wonder attracted more than a million visitors last year. legend has it the causeway was once the domain of warring giants. today it is the focus of a different battle. the site is managed by the national trust, although to walk down and see the giant‘s causeway is free. but some people believe the national trust‘s signage is designed to make people think they have to pay. they are trying to mislead people into thinking that they have to go into the visitors‘ centre here to see the giant‘s causeway. the giant‘s causeway is free, it belongs to the people of northern ireland, it‘s part of our heritage. there are no signs saying, "giant‘s causeway this way", which is through the tunnel behind me here, which is free. but there are plenty of signs here telling you to go through the visitor centre, where at the moment you have to pay £11.50 to go int

laura foster reports. body healthy, and now we a re really keeps the body healthy, and now we are really beginning to learn more about the effect it has on the minds. new research, which surveyed more than a million people, found that those who exercised said they suffered from poor mental health less often than those who didn't. is one of the reasons people come to this running cloud in didsbury. one of the reasons people come to this running cloud in didsburylj feel really good. if you push yourself, you know you're going to be happy at the of its top but exercising general is the best way by far the misty stress. -- exercising general. it gives me a lot of freedom and confidence and has helped me get over a lot of depression. the reduction in poor mental health was linked to how much time was spent exercising. the biggest reduction came when people spent between half an hour and are 110w spent between half an hour and are now at a time exercising. if you exercise for an hour and a half, he would still s

i'm joined now by laura foster, head of clean seas at the marine conservation society.combination of what the public are saying and what the treasury is now seeing. it is absolutely fabulous we have had so many responses. people have had so many responses. people have got behind the marine conservation society and written and said, we want to tackle this issue of single use plastic, so we are really delighted that the report really delighted that the report really shows some of the ideas that could be implemented. now it isjust a question of seeing that implementation take place. which of those ideas do you favour most? one of the really strong once is looking at producers and making sure that the design products that are easy to recycle. at the moment, producers only pay about 10% of the cost of disposal and they are not incentivised to improve the design style so that it can be easily recycled, so we know for instance it was reported last week that only one third of plastic containers, food containers, actually recycled, so we wa nt to containers, actually recycled, s

laura foster, bbc news.running club where people can talk about their mental health. you have literally just you have literallyjust come in from a meeting at the club. what have you been up to this evening? we meet every thursday evening and tuesdays for a five kjob every thursday evening and tuesdays for a five k job and chat, every thursday evening and tuesdays for a five kjob and chat, so every thursday evening and tuesdays for a five k job and chat, so we meet to have half an hour so of talking. i reiterate that it is a safe confidential space, and then we go out for a very gentle, open to all abilitiesjog. so go out for a very gentle, open to all abilities jog. so that is what happened this evening. so you would com pletely happened this evening. so you would completely endorse what this report has found, that there is a connection between physical activity and mental well—being? connection between physical activity and mentalwell-being? absolutely, i notice now with hindsight that my periods of mental

laura foster, bbc news.e court hears he could have killed someone in a brawl outside a bristol nightclub, he's giving evicence now. northamptonshire county council has approved massive cuts to jobs and services in a bid to combat a seventy million pound budget shortfall. the conservative party is investigating complaints over comments boris johnson made about muslim women who wearfull face veils. here's your business headlines on afternoon live uk rental prices could rise as much as 15% over the next five years — that's the warning from the royal institution of chartered surveyors who say the lack of new rental properties could drive up prices. sterling has recovered very slightly against the dollar after big falls over the past 24 hours. the falls happened after the markets showed concern that a no brexit trade deal will be reached with the european union. yesterday it dipped below 1.29 against the dollar for the first time in almost a year. the united states says it will impose fresh sanctions on russia af

laura foster, bbc news.ms, then a new category could be of interest. the academy is introducing an outstanding achievement in popularfilm award. it means movies which are popular with cinema—goers but less so with critics will be more likely to win an oscar. the changes will take effect from february next year. those are the main stories. sally is here with the sport. i‘m going to start the sport like this today. why is that? look behind you. that is the mood for the day. a great action shot. best breast stroke in britain, in europe. his technique is so beautiful to watch. —— stroker. when they do the slo—mo, he is fabulous. peaty‘s third gold at these european championships came in the 50m breaststroke. he‘s now set a new championship record in all three of his events so far. great britain are currently second in the medal table. and at the athletics in berlin, tim duckworth finished outside the medals in the decathlon having led for eight of the ten disciplines events. it‘s his first major championship, th

our health reporter laura foster has more.body healthy. and now we a re really keeps the body healthy. and now we are really beginning to learn about the effect it has on the mind. new research which surveyed more than 1 million people found that those who exercise said they suffered from poor mental health less often than those who did not. it is one of the reasons that people come to this running club. i feel really good. no matter how your day has been, if you push yourself, you will be happy that you did. exercises the best way to de—stress. that you did. exercises the best way to de-stress. it has helped me get over a lot of different things. strength of the impact is also linked to how much time exercising. the biggest production in poor mental health came when people exercised for beauty and a half an hour and exercised for beauty and a half an hourand an hourat exercised for beauty and a half an hour and an hour at a time. if you exercised for an hour and a half, you would still see in improvement, but it would be smal

laura foster, bbc news.s made by his ex—wife that he's failed to support their children, saying they're a "thinly—veiled effort to manipulate media coverage". angelina jolie claims he's paid no meaningful child support since their split in 2016, but his lawyers say he's paid over $1.3 million in bills and loaned her $8 million to buy a house. if you've ever found yourself watching the oscars, thinking you've never heard of half the winning films, then a new category could be of interest. the academy is introducing an outstanding achievement in popularfilm award. it means movies which are popular with cinema—goers but less so with critics will be more likely to win an oscar. the changes will take effect from february next year. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. those comments by borisjohnson about the niqab and the burqa are getting a strong response. "0h, please, don't give him any more attention, it is nothing more than a cynical bid for the ukip vote and by debating it, the media play

. >> if someone would have told me, -- >> like former foster child laura tate. >> they tried so hard to be there for me when i had nobody. that's the same type of love and commitment and care i want to show. >> you know you're tripping, you ain't seeing me with nobody. >> and appears musician marqueis carr. >> you put that together. you don't have to think about it pgh ♪ that's music to rob's ear. he says that music helped him overcome his own depression. that's part effort feeling, being in a circle, being with their peers. >> reporter: this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to rob jackson. stage in sonoma county this weekend. the 28th annual cotati accordion festival runs today and tomorrow... at la plaza park in cotati. tickets start at 17-bucks. today.. wedding bells will be ringing >>> accordions are taking center stage here. today and tomorrow. tickets start at $17. >>> and today, wedding bells will be ringing for more than 28,000 couples here in the u.s. according to the wedding planning site. august18th is the most popular day to get married because the date's numbe