it s long been said that laughter is the best medicine and it seems that s being taken quite literally. trauma patients are being invited to free comedy sessions to try to boost their wellbeing in a scheme backed by the nhs in bristol this month. the new approach has been developed by health experts and professional comedians to give people a new perspective. earlier i spoke to angie belcher comedian in residence at bristol university. she has helped to develop the course. just from the live circuit, being a comedian and realising that we have a special place that we can have horrible things happen in our lives and then we can write about them and perform them and it makes us feel better. i realised, wouldn t it be great if everyone had that opportunity to process their trauma, learn how to do it in a comedic way and put it on stage? and has it worked, has the scheme started yet? it s starting next week, i have my first course working with people who have been referred by social
easier now about talking about it. as we know with things like suicide and mental health, we must want to encourage people to talk about it because they get help and they don t harm themselves or harm other people or do anything silly because they find a way of letting it out. it’s find a way of letting it out. it s an outlet- find a way of letting it out. it s an outlet. thank find a way of letting it out. it s an outlet. thank you very much for speaking to us, angie. now it s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. after yesterday s record breaking mild new year s day, in terms of today s weather, we have a few scattered showers, you might have had one or two cracks of thunder already across the south of the country. this is what it looks like at 6pm so 11 celsius in london in the lowlands of scotland and you can see where the showers are spreading across parts of the country through the course of the evening and overnight but it changes taking place in scotland, weatherfro
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