HIT Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin has been praised by a Great Western Hospital doctor for raising awareness about HIV and helping increase testing across the country – but she says more still needs to be done. Russell T Davies’ show follows the journey of a group of friends in London at the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. After it began last month, the five-part series is believed to have helped boost testing all across the UK, according to sexual health charity the Terrence Higgins Trust. Olly Alexander as Ritchie Tozer, Lydia West as Jill Baxter Credit: PA Photo/Channel 4.
Phoenix Stewart, community engagement manager at Swindon and Wiltshire Pride THE date has been announced for this year’s Swindon and Wiltshire Pride celebrations. The LGBTQ+ festival was cancelled last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic but organisers are hopeful the event will be able to go ahead on Saturday, August 7. The charity’s community engagement manager Phoenix Stewart told BBC Radio Wiltshire: “We’re really looking forward to it. “Back in 2019 we had over 10,000 people come along to Pride and enjoy themselves and celebrate who they are. It’s a family event anyone can come along and more importantly it’s free.”
Phoenix Stewart, community engagement manager at Swindon and Wiltshire Pride THE date has been announced for this year’s Swindon and Wiltshire Pride celebrations. The LGBTQ+ festival was cancelled last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic but organisers are hopeful the event will be able to go ahead on Saturday, August 7. The charity’s community engagement manager Phoenix Stewart told BBC Radio Wiltshire: “We’re really looking forward to it. “Back in 2019 we had over 10,000 people come along to Pride and enjoy themselves and celebrate who they are. It’s a family event anyone can come along and more importantly it’s free.”