Blood donation

Dog owners are urged to donate their pets blood this winter after an 18% decline in new donors

The south London donation centre is encouraging groups of black people to give blood together.

Ben Uttley and his sister Holly Murdy are urging people to register as bone marrow donors.

Wait times to donate blood were up to seven hours in Sydney the day after the fatal Bondi beach terror attack.

Hannah Poole, 15, has twice battled cancer and needed many blood transfusions - but only 3% of eligible people donate.

Figures show fewer than 2% of people in Scotland are currently donating blood, down from 3% ten years ago.

Appointments across the West Midlands can now be booked online, with more than 430 slots available to book each week.

Amid a shortage of donor blood from ethnic minorities a donor drive is held at a Sikh temple.