A Killingworth man has spoken about how lucky he was to find out he had prostate cancer - as he only insisted his GP gave him a test having watched rugby star Kenny Logan talk about the illness on TV.

A Super Bowl ad used NFL tight ends to promote a finger-free prostate cancer screening. The ad, starring players like Rob Gronkowski, played heavily on humor to encourage men to get a PSA blood test.

A simple blood test -not a rectal exam - is now the first step in checking for prostate cancer, men across the North East have been told. Men across the region are uniting during Men’s Health Week to ...