An optometrist completes a 700-mile ski journey to the South Pole as part of research into diseases of the eyes.

Eye problems are going undiagnosed in some children, partly because of a low uptake of free tests, a report says.

People with poor eyesight may be coming away from eye tests with inaccurate prescriptions, a survey suggests.

Eye specialists will be able to issue prescriptions on the high street under government plans.

Sonal Rughani on her work as an optometrist.

An eye specialist forged a glowing job reference in order to become a police officer, a court hears.

Optometrists could soon be prescribing medication independently under new plans drawn up by ministers.

British adults spend up to 130,000 hours during their lifetime sitting in front of a computer or TV, eye health campaigners warn.

Poor eyesight is an inconvenience, but in drivers it can be lethal. The bad news is that millions of motorists shrug the responsibility of getting their eyes checked regularly.

An eye care body presents the assembly government with an award for its work developing eye services.

One method used to correct children's short sight may not help them - and could actually do harm - research has suggested.

The Royal National Institute for the Blind says15,000 people who are housebound in Northern Ireland are not having vital eye tests.