THE NHS has issued a “stay home” warning as cases of norovirus surge – with cases of violent diarrhoea. The contagious stomach bug spreads easily through close contact and eating food prepared by infected people – a stomach-turning prospect as families gathered together for festivities. 3 Health… New ’48-hour warning’ issued as cases of violent … Read more
SCOTLAND has been hammered by its worst flu season in years with more than 1100 sick Scots left needing hospital treatment this week. The latest ‘flunami’ figures from Public Health Scotland (PHS) show influenza levels are now ahead of those seen in the winter of 2022/23. 2 The number of people… Scotland battered by flu-bomb … Read more
A MUM who woke up from a Covid coma was stunned to discover she had given birth to a baby girl. Laura Leece, 36, fell ill with the virus during the pandemic in 2021 but had no idea of what would happen next. 5 Laura, when she came round from her coma – with partner … Read more
EXPERTS have called for a return of social distancing as cases of the flu surge across the UK this Christmas. Even those with symptoms of a mild cold should consider self-isolating in case they carry a virus which could be fatal to those most vulnerable, health specialists warn. 2 Health experts… Health experts call for … Read more
KATE Garraway will open up on the pain of spending her first Christmas without late husband Derek Draper. In January, the presenter, 56, lost her partner to complications from Covid that first struck him down in 2020. 3 Kate Garraway will talk about the pain of spending her first Christmas without… Kate Garraway will open … Read more
THIS was supposed to be the golden age for British heavyweight boxing. At least until Oleksandr Usyk came along. 5 Oleksandr Usyk is hoping to make it two wins from two against Tyson FuryCredit: Getty 5 He beat the Gypsy King earlier this yearCredit: AFP 5 He is the current undisputed heavyweight world… Golden age … Read more
WINTER pressure on the NHS is building with flu cases in hospital already surpassing last year’s peak – and the virus set to spread even more over the Christmas break. The latest figures published by NHS England today show one in 18 hospital beds are being taken up by patients with a festive… Chilling warning … Read more
NATS chiefs today banned WhatsApp on government phones after Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney, and other senior SNP figures sparked fury after deleting messages from during the pandemic. Deputy first minister Kate Forbes told MSPs ministers and civil servants would not be allowed to use the app by… SNP bans WhatsApp in ‘admission mass deletion of … Read more
A FUGITIVE Scots hood snared in Spain for running an industrial-scale drugs lab has been caged for 13 years. Colin Wright, 38, plotted with notorious Merseyside mobsters to traffick millions of pounds worth of heroin and cocaine on both sides of the border. 4 Colin Wright was yesterday sentenced to… Fugitive Scot snared in Spain … Read more
TWO major hospitals have declared critical incidents due to not having any beds left. There is “currently no capacity to admit further patients needing our care” at Basingstoke and Winchester hospitals, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said. 2 The Royal Hampshire County Hospital is at… Two major hospitals declare critical incidents with ‘no beds left’ … Read more