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Dr Julie-Ann Maney says children are being hit hard by this year’s flu strainA paediatric emergency medicine consultant is seeing the “most severe influenza outbreak” she has experienced. Flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland went up by 77% in a week, rising from 273 to 484 confirmed cases, official figures show.Children and young people have been particularly affected with under fives being admitted to hospital with flu at higher rates than any other age group during that period.In the week ending 23 November, the positivity rate for influenza was highest among children aged five to 14 in…
Things were looking bleak for Leeds United boss Daniel Farke.But, after the final whistle blew against Chelsea on Wednesday, the German wandered over to the crowd with a wide smile on his face.Leeds, who had started the day in the relegation zone with a miserable 11 points from 13 games, had just ended a a four-game losing streak with an impressive 3-1 victory against Enzo Maresca’s Blues.Having lost six of their previous seven matches, Farke was under increasing pressure and there was growing speculation around his future after a poor string of results.”Sources have told BBC Sport that the process…
A neighbour row has gone viral after workers dug up a trench across a homeowner’s lawn.The Milton Keynes resident has become an internet sensation after sharing doorbell camera footage of contractors excavating a huge trench through her front garden without consent.Melanie Abbott, 48, returned from work to discover that Openreach engineers had dug a 15ft channel across her lawn to install broadband cables for her neighbouring property.The TikTok clip, which captures the aftermath of the excavation work, has now attracted approximately one million viewers.Ms Abbott found mounds of earth where the trench had been refilled, with grass seeds scattered over…
The removal of the right to a jury trial will see more people jailed for breaching the UK’s “absurd censorship laws”, a leading figure in Donald Trump’s administration has said.Sarah Rogers, the Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, also spoke out about Government plans to develop an Islamophobia definition, saying free speech groups had “good reason” to be concerned.Ms Rogers also took aim at the Online Safety Act, saying that it had been “enacted on this flimsy and disingenuous pretext of child safety that are really about censoring adults”. The Government has been under fire this week for proposing to…
Wigan’s warrior makes a valiant return, three years after a council banA giant golden statue of a naked Roman gladiator dubbed Golden Balls by local people has been returned to a town after a dispute with the local council led to him being banned.The 30ft (9m) figure – used to advertise the 2000 blockbuster movie Gladiator starring Russell Crowe – was once a landmark feature outside an antique shop in Wigan.Beloved by some, but offensive to others, it was removed at the request of Wigan Council in October 2022 – but, three years later, owner Grant Adamson, 60, has decided…
Millions of state pensioners and claimants of benefit support from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are in line to receive the annual £10 Christmas bonus from the Government department.Notably, the DWP Christmas bonus has remained at the same level since 1972 which means no rate increase has been applied to the supplementary benefit payment in more than five decades.If the DWP Christmas Bonus’s rate had been uprated in line with inflation over the years, those eligible for the payment would be in receipt of a £119.47 festive windfall.Should the DWP Christmas bonus be raised to £119? | GETTY
Paris Gourtsoyannis Scotland Westminster CorrespondentPA MediaSir Keir Starmer will visit Scotland this week – but will not be on the election trail next yearPolitically, when someone on your own side is comparing you to dog mess, you know something has gone wrong – especially when they’re doing it to try and be supportive.It has been a difficult few weeks for Sir Keir Starmer and his government, with speculation about a leadership challenge followed by a chaotic run-up to the Budget, a period of damaging leaks and U-turns.Earlier this week, the Times newspaper said that it had spoken to three Scottish…
Selby’s credentials are well established. As a multi-title winner at this event, the World Championship and the Masters, nobody would be surprised to see him lift the trophy on Sunday.Against Zhou he opened up with a 73 but was then forced to dig deep and stay focused.The 27-year-old Zhou checked out of his hotel before achieving a last-32 win over Ronnie O’Sullivan, such were his low expectations for that match.A repeat performance against Selby was a tall order, but Zhou delivered the highlight of the evening with a sublime run of 132 to go 2-1 ahead. Selby went 62 minutes…
Axel Rudakubana is facing over half a century in solitary confinement, according to a prison source. The teenager, who has been in jail for less than a year, has already been segregated from other inmates after he allegedly threw boiling water at a guard at HMP Belmarsh.Rudakubana murdered Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last year.He was jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 52 years before he can be considered for release. However, legal experts have suggested it is unlikely he will…
Mayoral elections across England have been postponed by Labour until 2028, it is understood.Across the country, four new combined authorities will reportedly have their polls pushed back two years, with elections originally planned for 2026.These four new authorities are Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Sussex and Brighton, and Norfolk and Suffolk, The Sun reports.Ministers are set to confirm the postponement tomorrow, suggesting the authority’s need more time to complete their reorganisation.However, the decision is likely to be met with criticism as Labour continues to be squeezed into the polls by both Reform UK on the right and the Green Party…