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NHS fears as hospital flu cases soar 352%

THE NHS is braced for a long winter amid a 352% spike in flu patients in hospital and an early surge in other conditions.

'It really began because I just jolly well wanted to go abroad'

Nation’s favourite naturalist celebrates 70 years on screen

The smiling assassin who gunned down millionaire health boss

Killer left cryptic word clues on bullet casings

Parents guilty over death of malnourished son, 3, found buried in back garden grave

A COUPLE whose three-year-old son was found buried in a garden have been convicted in a case of \"breathtaking\" cruelty and arrogance.`

'I always felt buoyed and bucked in her presence... she had seen it all before'

BORIS Johnson has said the late Queen Elizabeth was the most impressive person he has ever met, and that she made his three years as Prime Minister \"bearable\" for him.

NHS spending millions to give asylum seekers 'at-home' care in their hotels

TAXPAYERS are spending millions for asylum seekers to have \"at-home\" medical assessments inside hotels as the NHS scrambles to deal with the number of migrants entering Britain.

Festive feast fit for heroes

THE rapturous applause they received was the sort usually reserved for sporting superstars.

Forced swap to digital landlines will restart

MINISTERS have been \"browbeaten\" by telecoms firms into again allowing the forcible switch from landlines to digital telephones without safeguards, claim campaigners.

YOU CAN'T KEEP 'IGNORING BIGGEST PROBLEM' SIR KEIR!

SIR Keir Starmer today stands accused of ignoring \"Britain's biggest problem\" after failing to include immigration in his major targets.

Chocolate Could Actually Cut Risk Of Diabetes...But Only If It's Dark!

ENJOYING a decent portion of dark chocolate five times a week may help stave off type 2 diabetes.

Write off Son and he'll make you eat your words

ANGE BELIEVES SKIPPER WILL GET HIS MOJO BACK

Lucky break puts Jacob in driving seat for the future

BETHELL KEEPS HIS PLACE ...AND LANDS A CONTRACT

TOTO: I'LL LOVE LEW FOREVER

Exchanges never personal as it's one for the road...

Trump to go easy before world tilt

JUDD TRUMP has pulled out of next week's Scottish Open as he tries to avoid burning out ahead of his bid to become a multiple world champion in April.

CONSTITUTION THRILL

Henderson star on course for Kempton

'When you first hear you've got cancer, it's really scary...and when I was told I could go on the trial, I felt like I'd won the lottery'

A LEUKAEMIA patient has told how he found a new FLAIR for life by taking part in a drugs trial that has left him cancer-free for nearly three years and given hope to many other patients like him.

First nuclear reactor in 30 years for UK

BRITAIN has installed its first new nuclear reactor in more than three decades.

84 arrests as UK smashes Russian money-laundering, ransomware and drugs network

A MULTI-billion-pound moneylaundering scheme involving drugs, ransomware and espionage linking Russian oligarchs to UK crime groups and rogue financial firms has been smashed in a British-led operation.

No fares cut on Labour's nationalised rail routes

RAIL fares will continue to rise after Labour's renationalisation, the Transport Secretary has confirmed.

Charity warning over cashless society

MONEY must not be ditched in favour of digital payments as it is \"extremely important\" for millions of older people, a charity has warned.

End of school pen and paper exams

THE days of being told to \"pick up your pen and turn over your paper\" are numbered, as school exams are due to go completely digital.

French PM Barnier ousted in vote of no confidence

FRANCE'S government was dramatically toppled last night as former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier became its shortest-ever serving PM.

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed...I know why, the Doctor's said

DOCTOR Who claims to have solved the greatest Biblical mystery in the BBC Christmas Day special - why there was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph.

'Make deporting foreign criminals a top priority'

DEPORTING foreign criminals should be the Government's top priority to ease prison overcrowding, Sir Keir Starmer has been told.

First ladies of literature

QUEEN Camilla teamed up with France's first lady at a book prize as she showed her long-standing commitment to literacy.

Letby maintains innocence, as police probe more deaths

KILLER nurse Lucy Letby has maintained her innocence, her lawyer said yesterday - as police confirmed she has been interviewed about more suspicious baby deaths.

Downpours and 80mph wind on way

HEAVY rain and 80mph winds are set to batter the country in the days ahead, with stormy weather warnings issued by the Met Office.

Now mortgage misery will last years

MORTGAGE holders face years of extra financial burden after Labour's Budget, a report claims.

'I hate the cancel culture more than I hate Wallace'

FULL disclosure. I think Gregg Wallace is a crude, misogynistic, dummy from another age - an age where men wanted to be seen out with good-looking women because it boosted their egos, made them look good.

Labour MPs betray their rural voters

DOZENS of Labour MPs have betrayed their rural constituencies by voting against the Tories' motion to save family farms from Sir Keir Starmer's inheritance tax raid, critics have claimed.