99 m. ago Norovirus horror as 'dominant' strain sparks mass outbreaks on cruise ships

Norovirus cases on cruise ships are well on track to exceed last year's number just four months into 2024 - and experts say a dominant new strain of the vomiting bug might be to blame

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2 w. ago Moment hotel boss chucks water over drunk man snoozing in her front garden

Lisa Bell, who owns the Regency Hotel in Blackpool, was forced into drastic action to attempt to make a drunk man leave her front garden by pouring cold water over him

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3 w. ago Horror norovirus outbreak at Devon hotel forces guests to self

The Abbey Lawn Hotel confirmed that 28 people reported symptoms of the illness

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3 w. ago Horror norovirus outbreak at Devon hotel sees guests forced to self

Dozens of guests at a hotel in Devon displayed symptoms of norovirus with a friend of one of those staying at the location claiming that people visiting needed to self isolate

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3 w. ago ‘If you want dystopia, look out your window!’ Black Mirror is back – and going beyond tech hell

After years of creating dark, disturbing, thought-provoking TV, Charlie Brooker is changing it up. The creator and star-studded cast of Black Mirror talk about why this season is the most moving and vulnerable yetCharlie Brooker has been contemplating the passing of time, and he’s not happy about it. We’re on set at Shepperton for USS Callister: Into Infinity, the sequel to the 2017 space opera from his terrifying tech anthology Black Mirror. “The cast don’t seem to have aged at all,” he grumbles, “whereas I am a wizened old gentleman.”There is a more reflective, almost nostalgic tone to this seventh season. The episode Plaything flashes back to Brooker’s early years as a gaming journalist in a Bandersnatch-adjacent slice of computer-induced madness; Eulogy immerses Paul Giamatti in his memories as he literally enters decades-old photos; gaslighting parable Bête Noire forces Siena Kelly’s chocolatier to reckon with youthful misdemeanours; Hotel Reverie stars Emma Corrin as a 19...

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4 w. ago Pennon costs surge to £36m after South West Water parasite outbreak in Devon

The outbreak in May last year left some people in hospital and hundreds ill after contamination of the water supply in Brixham.

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last month Thai police officer alleges Shane Warne death 'cover up' after marathon orgy in last hours

A police officer has claimed that he was forced to remove a bottle of Kamagra from the hotel room where where cricket legend Shane Warne sadly died back in 2022

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