21 h. ago The two reasons why flu season is so bad this year as NHS issues 'worst case' warning

NHS figures show hospitalisations from flu have surged by more than half in just one week

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46 h. ago How to get flu jab in Greater Manchester as North West braces for 'worst flu season'

A mutated 'superflu' is driving an unusually early and intense wave of the virus

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58 h. ago K virus: Expert lists top tips to avoid being ill to mutant flu during Christmas

It is thought the UK could face its worst flu season to date — with some hospitals, such as Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, already declaring critical incidents just weeks before Christmas

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63 h. ago I'm a pharmacist, this is how to protect yourself against the mutant flu sweeping the UK... right NOW

Health leaders believe the UK could face its worst flu season to date - with some hospitals already declaring critical incidents, imposing face mask rules and banning visitors.

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3 d. ago Lewis Hamilton to ‘unplug from matrix’ after worst season of F1 career at Ferrari

Seven-time world champion could not ‘wait to get away’First year without podium for Brit in Ferrari debut seasonA despondent Lewis Hamilton has said he could not wait to get away from Abu Dhabi after enduring what has been the worst season of his career. He finished in his lowest ever championship position of sixth place and is looking forward to the winter break and disconnecting from the sport as he attempts to reset and regroup.In the final race of the season in he qualified in 16th place and finished in eighth, while the young British driver Lando Norris claimed his first world championship, the first Briton since Hamilton last did so in 2020. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘Look what you’ve done to my children!’: a tale of winter wonderland disasters

These events are meant to make Christmas magical, and while many do, a few fall spectacularly short. Here, in no particular order, are some of the worst offendersIt’s the most wonderful time of the year: the season where British people traditionally complain about spending too much on rip-off Christmas events. This year’s festivities have already kicked off in earnest, thanks to the malfunctioning Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer drone show in Haywards Heath this week. By all accounts the drone show was a classic of the genre. It made big promises, offering families “a night of magic and wonder” complete with “state of the art production [and] 600 LED drones”. Then it charged big money, with some families paying hundreds of pounds to attend. And then, of course, it comprehensively underdelivered.Reports describe the event as not only being too short – about just 15 minutes – but also, due to the failure of several drones, completely unintelligible. “From the beginning, large numbers o...

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7 d. ago NHS is facing the worst flu season ever... yet doctors are still planning their 'cruel' strike

The number of beds occupied by infected patients is already higher than ever for this time of year and rates are expected to pass the all-time high within days - with 'no peak in sight'.

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7 d. ago NHS boss reveals up to 8,000 people will be hospitalised with flu by next week

Sir Jim Mackey tells NHS England board meeting that flu patients will take up between 5,000 and 8,000 hospital beds every day amid worst flu season on record

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1 week ago PSG drop points in Monaco but Marseille fail to capitalise again

Luis Enrique was scathing after PSG’s ‘worst match of the season’ but Marseille are too flaky to make them payBy Get French Football NewsParis Saint-Germain were flat and lethargic in their 1-0 defeat to Monaco on Saturday afternoon. Luis Enrique called it their “worst match of the season” and “a very bad night”. His players created very little, although it might have been a very different story had the Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara been sent off for his lunge on Lucas Chevalier early in the first half. The France international said his “career could have taken a turn” and that he considered himself “lucky” to continue after the tackle that was sanctioned with a yellow, rather than a red.Takumi Minamino gave Monaco the lead midway through the second half before they did go down to 10 men, Thilo Kehrer receiving a red card in the 80th minute, but PSG failed to create any clear openings. It felt like a simple off night, even if the lack of goals from their forwards remains a cause f...

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2 w. ago Premier League third kits ranked as Man United and Man City on opposite ends of table

All 20 Premier League third kits for the 2025/26 season have been ranked from worst to best

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2 w. ago Man Utd ratings: Amad the only player to provide a spark but Bruno Fernandes is anonymous and Yoro has night to forget

MANCHESTER UNITED saved their worst home performance of the season for the anniversary of Ruben Amorim’s first match in charge as they were beaten 1-0 by 10-man Everton.  United failed to turn up despite playing with an extra man for the best part of 77 minutes after Idrissa Gana Gueye was sent off for lashing out...

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2 w. ago Lewis Hamilton crestfallen after ‘worst F1 season ever’ in debut Ferrari campaign

The 40-year-old British driver recovered from the back to finish 10th in Vegas but was still despondent afterwards

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3 w. ago 23,500 young people facing homelessness this winter in worsening crisis, warns leading charity

The North West and Yorkshire and the Humber are among the worst affected places as homelessness is set to rise this season

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3 w. ago Stirling flu vaccine plea as Scotland 'on track for worst flu season in years'

NHS Forth Valley is encouraging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated as soon as possible to protect themselves, their families and their friends against the illness.

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3 w. ago Doctors warn of 'most severe flu outbreak in decades' as infections begin to surge

With the worst of the flu season yet to descend on us, health experts are urging people to get their flu jabs to protect themselves from becoming 'seriously ill'

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last month 'Most deadly' flu strain sweeps UK with doctors warning it 'can kill'

The H3N2 strain, originally from Australia, has had its worst flu season on record and this is expected to be the case in Britain as we head into our winter and the virus spreads

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last month 'Deadly' H3N2 flu strain to sweep UK with predictions for worst flu season on record

The H3N2 strain, which produces more severe symptoms and is better at escaping existing immunity, is set to hit Britain

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last month Flu strain 'KILL' warning with healthy kids getting 'very, very poorly' after infection

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has issued a major warning to parents to give kids a nasal spray vaccine, over H3N2 flu strain fears amid the ‘worst ever’ flu season

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last month Flu symptom that's MUCH worse this year and makes horror new H3N2 strain more deadly

New H3N2 strain tends to cause more severe illness amid expectation that Britain is about to face ‘worst ever’ flu season

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