9 h. ago Nightmare before Christmas as Frantic Friday sees shopping chaos and gridlocked roads

Brits will enter a festive frenzy of last-minute gift-buying which will peak at precisely 6.41pm on Friday, December 19. So you've been warned...

Economics

16 h. ago Flu outbreak mapped as NHS hospital cases surge to record levels

NHS on 'high alert' as flu admissions surge during doctors' strikes

Science

18 h. ago NHS surgeon who blamed doctors' strike when he turned up drunk for work after downing two

Dr Vivek Vatikutti was said to have guzzled the drink before arriving at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on September 22, 2023.

Events

25 h. ago Rick Stein warns 'don't do it' as he shares how to avoid gravy 'nightmare' this Christmas

Rick, known for such shows as Rick Stein's Food Stories, recently shared some culinary pearls of wisdom to help take the stress out of our festive dinner preparations

Events

37 h. ago NHS London boss gives advice to Londoners during doctor strikes

NHS London boss gives advice to Londoners during doctor strikes  My London

Sport

39 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop resident doctors' five day strike as the NHS battles super flu outbreak

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop the resident doctors' five-day strike amid Britain's super flu outbreak. 

Events

41 h. ago Doctors strike live: Starmer dodges question on NHS walkout ban despite hammering ‘dangerous’ strikes at PMQs

Resident doctors have started a five-day walkout

Society

41 h. ago Wes Streeting issues message to NHS patients as resident doctors begin five

"I'm really sorry to patients for the disruption that is happening as a result"

Science

42 h. ago Strike set to cost NHS £250m, Streeting says as doctors hit the picket line

It comes amid warnings of a ‘superflu’ sweeping the nation, with flu cases in hospitals in England at a record level for this time of year

Economics

43 h. ago Doctors out in force on picket lines outside NHS hospitals at start of 5

NHS hospital bosses warn appointments will be cancelled well into 2026 after the British Medical Association's doctors' strike until 7am Monday in increasingly bitter dispute

Science

43 h. ago Doctors strike live: Streeting apologises to patients as NHS faces £250m bill for walkout

Resident doctors begin five-day walkout

Science

43 h. ago The nightmare before Christmas! Map reveals the most gridlocked roads as Britain faces its busiest

The RAC said 37.5million leisure trips by car are planned between Wednesday and Christmas Eve - the most in the week before Christmas Day since its records began.

Transport

49 h. ago ITV's doctor Nighat Arif issues superflu warning as NHS cases soar

The NHS doctor said that it was 'basically a more virulent form of influenza A'

Events

53 h. ago Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief as five

The industrial action, from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22, comes as hospitals are already under pressure from an unprecedented wave of super flu

Events

53 h. ago ‘Dangerous’ junior doctors’ strike begins today – putting ‘lives at risk’ as super flu cripples NHS

NHS patients should brace for long wait misery over Christmas as doctors’ strikes starting today will hit harder than previous walkouts. The British Medical Association voted to press ahead with the five-day walkout that will last until Monday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous”. It comes at the height of a...

Events

53 h. ago NHS patients warned to brave for long wait misery as strikes starts today – and it’ll hit harder than previous walkouts

NHS patients should brace for long wait misery over Christmas as doctors’ strikes starting today will hit harder than previous walkouts, health chiefs warn. The British Medical Association has voted to press ahead with the five-day walkout that will last until Monday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous”. It comes at...

Events

63 h. ago 'I made a simple DIY Christmas wreath and everything went completely wrong'

The Daily Record's Georgia Burns is leaving Christmas decorating to the pros after her DIY nightmare

Politics

66 h. ago ‘Hospitals will be overwhelmed by superflu and strikes and lives will be lost’ say scientists in Covid

AN eerie Covid-like warning has been issued by scientists that 'people will die', hospitals will be overwhelmed and schools closed without urgent action. It comes from previous members of the SAGE group that advised the Government during the Covid pandemic, as the NHS crumbles under the so-called "superflu", ahead of the planned doctors' strikes. Three...

Science

68 h. ago Doctors reject claims patients will die as result of strike action

The Government accused the British Medical Association leadership of ‘trying to inflict as much damage as they can on the NHS’.

Science

2 d. ago The NHS is creaking under the flunami – but my daughter’s doctors still threw her a party

As the NHS creaks under the strain of the superflu, Charlotte Cripps wasn’t even certain that her daughter’s foot operation would go ahead last week. But not only did she get treated as planned, but she was also given an unforgettable sleepover complete with gold glitter

Science