Vaccines should be offered to some gay and bisexual men at higher risk of contracting monkeypox, the UK Health Security Agency has said.
Six children in the UK have died of Strep A. It’s a type of bacteria found in the throat or on the skin. The infection usually causes mild or even no symptoms, but it can be deadly. .
A major incident has been declared, with more than 100 firefighters tackling a huge overnight blaze which has torn through several derelict factories, leading to the evacuation of homes. The fire on a site off Lower Horseley Fields in Wolverhampton, which is near houses and railway lines, also saw all trains stopped shortly after it was reported at about 9pm on Monday, West Midlands Fire Service said.
Warren Gatland returns for his second stint as Wales head coach just three years after walking away from the job having overseen a golden era of Welsh rugby.
A man has been taken to hospital following reports he was stabbed in The Gossamers, Watford.
AN ATTACKER caught in possession of a knife has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment after assaulting police officers in Hereford.
Construction gets underway in Australia and South Africa of a network of antennas which together will form the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.
An off-duty firefighter has been awarded after saving a rugby player’s life.
A Russian deserter opened fire on police in the southern Russian town of Novoshakhtinks, wounding one officer.
The RMT has rejected an offer from train operators aimed at preventing strikes over the Christmas period, the union has announced.
THE LibDems have told the SNP and Scottish Greens they “won’t play their game”, as the pro-independence parties seek to make the next election a de facto referendum on independence.
Bukayo Saka says he has sent a message to his England teammate Raheem Sterling and says he hopes his family are okay, after intruders broke into the player's family home. The Chelsea winger has since flown back from the Qatar World Cup to be with his family and England manager Gareth Southgate is unsure whether he will return for the quarter-final match against France on Saturday, .
Two candidates offer a stark choice to voters in the state
A MILLION-pound lottery prize won on a ticket bought just over the Herefordshire border has been claimed.
The alien-hunting Breakthrough Listen initiative is to turn a hi-tech radio telescope on more than a million stars near Earth using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.
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CONSERVATION work has revealed new secrets about a 16th-century painting that has gone on display for the first time since undergoing restoration.
Grocery inflation eased for the first time in 21 months in November, according to data, but the cost of a traditional Christmas dinner will still be around 9% up on 2021. Kantar Worldpanel said its main grocery inflation figures offered a hint of hope ahead as the annual rate softened to 14.6% last month from a record 14.7% in October. The cost of producing and transporting goods has also risen sharply because of record energy and fuel prices.
Shadow Labour leader Angela Rayner calls on the government to answer questions surrounding the legitimacy of PPE contracts granted during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Her comments follow claims that Tory peer Baroness Mone lobbied ‘aggressively’ for contracts to be awarded to a firm linked to her family.
Letitia Wright On Paying Tribute to Chadwick Boseman .
In a prisoner swap, 60 Ukrainian and 60 Russian soldiers were returned to their respective homelands on Tuesday, December 6, after being released from captivity, officials said.Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak said the 58 men and two women from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine – 15 officers and 45 privates and sergeants – returned home.Yermak said 34 of the Ukrainian soldiers had fought to defend Mariupol, with 14 of those associated with the Azovstal steel plant. He said some were kept in Russian territory, while others were held in Olenivka in Donetsk Oblast.Video released by Yermak shows the returned soldiers.The Russian Ministry of Defense said 60 Russian soldiers were returned from Ukrainian captivity and released footage of the freed soldiers. The ministry said the released soldiers would be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions. Credit: Andriy Yermak via Storyful
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