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NHS nurse shortage left Britain vulnerable to pandemic, Covid Inquiry told

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) infection control lead Rosemary Gallagher told the Inquiry: 'We know that we went into the pandemic with a significant shortage, about 50,000 nurses short'

Daily Mirror

The medieval disease making a comeback across England as Leeds cases mapped

Last year saw the highest number of infections for syphilis since 1948

Leeds Live

UK weather forecast: Sweltering 32C heat before thunderstorms and flooding warning

The Met Office has warned that some locations could see as much as 30-40mm of rainfall in the space of just one to two hours on Sunday

Daily Mirror

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UK weather: Everywhere that will be above 30C as Brits ROAST on hottest day of the year

Met Office and BBC forecasters understand it'll be warmest in East of England and in and around London but a yellow weather warning for thunderstorm remains in place for other areas

Daily Mirror

Mapped - the Medieval sexual disease making a comeback in Merseyside

Symptoms of the disease include ulcers and sores

Liverpool Echo

UK weather: Blistering 30C temps as forecasters say heatwave criteria could be met

Some areas could meet heatwave criteria according to the Met Office, with scorching temperatures above 30C in store for those on the lucky side of the divide

Daily Mirror

Mapped - the medieval disease making a comeback across England cases near your home

Last year saw the highest number of infections for syphilis since 1948

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MAPPED: The medieval disease making a comeback across England - here's where the infections are

Greater Manchester has some of the highest rates of the diseases outside of London

Manchester Evening News

Children to be given single HPV jab instead of two doses

The UK Health Security Agency said the change in England follows advice from scientists that a single dose of vaccine ‘delivers robust protection’.

The Independent UK

Medieval disease returns as infections TREBLE - see map to find cases in your area

Cases of syphilis, the ancient sexually transmitted disease, increased by 15% to nearly 8,700 diagnoses last year - the largest annual number since 1948

Daily Mirror

Two students at Bury College have died of meningococcal disease in three months

Following latest death - of barbering student Alfie Mullans - the UK Health Security Agency said the two cases are not related or linked and are different strains of meningococcal disease

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester Hospital issues warning to patients as emergency department 'extremely busy'

It comes as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Met Office issued a yellow Heat-Health Alert

Manchester Evening News

Warning issued as cases of medieval disease skyrocket in the North West

The north west has seen the biggest spikes in sexually transmitted infections - including syphilis - in two age groups in particular

Manchester Evening News

Met Office updates 31C weekend weather forecast with warnings now in place

Two yellow warnings and an amber alert have been issued

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Heat warning issued for parts of UK - here's how hot it will be where you live

There are thunderstorms around but it is going to be very hot this weekend as temperatures soar

The Conversation

Gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses are at their highest in decades – here's what you need to know about these STIs

The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhoea and syphilis have surged in the last year. Shockingly, gonorrhoea rates are the highest they have been since records began in 1918.

Wales Online

Eight grim signs and symptoms of medieval disease surging back

The symptoms of this horrible and potentially life-threatening sexually transmitted disease are enough to turn your stomach and cases are at record levels

The Independent UK

Hot weather warnings upgraded as thunderstorms set to hit UK

The UK Health Security Agency has warned of hot weather which could affect the wider population.

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UKHSA and Met Office yellow heat alert escalated to amber for Nottinghamshire

The yellow alert has been upgraded to amber

Evening Standard

Heat warning in London ahead of 30C thunderstorms

A yellow alert warning has been issued for the capital from 9am on Friday

Bristol Post

Heat health warning issued in South West ahead of baking hot weekend

The UK Health Security Agency has put out the first warning of the year with temperatures in the mid to high 20s forecast

Manchester Evening News

Met Office issues Storm Oscar update as 30C temperatures predicted to hit UK

It's going to be hot this weekend - but there could be thundery showers

Evening Standard

OPINION - This icky STI surge must bring the condom back

If yesterday’s icky statistics are anything to go by, the condom is in dire need of a rebrand. According to the UK Health Security Agency, we’re in the grips of a major STI surge: cases of gonorrhoea have gone up by 50 per cent in a year and the number…

The Guardian - UK

Syphilis cases at highest level for 75 years in England last year

Figures also show gonorrhoea diagnoses rose by 50% to 82,600 – the highest figure since records began in 1918

Daily Mirror

Ancient deadly disease could be tackled through DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain

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