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The Latest Breaking News from UKHSA

UK to declare first Level 4 national emergency over heatwave as 40C possible

Met Office has also made history with first red warning over extreme heat issued for next week

The Independent UK

Boy, 3, suffers 'lead poisoning' after eating mud in garden as mum desperate to move

Layla Carter, 27, is trying to get Bristol City Council to rehouse her family after her toddler son Vinnie's lead levels tested high but says her request has been denied

Daily Mirror

School sends children home over fear of outbreak following confirmed monkeypox case

Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School, in London, remains open but, under guidance from the UK Health Security Agency, asked some pupils to leave the premises while contact tracing was underway

Daily Mirror

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Sadiq Khan ‘deeply concerned’ about monkeypox in London

71% of recent cases have been reported in England's capital city

Wales Online

Three-year-old boy 'gets lead poisoning' from eating mud in his garden

His mum is desperate to move out of the council flat

Bristol Post

Sadiq Khan ‘deeply concerned’ after 71% of UK monkeypox cases seen in London

The Mayor of London has written to the Health Secretary urging him to combat the spread of the virus.

The Independent UK

Rise in Covid-19 hospital patients in England ‘slowing down’

The current wave could peak below levels reached earlier in the year.

The Independent UK

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New top Covid symptom in patients revealed by latest data as infections surge across UK

A total of 2.7 million people are estimated to have had the virus latest figures show, up from 2.3m the week before

The Independent UK

UK's first-ever heatwave national emergency - from NHS to water and nuclear fears

Schools could close and transport and rail networks are likely to be affected but people will need to keep going to work as the extreme temperatures affect the country

Daily Mirror

Hospitals brace for overheating after more than 1,000 incidents of high ward temperatures

The number of overheating incidents at hospital trusts covering Greater Manchester has been steadily increasing in recent years

Manchester Evening News

Top Covid symptom in patients revealed by new data as infections surge across UK

A total of 2.3 million people are estimate to have had the virus latest figures show

The Independent UK

Nurses 'banned from drinking water or using fans' on hospital wards despite heatwave

Several nursing staff have reported their clinical areas have already hit a blistering 40C, with some senior managers wrongly believing drinking in these areas poses an infection risk

Daily Mirror

Rare emergency response issued as temperatures forecast to hit 36C in heatwave

As a result of the emergency response members of the homeless community will be checked on, as well as provided water and advice on how to survive the extreme temperatures

Daily Mirror

UK bakes in 37C heatwave as fires break out and passengers left to boil on trains

The mercury is expected to soar into the mid-30s through the weekend before peaking next Tuesday and climbing to 37C in London, with the Met Office issuing a danger to life warning

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Liverpool Echo

Experts warn Monkeypox could become endemic if urgent action not taken

A group of sexual health experts are calling for £51m from the Department of Health and Social Care to “control the outbreak"

Daily Mirror

Exact date UK heatwave could peak at a blistering 37C - and it's not the weekend

Temperatures are expected to soar over the weekend and into next week, with forecasters saying there is a 30% chance the mercury could surpass the current UK record of 38.7C set in Cambridge in 2019

Wales Online

As temperatures soar, how often do hospitals in England get too hot?

Potential for temperatures to rise above 40C could see a national heat health emergency declared

The Independent UK

UK heatwave: Emergency planning in government amid fears temperatures could hit 40C

Chances of Sunday being hottest day on record are almost one in three, Met Office says

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Met Office updates Amber warning for extreme heat for parts of North East

The Met Office has said: "Temperatures will rise again later this week and over the coming weekend."

Evening Standard

Met Office extends extreme heat warning into next week as ministers draw up emergency heatwave plan

The weather agency said its warning would now last through Monday amid suggestions London could see 40C

Daily Record

UK heatwave emergency ‘could be declared as Cobra meeting called’

The Met Office has issued a rare amber weather warning for extreme temperatures for next Sunday as the UK Government schedule a Cobra meeting.

The Independent UK

Top Covid symptom in patients revealed by new data as infections surge across UK

A total of 2.3 million people are estimate to have had the virus latest figures show

Daily Mirror

National heatwave emergency could be declared as Cobra meeting called

The Met Office has issued a rare amber weather warning for extreme temperatures for next Sunday and a government Cobra meeting has been held to discuss a first ever heatwave emergency response

Daily Record

Warning as Covid-19 latest subvariant can reinfect you after just four weeks

The Omircon subvariant is predicted to become dominant in the UK, according to the UKHSA.

Glasgow Live

Covid omicron BA.4 and BA.5 symptoms as experts warn of 'rapid reinfection rate'

Covid experts are warning people that they could get covid again thanks to the high reinfection rates of omicron BA.4 and BA.5 with the UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) suggesting they could become dominant.

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