Four 'Pirola' Covid key symptoms you shouldn't ignore of fast-spreading variant

More closures have been announced for four major UK banks - with five more to shut in Scotland.

Humza Yousaf has slammed Rishi Sunak's plans to weaken his climate pledges as "unforgivable", according to reports.

Three people in the UK have contracted a rare disease that is usually confined to dogs, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed.

Sex Education’s fourth and final season lands on Netflix this month.Created by Laurie Nunn, the show’s final season picks up as Otis (Asa Butterfield) and Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) face setting up a new sex clinic at Cavendish Sixth Form College.Otis, meanwhile, is also struggling with the distance between him and Maeve (Emma Mackey), who is studying at the prestigious Wallace University in the US.New cast additions include Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy, Thaddea Graham, Lisa McGrillis, Marie Reuther, Jodie Turner Smith and Eshaan Akbar.All eight episodes of the fourth season arrive on Thursday September 21 at 8am BST in the UK. In the US, this translates to 12am PT and 3am ET.The final episode is a bumper edition which spans 83 minutes.Netflix released a trailer for the final season earlier this month – check it out above.Show creator Laurie Nunn confirmed the fourth season would be the show’s last in July, describing it as “not an easy decision to make”.“Writing this feels bittersweet, as we’ve decided the fourth season will also be the final instalment of our show,” Nunn said.

A young woman lost her job and was forced to drop out of university after suffering from long Covid.

Fresh from this weekend's launch of the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, it has been announced that a bunch of celebrities and professional dancers from the show will be heading on tour next year - with a date at Manchester's AO Arena.

The colder weather has made its appearance, and many of us might be on the lookout for a new coat that will keep us warm this autumn.

A usually stoic Prince Harry became visibly moved when he told veterans at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games they "shouldn't feel lost without a uniform" - three years after he was stripped of his military titles. He made the touching remarks during his emotional speech at the closing ceremony in Düsseldorf, Germany, watched by wife Meghan Markle in the audience.The Duke of Sussex told the crowd - made up of veterans from the competing nations - that they had shown him that "joy can emerge from struggle", and offered them a words of comfort about their military uniforms.

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve become accustomed to new variants of the virus emerging as it mutates and spreads. But last month, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that the BA.2.86 – since been named Pirola – has made its way to the UK and NHS officials have labelled it the “most concerning variant” since Omicron. It appears, say scientists, to carry a high number of 'mutations' in its spike protein so they're watching it carefully to see if it manages to evade the immune system.

The number of coronavirus cases continues to rise across the UK - largely due to the emergence of the new Eris variant, which experts say could be worse than previous mutations. There were 8,961 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in England in the week to September 3, according to the latest government data.

A British woman died following complications from a 'Brazilian butt lift'.

A young Scots woman who died just months after a shock cancer diagnosed has been described as "beautiful person" by her devastated loved ones.

New cases of the 'highly mutated' Pirola variant of Covid-19 have been detected in the UK, as numbers of those infected with the virus rise.

The number of Covid cases in Scotland has risen, as fears continue to increase over the new Eris variant.

A Manchester family is among hundreds of TUI holidaymakers left 'stranded' in Turkey after a UK air traffic control failure meant flight plans had to be input manually by controllers.

EXCLUSIVE: Shadow and Bone star Kit Young is part of the Season 1 cast of FX’s Alien series, sources tell Deadline. Additionally, I hear filming in Thailand has been suspended due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, and the cast was sent home Friday. According to sources, the break was planned as the show’s production schedule was adjusted to account for the SAG-AFTRA work stoppage. Crew members are still working, and sets are still being prepared for when shooting resumes after the end of the strike, sources said.

The double-whammy success of Barbie and Oppenheimer – released on the same day July 21 – has propelled the UK box office to a height not seen since December 2019.

British holidaymakers have been issued a travel warning if they are heading to Turkey any time soon, following an outbreak of a serious illness. It has been reported that the condition has broken out at various holiday hotspots in the country, and is linked to Salmonella.

The Killers have today (August 25) released their new single, ‘Your Side Of Town’ – listen to the synth-filled track below.The song comes after the band teased an ambiguous new black and white video featuring a dancer dressed in carnival-style attire in the desert earlier this week (August 31).Produced by The Killers with Stuart Price and Shawn Everett, the new single sees the band experiment with new sounds, tapping into the synth-heavy music that inspired them. “And yet, somehow, it feels completely our own,” the band wrote on social media earlier this week.Listen to The Killers’ new song ‘Your Side of Town’ below.‘Your Side of Town’ marks the band’s first single of the year, as well as their first release since last year’s standalone single ‘boy’.The Killers’ last album, ‘Pressure Machine‘, came out in 2021.

The source of a serious outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in travellers returning from Turkey has yet to be identified after an investigation was launched by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The NHS found 241 cases of Salmonella Enteritidis in the first half of this year, with many of the cases reported to have travelled to Turkey.