'I've had the monkeypox vaccine and it's important others in the LGBT community do too'

Stirling’s “supervillage” could soon see the first bricks put down on site - almost two decades after it was first discussed.

Close to one million children from the ages of one to nine across London will be offered the polio vaccine after it was discovered in the sewers of the capital, according to health officials.

Sir Cliff Richard and two other British entertainers accused but never convicted of sex crimes are to take part in a Channel 4 documentary marking a decade since Operation Yewtree.

Monkeypox cases are on the rise in Greater Manchester. Vaccines have been limited to those at the very highest risk of the disease, with people being invited by text to clinics to get their jab.

‘Not enough vaccines, test results delayed for days, and people cancelling Pride plans’ - monkeypox fears are building as the number of cases in Greater Manchester are on the rise.

A Scots grandad who was just six hours away from dying after developing sepsis has urged other sufferers to ‘never give up’. Mitch Stevenson began experiencing severe chest pains and was struggling to breathe at his home in East Lothian before being rushed to hospital by ambulance in March 2017.

Seven years after property developers closed down one of London’s beloved gay bars, former patrons are rallying around to raise funds to open UK’s first community-run LGBTQI venue. Joiners Arms on Hackney Road in East London, counted late fashion designer Alexander McQueen and actor Sir Ian McKellen among its regulars. Property developers shut down the bar in 2015, after they bought the plot to turn it into apartments and offices. The developers promised to fund a new LGBTQI venue at the same spot but plans stalled after pandemic hit work on a planned hotel. “I’m so proud to share the work we’ve done to turn this utopian idea into a real space – one that can survive as a viable business, will create opportunities for queer people to work, perform, create, socialise and just ‘be’ on their own terms,” Amy Roberts, Chair Friends of the Joiners Arms said in a statement. Actors Stephen Fry and  Mawaan Rizwan and comedian Joe Lycett are among those who have supported the campaign. The campaign offered shares in the new bar to supporters, with each share worth £ 25.

Amber Midthunder gets sandwiched between co-stars Dakota Beavers and Dane DiLiegro at the Prey screening at Beyond Fest held at Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Calif, on Thursday (August 4).

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”.  “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.

Since early May, more than 23,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide. This is the largest ever global outbreak of the disease.

Beyoncé will replace a song lyric on new album Renaissance after some fans complained it features an ableist slur. In a move that echoes a similar incident involving Lizzo last month, Beyoncé's team have confirmed to Variety that the line “Spazzin’ on that ass, spazz on that ass” from "Heated" will be replaced.

Stacey, 32, is a panel member on, were able to make it. Stacey married Joe Swash, 40, at their family home on Sunday 24 July. The 64-year-old Loose Woman revealed to OK! : "There was only me, Tom and Sally – the bosses from Loose Women that went," going on to explain that Nadia Sawalha, 57, was away and Kaye Adams, 59, was also unavailable.

NatWest said consumers should be aware that some products appearing to be advertised by a celebrity might be "too good to be true". Ms Willoughby and her This Morning co-presenter Philip Schofield jointly topped NatWest's league table of famous people exploited in scams. One customer of the bank transferred over £370,000 to a fraudster as part of a cryptocurrency investment scam which purported to be the pair - but they actually had no involvement whatsoever.

A huband diagnosed with a rare, aggressive and incurable cancer after only one year of marriage has issued a vital message to others.

Monkeypox has been spreading through the UK with Scotland's latest figures showing 46 laboratory-confirmed cases.

Jeff is not sure exactly when he became infected with monkeypox, but he suspects it may have been while he was visiting Berlin.“I was going on vacation for two weeks,” says the 35-year-old Baltimore resident. “I was going to be in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Before I left, I’d been seeing a couple of stories pop up here and there on the Internet about monkeypox spreading through Europe.

Taymouth Castle’s owners have pledged to stay connected with the community in Kenmore as it embarks on a £300 million restoration project of the castle, estate and village properties at the end of Loch Tay.