WHO experts warn Europe to prepare for monkeypox deaths

More than 1,200 cases of monkeypox have been reported across the UK as the outbreak continues to grow. While the majority of suspected cases so far have been identified in London, there is a contingent of cases being reported by GPs and patients in the North West - and a handful of suspected cases in Greater Manchester.

Critics have slammed the decision to scrap the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce and replace it with another body that is answerable only to the Scottish Government.

How can I convince you to use sun protection? Well, I suppose I could warn you that skin cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK, or I could tell you about my personal family experience with stage four malignant melanoma. But why would I want to scare you into using SPF, when I can make you WANT to use it? Skin cancer will hopefully never enter your world, but ageing is coming for all of us.

Yungblud has shared details of an intimate UK and European tour.The artist will play smaller venues as part of his ‘International As Fuck Tour’, taking in shows in Dublin, Dundee, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Coventry, Bournemouth, Southampton, Kingston upon Thames, Brighton, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Wien, Berlin, Milano and Madrid between October 18 and November 15, 2022.Tickets are on sale now via his official website.The Doncaster singer-songwriter is currently on tour playing festivals in Europe ahead of shows in Australia, New Zealand and the US.Yungblud UK and Europe tour dates 2022:OCTOBERThursday October 20 – Dundee, Fat SamsFriday October 21 – Newcastle, Boiler RoomSaturday October 22 – Leeds, Riley Smith TheatreSunday October 23 – Liverpool, Hangar 34Monday October 24 – Coventry, HMV EmpireTuesday October 25 – Bournemouth, Old Fire StationWednesday October 26 – Southampton 1865Thursday October 27 – Kingston, PryzmSaturday October 29 – Brighton, ChalkIn other news, Yungblud recently released new single ‘Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today‘, which is taken from his self-titled third album that arrives on September 2.In a press release, the artist (real name Dominic Harrison) explained that he wrote the song “to help me stand up”, declaring that, “To me, this song is what happiness feels like. A defiant sort of happiness.

Alex G has announced a slew of 2023 tour dates across Europe and the UK.The 13-date tour begins March 16 in Dublin, and will include dates in cities such as  Manchester, Leeds, and Bristol. Meanwhile, the tour’s European leg begins in Amsterdam on March 25, and will wrap up in Paris on April 6.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now. Not content with scoring ten weeks atop the Official Singles Chart with As It Was, claiming the year's first Official Charts Double as Harry's House simultaneously nabbed Number 1, making moves in the beauty business with Pleasing and starring in upcoming movie Don't Worry Darling with girlfriend Olivia Wilde, the One Direction star's now treating fans across Europe to Love On Tour.

The UK’s top public health agency has said that vaccines against monkeypox will be offered more widely and has recommended jabs to some gay and bisexual men at higher risk of exposure.  The UK recorded around 793 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox as of June 20, 2002 – the biggest outbreak of the disease outside Africa. “Although anyone can contract monkeypox, data from the latest outbreak shows higher levels of transmission within – but not exclusive to – the sexual networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men,” said the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It is important that gay and bi men get the vaccine when offered to protect themselves and others.

Gay and bisexual men in Scotland who are considered at higher risk of catching monkeypox are set to be offered a vaccine.

British troops must be ready "to fight in Europe once again" as the war in Ukraine continues, an army chief has warned.

People across the UK are bearing the brunt of the cost of living crisis at the moment - with the price of fuel, food and energy soaring.

Naman Ramachandran Paramount‘s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) provider Pluto TV has launched four new channels in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television (SPT). The new channels will bring SPT content to Pluto TV across Europe and the U.K.

Naman Ramachandran The Walt Disney Company’s streamer Disney+ will be available in 42 new countries and 11 new territories this week following the launch on Tuesday in Greece, Turkey and countries in Central Eastern Europe, including Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia. Tuesday’s series of launches follow the arrival of the service in South Africa on May 18 and across West Asia and North Africa on June 8.

Pollen in the UK could be “more intense” this year compared to previous ones, an expert has warned.

Odeon Cinemas Group, the U.K.-based European subsidiary of AMC Theatres, currently ranks as Europe’s largest exhibition circuit in terms of number of screens, followed by by Cineworld (U.K.), Vue International (U.K.), and Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont (France).Such are the findings of a study conducted by trade body The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), which represents exhibitors across 39 European territories, in tandem with specialized publication Boxoffice Pro. The study, titled “Giants of Exhibition: Europe,” ranks Europe’s top 50 exhibition groups by screen count and is being released ahead of the annual CineEurope exhibitors convention, which will be held June 20-23 in Barcelona, where a ceremony will honor these circuits on June 21. According to the study, which clocks the situation up until Jan.

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Cases of monkeypox have been found in the North West as the virus is to be listed as a 'notifiable disease' in law from today (June 8). The update comes as the number of cases rises to more than 300 across the UK.

New research shows almost a third of Netflix’s European content now hails from the continent, as the effects of quota regulations and its push into local original content kick in. An Ampere Analysis study suggests the streamer is at or above the 30% European content in “almost all” European markets, though the figure is slightly below this mark in the UK, Ireland and France.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that 77 additional cases of the monkeypox virus have been discovered in the UK, bringing the total to 302.

Cases of monkeypox have tripled around the world - with Europe at the epicentre of the outbreak.