Britons are being warned to wear face masks as the NHS faces a 'historic crisis' this winter amid looming strikes and record numbers of people in hospital with flu.

Amid the so-called 'flunami', the UK Health Security Agency says coverings 'continue to be a useful tool in limiting the spread respiratory viruses in some situations'.

They also say masks can protect the person wearing them from becoming infected with other respiratory viruses such as Covid-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Bomb squad officers have searched several properties in Derby amid a widescale evacuation of the area, as two Polish men continue to be questioned over 'explosives offences'.

Derbyshire Police were today searching properties - after more than 200 homeowners were dramatically evacuated yesterday and offered accommodation in hotels.

Police say two men, in their 40s and 50s, remain in custody after being detained following a raid on an address in Vulcan Street.

Vulcan Street is in the Normanton ward of Derby, a relatively low-income and ethnically diverse area.

Netflix has agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn (£54bn) in a major Hollywood deal.

Netflix co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said the streamer was "highly confident" it would receive the regulatory approval it needs and it was running "full speed" towards this.

He said that by combining the library of Warner Bros shows and movies with the streaming platform's series such as Stranger Things, "we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling".

"Warner Bros have defined the last century of entertainment, and together we can define the next one," he said.

Never ends.

The police watchdog says it is investigating after a teenager who was tasered by an officer on a motorway was fatally hit by a car.

Logan Smith, 18, was being taken to hospital in an ambulance at about 11pm on Sunday when the vehicle stopped on the hard shoulder of the M5 in Somerset.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the vehicle stopped on the northbound carriageway "due to the concerns of ambulance staff".

Mr Smith got out of the ambulance near the junction for Weston-super-Mare and "entered the live lanes of the motorway", the watchdog added.

Police were called and an officer arrived at the scene, with bodycam footage showing the officer discharging their Taser, causing the teenager to fall to the ground.

"Soon afterwards" Mr Smith was struck by a car travelling on the southbound carriageway, the IOPC said.

Zach Polanski on why we need unlimited mass immigration into the UK:

"I don’t know about you but I don't want to wipe someone's bum."

Ramsay El-Nakla, 37, the brother-in-law of former first minister Humza Yousaf, is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh along with co-accused Stephen Stewart, 52, Jennifer Souter, 39, and Victoria McGowan, 43.

It follows the death of a man who fell from a window in a property on Morgan Street, Dundee, after allegedly being threatened.

El-Nakla is accused of extortion and dealing class A drugs, but does not face a charge in relation to the alleged killing of Ryan Munro on January 10, 2024.

The rate of demographic change in parts of Scotland is now more severe than in England.

What does Swinney say in response?

'It's racist to talk about it'.

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Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has suggested it could be beneficial for the UK to consider re-entering a customs union with the EU.

"It's self-evident that leaving the European Union badly damaged our economy, took us out of an important marketplace and created serious friction, that untruths were being peddled by those that thought exiting the EU would be a good thing," Mr Lammy told the News Agents podcast.

"And it's why every single day that I was foreign secretary, I returned to the subject of our relationship with the European Union."

Slough NHS hospital.

Doesn't sound particularly hygienic does it?

A LABOUR MSP has quit her frontbench role over her friendship with a convicted sex offender.

Pam Duncan-Glancy admitted to a serious lapse of political judgement” with her ongoing friendship with disgraced former councillor Sean Morton.

Morton, who was a Labour rising star on Moray council, confessed in 2017 to possessing indecent pictures of girls under 15 and of a couple having sex with a dog.

Ms Duncan-Glancy resigned as Labour’s education spokeswoman last night when it emerged they were in frequent contact, including dinner and drinks to celebrate the MSP’s birthday.

We will be watching this interview in full on our show tonight.

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Part of the Tower of London has been closed following reports of criminal damage to a display case containing the Imperial State Crown, part of the Crown Jewels.

Police said four protesters had been arrested following the incident just before 10am on Saturday.

They said it was reported that food had been thrown onto the case before two protesters left the scene.

Footage of the incident appears to show one demonstrator removing the large foil tray of apple crumble from a bag and slamming it against the glass.

Meanwhile, another pours a tub of bright yellow custard on the front of the case.

"Officers worked closely with City of London Police and security officers and four people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. They have taken into custody," officers said.

"The Tower has been closed to the public while the police investigation continues."

Take Back Power, which describes itself as a new non-violent civil-resistance group, claimed it was behind the act.

"Democracy has crumbled", one protester shouted. Another added: "Britain is broken. We've come here to the jewels of the nation to take back power."

Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates - and had a "big issue with anyone called Patel", a former schoolfriend has claimed.

Jean-Pierre Lihou, 61, was initially friends with the Reform UK leader when he arrived at Dulwich College in the 1970s, at the time when Mr Farage is accused of saying antisemitic and other racist remarks by more than a dozen pupils.

They will tell you we need more black 'carers' to look after our elderly.

Based?

Destroyed the country- great record.

An elderly woman has died after being hit by a car on her way to a local shop.

The woman, aged 81, was hit by a dark-coloured car, which failed to stop, in Longmoor Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, at about 4.15pm on Friday.

Officers said the woman died a short time later in Aintree Hospital after suffering serious injuries.

Merseyside Police are searching for the driver.