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Coughs that last a long time this winter may be the result of people picking up one infection after another, a GP expert has said. Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, said doctors have noticed that the current round of respiratory infections seems to be lasting longer than usual. She said figures from the College's research and surveillance centre show that rates of lower and upper respiratory tract infections are well above the average usually seen so far in winter. This is echoed in weekly data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which has found high rates of flu and other respiratory viruses. Prof Hawthorne said: "It's not clear why some of the current respiratory infections going around do seem to be lasting longer than usual - this has been noticed by doctors as well as patients, but we are not entirely sure why this is happening. People are suffering from coughs for longer this winter ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) … [Read more...] about Doctor explains why Brits are being plagued with never-ending coughs this winter

HIVE users are complaining that their home heating apps have mysteriously stopped working. The bizarre outage appears to have begun on Wednesday morning. Frustrated users have taken to Twitter and outage tracker DownDetector to log their complaints. One angry user wrote: "Hive app not working. Chat is offline and no one is answering the phones." Another beleaguered Hive owner tweeted: "Hive Home app is down. "Going to the radiators and thermostat and turning them on manually feels like playing a CD from the 80s. Read more on smart home SMARTEN UP There are now 15 MILLION ‘smart homes’ in Britain, research reveals ALEXA ALARM Protect your home with your smart speaker by using three Alexa settings "And I just have to remind myself I just installed this system two years ago." Hive is one of the most popular smart home heating systems in the UK. It was estimated to have more than a million customers as of … [Read more...] about Is Hive down? Baffled users say home heating app not working

Outspoken Wetherspoons ' boss Tim Martin says that humans are “built to work” and has vowed he will carry on until he’s over 100. Tim, who is reportedly worth £488million, says he has no intention of retiring. He’s been chairman of Wetherspoons since 1983, but despite massive earnings he refuses to slow down. In 2018, after emergency treatment for a burst appendix, the arch-Brexiteer said he would be “working part time from home for several weeks”. READ MORE: Dozens of Wetherspoon pubs set to close – full list of beloved boozers facing the axe Asked at the time if he would ever quit, Tim insisted: “I think we’re built to work. I’ll probably keep going. (In December) I’ll have been doing it for 40 years, I’d like to do it another 40. That would make me 104." “It might be optimistic," he added, "but that’s my plan. Why not?” Tim, now 67, did concede that he’d prefer to do a “little less” travelling than he does but said he still “likes to get round the pubs”. He had … [Read more...] about Wetherspoons’ boss Tim Martin claims he’ll work until the ripe age of 104

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for January 27 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Brussels is discussing with Pfizer and BioNTech the possibility of reducing the up to 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses the EU has committed to buy this year in return for a higher price, a source with knowledge of the talks said. Also on the table is an extension of the deadline for delivery, possibly to the second half of 2024, the source said. They declined to be identified because the talks are confidential. The negotiations are ongoing, and it is not clear what the final outcome may be. The talks come amid of global glut of COVID-19 shots, and relate to the biggest contract for vaccines of all those signed by the EU while the pandemic raged. A European Commission spokesperson asked for comment on the talks called on vaccine makers to work with member states and the Commission "to ensure … [Read more...] about European Union, Pfizer working on deal to pay more for COVID-19 vaccines in exchange for lower volume

She can, He can is an original AsiaOne series where we showcase Singaporean men who are working in female-dominated jobs and their empowering personal journey in overcoming stereotypes. In his 20-year career, social worker Desmurn Lee has touched the lives of many. He's also touched a dead body. The 45-year-old tells AsiaOne that his encounter with a corpse remains one of the most memorable experiences in his career, but it's for a heartwarming reason. Back in his palliative care days, he would be on call to support the family members of the deceased. One particular case had him trying to comfort the distraught granddaughter of an elderly man who had just died in his home. The little girl had run into her grandfather's room, and would not stop crying, Desmurn recalls. "What I did was I actually knelt also in front of the deceased, and touched his body, just like what the girl was doing. So when that happened, the girl actually felt that, hey, there's someone there." … [Read more...] about ‘I was literally touching a dead body’: This male social worker shares ups and downs of job

Welcome to T Wanderlust, a travel newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. Starting next week, we’ll be on winter break. Sign up here to find us in your inbox every other Friday once we return , along with our T List newsletter each Wednesday. And you can always reach us at [email protected] . Located on Taiwan’s southwestern coast, Tainan, the island’s oldest city and former capital, has a long history of cultural incursion, much of which can be traced through its existing architecture. Dutch traders started building forts here in the early 1600s, and Ming and Qing loyalists seized control about half a century later. From 1895 to 1945, while the island was under Japanese rule, city planners upgraded Tainan’s municipal grid with new roads, European-style shop houses and an imposing government hall with a mansard roof. Today, relics of the past can be found all over town, sharing space with the street food vendors and restaurants that have made Tainan the … [Read more...] about Chefs and Bartenders Are Injecting New Life Into Taiwan’s Oldest City

Click here to read the full article. In the final moments of Brandon Bernard’s life, before he was executed by lethal injection at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Dec. 10, 2020, President Donald Trump picked up the phone to entertain a final plea for mercy on Bernard’s behalf. The call was not with Bernard’s family or his attorneys. Nor was it with representatives from the Justice Department’s Pardon Attorney office, who had recommended just days earlier that Trump spare Bernard’s life. Rather, the call was with Jamal Fincher Jones, better known as Polow da Don , a music producer responsible for hits like Ludacris ’ “Pimpin’ All Over the World” and Nicki Minaj ’s “Anaconda.” Jones didn’t know Bernard, but he had publicly endorsed Trump for reelection — and that, Bernard’s advocates had correctly suspected, gave him the best chance of getting the president’s ear. More from Rolling Stone Trump, Who Used Social Media to Incite Insurrection, to … [Read more...] about Trump’s Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could

A NASA astronaut has shared warnings and top tips for holidaymakers heading into space . Two times Shuttle rider Bruce Melnick has spent 13 days in space, helping to launch the Ulysses probe to the Sun and banish a troublesome satellite from low-Earth orbit. The Florida native, who spoke to the Mirror while wearing his official NASA jacket, offered some words of wisdom for those planning an out-of-this-world trip during a visit to the UK. He did so two years after Jeff Bezos and William Shatner whizzed up and down again in a ten minute Blue Origin flight, a significant step in space tourism. With a space hotel set to be built in 2026 , the prospect of holidays around the galaxy are no longer simply the stuff of sci-fi films. But what could guests expect? Bruce reveals what it's really like in space... It's a lot to handle Bruce Melnick shared his top space tips with the Mirror ( Image: Supplied) Bruce said the majesty of the Earth seen from space can … [Read more...] about NASA astronaut explains what it’s like in space from using the loo to getting ‘moon face’

Filipino American costume designer Raven Ong is working on Utah Shakespeare Festival’s “Othello.” CONTRIBUTED CEDAR CITY, Utah — For this year’s Utah Shakespeare Festival, Filipino American costume designer Raven Ong is designing a “Bridgerton”-inspired wardrobe for a production of William Shakespeare’s “ Othello .” Ong is collaborating with director Cordell Cole to reimagine the play’s setting in a world akin to the sexy Netflix hit historical romance series set in 1810s Regency-era England based on Julia Quinn’s novels . The original milieu of the Bard’s work has Othello serving as a general in the Venetian army in the 1570s. Newly married to Desdemona, the couple soon become victims to the machinations of his ensign Iago. “It is an imagined world. Cordell and I looked at images that were Regency-inspired. We wanted silhouettes that were athletic, angular yet edgy, and form-fitting with hints of asymmetry,” says Ong. First time “We put in a lot of … [Read more...] about Fil-Am outfits ‘Othello’ for a sexy, edgy ‘Bridgerton’ touch

President Vladimir Putin of Russia, it seems, has finally noticed that the war in Ukraine created a dangerous competitor to his power: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the private military company, the Wagner group, whose troops fight alongside the Russian Army. Depending on your point of view, Mr. Prigozhin could be considered either the person of the year or the villain of the year. Mr. Putin is, according to many sources in Moscow, confident that he can weaken Mr. Prigozhin, who has clashed with the military’s general staff. However, the effect could be the opposite, with more people seeing Mr. Prigozhin as the most probable favorite to succeed Mr. Putin. From the very beginning of the war against Ukraine, Mr. Putin made sure that rivals to his power could not emerge and took great pains to ensure that the conflict does not create a popular military leader who could pose a threat. It worked. In the summer of 2022, for instance, the ambitious Gen. Alexander Lapin was the … [Read more...] about The Man Who May Challenge Putin for Power