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Few Conservatives could have got away with Health Secretary Wes Streeting's comments on fat unemployed people. It may help that Mr Streeting is himself no stranger to the biscuit barrel. There is also a daring about Mr Streeting - perhaps the cancer made him fearless - that sets him apart. He is Matt Hancock without the wandering hands, Michael Gove with a London accent. In debate he is embarrassingly more nimble than the current Prime Minister.

On 3 March 2019, The Mail on Sunday published articles (one headlined "The deadly propaganda of the statin deniers") in which we featured Dr Zoë Harcombe PhD, and Dr Malcolm Kendrick.

Human body parts and blood from Scotland's hospitals were stored unlawfully at a depot in Scottish health secretary Neil Gray's constituency, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Trucks and containers used to store surgically removed organs, tumours and dressings soaked in body fluids, have been held at a site in Shotts, Lanarkshire - in contravention of environmental regulations. The lorries have been stationed at the Hassockrigg Ecopark, situated just ten miles from Mr Gray's constituency office, because Scotland no longer has the equipment to process the most hazardous clinical waste. As a result, it has to be taken hundreds of miles to England and Wales by NHS Scotland contractor Tradebe Healthcare to be incinerated alongside the rest of the UK's hospital waste.

Professor Kevin Fong, who was tasked with helping to direct an emergency response to the crisis, said hospitals were dealing with the equivalent of daily 'terrorist attacks'. Addressing the Covid Inquiry, he also detailed how other units were so overwhelmed they ran out of body bags. The consultant anesthetist said he made more than 40 visits to intensive care wards on behalf of NHS England to report back from the frontline. But the 'scale of death' was 'very difficult to capture' in these reports, which were sent to officials including England's chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty.

ROLAND WHITE: Shut up! Stop fidgeting! Take that **@_!!_ smirk off your face! Yes, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is back. And the first episode contained a harsh lesson to anybody whose agent has their eye on next year's show. In the opening moments, there's a bit where the contestants explain what they're hoping to achieve. As former Health Secretary Matt Hancock might have said last year: 'I'm hoping not to get shoved in a lake then punched in the head by

Scientists reveal the true origin of the Covid pandemic, silencing the theory that it was leaked from a laboratory.The major international study published today in Cell, insists that the virus did spread from a 'wet market' in Wuhan, China, and they have identified the animals behind the transmission to humans.The research found that the genetic sequence of Covid was likely to be present at the market from 2019 at stalls that sold live animals.'This adds another layer to the accumulating evidence that all points to the same scenario: that infected animals were introduced into the market in mid- to late November 2019, which sparked the pandemic,' says author of the study Kristian Andersen from Scripps Research.

Baroness Kate Lampard CBE said as she opened the Lampard Inquiry that 'we may never have a definitive number of deaths put forward within the inquiry's remit'.

More than 5,000 contracts, including those related to PPE and testing, which were awarded across 400 public bodies, were analysed by Transparency International UK. The anti-corruption campaign group drew up a list of 14 'red flags' such as whether a contract had been awarded without having a competitive tender process, those handed to a politically ­connected company and ones given to firms that delivered a faulty or unusable product. Transparency International has asked the Covid counter-fraud commissioner - who is tasked to recover public money lost to pandemic fraud - to look into 135 contracts worth £15.3billion which it has identified as 'high risk'. The list includes some 24 contracts, worth £1.7billion, which were referred by Tory MPs, including Matt Hancock (top), Penny Mordaunt (centre) and Grant Shapps (bottom).

Safety concerns mean Brits should use contraception when on valproate, to prevent the 'risk of problems in children'. Health officials warned men taking the daily pill - also used to treat bipolar disorder - that it may increase the likelihood of 'neurodevelopmental disorders in children'. They were also urged not to donate sperm during treatment and for at least three months after. Warnings over valproate's side effects follow a safety review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which polices the safety of drugs used in the UK.

When Olivia Attwood was forced to exit the I'm a Celebrity jungle in 2022 after less than 24 hours on the show she was devastated. After being misdiagnosed as anaemic during a routine check-up on the first day she was ruled a health risk and flown back to the UK. The 33-year-old's early departure was a blow for I'm A Celeb as the Love Island star - known for her no-nonsense demeanour - was to be a sure hit with fans as she was set to challenge the disgraced former politician, Matt Hancock , who eventually placed third that year.

In the inquiry's first report, Baroness Heather Hallett, chair of the probe, warned the Government had failed to prepare the UK for an 'entirely foreseeable' pandemic, making the human economic toll worse than it could have been. At least 235,000 Brits are thought to have been killed by the virus since the pandemic began, with further fatalities caused by the disruption to the NHS and regulars screening for health issues like cancer. Setting out a list of recommendations for the new Labour Government, the 240-page document also saw families tell how their loved ones were treated 'almost like toxic waste'. Others were told to choose between being with them in their final moments or attending their funeral. Another was even given their late father's hospital belongings 'in a Tesco carrier bag'.

Baroness Heather Hallett, delivered her first report into the pandemic, highlighting the lack of preparedness and resilience that meant the virus tore through the country. The 240-page document also called for 'radical reform' in order to safeguard against future pandemics and warned: 'It is not a question of 'if' one will strike but 'when'.' In her moving 2,000 word foreword, Baroness Hallett concluded that 'never again can a disease be allowed to lead to so many deaths and so much suffering'. A major flaw, according to the inquiry, was the lack of 'a system that could be scaled up to test, trace and isolate' people. She added that Government's sole pandemic strategy, from 2011, 'was outdated and lacked adaptability… and was beset by major flaws, which were there for everyone to see'. That strategy focused on only one type of pandemic, and, she said 'failed adequately to consider prevention or proportionality of response, and paid insufficient attention to the economic and social consequences of pandemic response'. Consequently, she said, it was 'virtually abandoned on its first encounter with the pandemic' by then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock (right).

After more than 50 years since the first one was made, Japan has officially killed off the iconic floppy disk. Amazingly, despite leading the world in groundbreaking hardware, Japan still required its citizens to submit documents stored on floppy disks through the post. In honour of this beloved relic, MailOnline reveals the retro tech that older generations still have trouble saying goodbye to - while baffling the kids of today.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Gareth, who won the show, said the experience of having to go to the toilet next to a politician in the jungle was 'really humbling'.

Students returning home from university for the summer holidays could cost the Tories up to 35 seats at the general election, a new analysis has found. A study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) revealed a number of constituencies where returning students could 'turn the tide' on 4 July. These seats include Tatton, which is being defended by Cabinet minister Esther McVey, and Surrey Heath, which was previously held by Michael Gove. The study found 35 constituencies - all won by the Tories in 2019 - where the number of returning students could exceed the projected size of the majority there in a recent large seat-by-seat poll by YouGov. In West Suffolk, which was previously held by Conservative former health secretary Matt Hancock, around 1,200 students could return for the summer holidays. Similarly, 1,600 students could return to Mid Sussex, and 2,000 to Surrey Heath. Hepi suggested most students will vote at their home addresses due to this year's election taking place during the summer holidays, and because most students are only registered at their home address.

Going back to his Northallerton, in his Richmond constituancy, the Prime Minister joked that he avoided catching pneumonia after getting wet while speaking outside 10 Downing Street , but admitted he was not sure what state his suit was in. On a sunny morning, he met the group of eight veterans and sat in the Buck Inn, a Wetherspoons pub on the High Street, where the group was sipping tea and some tucked into breakfasts. Vicky Rudd, sat next to her husband Doug, from Richmond British Legion, asked Mr Sunak about his health, concerned he might have caught pneumonia 'after seeing that picture' of the election announcement speech.

Sir John Redwood has become the latest MP to announce they are standing down ahead of the general election as the Tory exodus from Parliament continues to grow. The 72-year-old has decided not to contest his Wokingham seat on July 4, saying: 'I have other things I wish to do.' Sir John served as Welsh Secretary between 1993 to 1995 before challenging then-prime minister Sir John Major for the Tory leadership. He received just 89 votes to Major's 218 in the 1995 contest, and was also later defeated in a second bid for leadership in 1997. Sir John becomes the 73rd Tory MP to stand down ahead of the 4 July general election, which also includes two MPs briefly returned to the party. Both former health secretary Matt Hancock and veteran MP Bob Stewart had the Conservative whip returned to them last night 'as a gesture of goodwill'. The pair - who had already said they are standing down at the election - had been sitting as independent MPs in the Commons after previously losing the Tory whip. Mr Hancock was suspsended from the Tory parliamentary party after appearing on TV show I'm A Celebrity without permission. Mr Stewart surrendered the party whip after being found guilty of a racially-aggravated public order offence. The conviction was quashed on appeal in February.

There were 251,377 abortions conducted in 2022, the most recent year that official data is available. The rise is the highest since the introduction of the Abortion Act nearly 60 years ago and marked an increase of 17 per cent on the 2021 figure - which itself was a significant hike. The Department for Health and Social Care figures come after home abortions were made fully legal, after the Government extended its temporary approval for them granted during the Covid pandemic. The figures showed at-home terminations were the most common procedure, accounting for 61 per cent of all abortions in 2022. The figure was an increase of 9 per cent compared to 2021, when 52 per cent were conducted at home.

Huw Merriman confirmed he would not contest Bexhill and Battle, the East Sussex seat he has held since 2015. He is one of four Tories to step down today, meaning 69 have now said they will not seek re-election. Among them is also Dame Eleanor Laing, one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of  Commons and a former shadow minister, who has been MP for Epping Forest in Essex since 1997. They join a number of senior Conservatives who are stepping away from frontline politics on July 4 amid fears hundreds of Conservative MPs could lose their seats.

Three former chancellors, Sajid Javid , Nadhim Zahawi and Kwasi Kwarteng are leaving the Commons' green benches behind. And Dominic Raab , the former deputy prime minister and foreign secretary is also among 66 Tory MPs who have so far decided not to contest the election. COP26 president Sir Alok Sharma , current Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and ex-health secretary Matt Hancock - now an independent are also passing on the political baton. More than 100 from across all parties have already decided to bow out.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May (right) and ex-Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi (left) are part of a 65-strong Tory contingent that will leave Parliament after voters go to the polls on July 4. This also includes former deputy PM Dominic Raab, COP26 president Sir Alok Sharma, and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris. Former Health Secretaries Sajid Javid and Matt Hancock are also passing on the political baton, along with short-lived Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. On the other side, Mother of the House Harriet Harman, 73, is the most experienced of 20 Labour MPs to be standing down.

A report into the NHS' infected blood scandal has found that it was 'not an accident' but the result of a series of shocking failures followed by a 'pervasive' cover-up. More than 3,000 have died and many continue to suffer after tens of thousands of vulnerable patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis from contaminated blood products from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The damning report identified a litany of failures spanning multiple governments, prominent politicians and health organisations, with victims repeatedly lied to, misled and ignored, and children treated like 'objects for research'. Inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff's 2,527-page report was published on May 20 after decades of campaigning from victims and their families. Read the full timeline of what happened in over half a century before that moment.

The jab, developed in the UK, was supposed to be a shining example of British ingenuity that would banish the devastating Covid pandemic, now it's being hauled through the courts. One of those seeking compensation for injuries linked to the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is father-of-two and IT engineer Jamie Scott (far right). Ministers were so confident in its success that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock (left), who famously shed a tear on national television at the start of the Covid jab rollout, privately labelled it the 'new Mini', a symbol of a revitalised Britain's place as a world leader. It came just weeks after Mr Hancock, who was later resigned after being caught kissing his aide in a breach of the Government's social distancing rules, famously shed a tear on national television following the first rollout of the Pfizer jab. The pharmaceutical giant's decision to forego massive profits, and instead deliver jabs for the cost of a cup of coffee, even prompted the World Health Organization to label it a 'vaccine for the world'.

Cabinet Office minister John Glen said reports on medical trials using infected blood products on children in the 1970s and 1980s demonstrate the 'unimaginable suffering of all those impacted by this dreadful scandal'. The infected blood scandal, has been dubbed the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS, saw thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood and blood products. Reports from the BBC and The Sunday Times in the past week revealed that children as young as three were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials to test wether contaminated blood products were safe to use. Many of these trials were carried out on children without thier parent's knowledge, while a majority of those who took part are now dead.