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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.

Yet another example, were it needed, of the unintended human cost of lockdown : figures released this week show that alcohol-related deaths jumped by a third between the start of the pandemic and the end of 2022. In that year alone, more than 10,000 people died of alcohol-related illnesses, mostly liver disease but also accidental poisoning. Women were disproportionately affected, too, especially middle-aged women, who saw the biggest increase: 48 per cent.Medical experts have understandably expressed concern. But is anyone really surprised?

Chris Packham has mocked Matt Hancock for a charity video explaining why the politician is running the London Marathon. The former Health Secretary recorded a clip saying he was running in the event to raise money for the Accessible Learning Foundation, a charity that helps people with dyslexia and neurodiversity. Mr Hancock, who has been diagnosed with dyslexia , said in the footage he loved the 'sense of excitement' that comes with taking part in the event along with 50,000 other runners. However, it earned a less than welcome response from Mr Packham, who held his head in his hands when he was shown the video on the BBC 's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. He then went on to criticise Mr Hancock for what he perceived to be a 'lack of sincerity'.

The Only Way is Essex nobility, James 'Arg' Argent, joins Josh and Archie. Of course, he talks his incredible weight-loss, we get the exclusive inside story of how and when, he became a missing person and discover what Matt Hancock's last WhatsApp message to him was!

It emerged last night that former prime minister Harold Wilson (right) had an affair during his second stint in Downing Street with his deputy press secretary, Janet Hewlett-Davies (inset). But he was by no means the first politician to have a romantic liaison whilst climbing the ladders of power. Edwina Currie revealed her four-year affair with Sir John (both pictured left in 1994) in her diaries in 2002. The sexual liaison began when Sir John was a Government whip and Ms Currie - who later became a health minister - was a backbencher. In 1983, Cabinet minister Cecil Parkinson was forced to resign from his position as trade and industry secretary when it emerged that he was having an affair with his secretary Sara Keays (bottom left). Ms Keays was pregnant with his child, Flora, who grew up with severe epilepsy. In 2006, John Prescott, then the deputy prime minister, admitted to a two-year affair with his secretary Tracey Temple (bottom right, with Mr Prescott). In June 2021, then Health Secretary Matt Hancock's career came crashing down when CCTV footage was published showing him passionately kissing his aide, Gina Coladangelo (bottom centre with Mr Hancock), inside his office. It emerged that the pair, who were both married and had known each other since meeting at university, had been engaged in an affair.

I campaigned for Parliament in Hazel Grove, a North West constituency now clearly on the map thanks to one – William Wragg. He's the infamous 'honeytrap' MP at the forefront of a sexting scandal who posted pictures of his private parts with an anonymous individual he encountered on the gay dating website Grindr. If you do. Oh, and he then gave over the personal phone numbers of several MPs, Westminster workers, and journalists, fearing that his newfound Grindr pals would be exposed.

Hate to sound like a misanthrope, but I do despair about humanity. When did people get so stupid and selfish?What happened to common sense?Was it washed away on the outgoing tide, along with raw intelligence and compassion for our fellow innocents? Not to mention the old school belief of banding together for the greater good of all. I'm not discussing the major topics, such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, but God knows, they are not bad enough. We've arrived at a point where the entire civilized world is urging President Putin and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel to refrain from the fighting and bombing and killing, but no one is paying attention.

When they appeared together on Channel 4's fifth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, the TOWIE actor, 36, admitted that the former MP'supported' him.

After being accused of antisemitism in a'malicious' social media post by Mr Bridgen, the High Court in London has heard, Mr Bridgen needs to 'clear his name.' Mr Hancock, the MP for North West Leicestershire, has filed a libel lawsuit against him over a January 2023 tweet that came after Mr Bridgen's making a statement about Covid-19 vaccines. Following a preliminary hearing earlier this month, Mr Bridgen was ordered to pay £44,300 to the MP for West Suffolk in a court order on Thursday. A judge was told by Mr Bridgen on January 11, 'concerning evidence regarding deaths and other adverse reactions related to Covid vaccines,' he said. 'This is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust,' a judge said to me.'

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI)'s newly released papers state that its researchers had specifically warned that lockdowns in Africa indicated a'an anticipated rise in child mortality.' The effects of the lockdowns are in some cases more severe than the virus itself,' the December 2020 study said, with another document dating back to October 2020 stating that there were 'no evidence' to support that FFP2 medical masks could have stopped Covid's transmission.' However, the findings were not released, despite researchers' open discussion in meeting minutes, with the German government opting to pursue laws that their own scholars had opposed. The revelations came after a two-year court struggle between RKI and German magazine Multipolar, which eventually won the court fight to release documents that had been heavily criticized by the health department (Pictured: Anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine mandate protests, people wearing Covid masks). Inset: German Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach)

The change is expected to include recommendations in accordance with other respiratory diseases like flu, according to the government's 'living with Covid' blueprint. The threat of the virus, according to ministers today, was significantly reduced by the wall of immunity that has been augmented by vaccines and viruses. It means that the new England health service, which began in April 1, will only have free tests administered to at-risk employees and residents with symptoms. However, experts have warned that axing the program could have'serious consequences' for residents.

As Channel 4's major shake-up due to cash shortages, celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins is apparently set for a big location change. The extreme television series has filmed in Vietnam, New Zealand, and Jordan before, but this year, it will be different for celebrities as they head to Wales. Rather than flying hundreds of contestants and crew to the tropical destinations, the UK destination would be a much cheaper alternative for the channel.

When I was a young nurse of 18, something that changed me completely changed me. My months on the gynaecological ward had been the most rewarding of my short career, until one day, when I was asked to help with the termination of a pregnancy at 27 weeks. Back in those days, abortion was not allowed. In 1990, the number was limited to 24. The expectant mother, who was only 16, had been injected with hormone prostaglandin. The foetus, a young boy, was born several hours later.

While patients at Manchester Royal Infirmary were served sandwiches by retired nurse Beverley Sowah, 57, and mother of five Enid Heap, 84. Both women, who had underlying health problems, died within days of each other, sparking a national warning that the bacteria were traced to a sandwich company that sold more than 40 NHS trusts.

Public health experts have accused Covid Inquiry of 'bias,' claiming that the failure to investigate the consequences of lockdown makes it unsuitable for use. More than 50 scholars and academics from some of the United Kingdom's top universities have written to inquiry chairman Baroness Heather Hallett, advising her to'address its apparent biases, assumptions, and impartiality'. And they suspect it of "not living up to its mandate to investigate the pandemic's mistakes, including whether lockdowns and restrictions on mass gatherings were 'appropriate.' Dr. Kevin Bardosh, the author of a letter, accused the probe of giving'softball' questions to government policy architects, as well as 'grilling' witnesses who were opposed to widespread limits on public freedoms.

Several people attended a discussion at the public school in Berkshire, including Peter Rees-Mogg, one of the Conservative backbencher's six children. Mr Hancock began his remarks by quoting Sir Jacob as "not a good politician" when he heard his son was in the audience. When students were later allowed the opportunity to ask questions, Peter reportedly stood up and said that his father was both a great man in public and private. 'As long as he remained faithful to his wife,' he said.'

I'm a celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here! Politicians have been barred from the ITV show, according to reports. Following a string of explosive signings, including former Health Minister Matt Hancock and former UKIP CEO Nigel Farage, show bosses are likely to avoid including any more politicians in the line-up. According to a source with information for The Mirror, it's been really interesting to see which politicians are eager to participate in the show, with some even serving MPs.' However, this year, with an election coming, it doesn't seem that it is the right time for that.

Today marks two years since Russia occupied Ukraine on February 24, 2022, causing more than 200,000 Ukrainians to leave the country in the face of the brutal war. Under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the majority of people in with British families, including Chris Tarrant, Rachel Riley, and Tory MPs Grant Shapps, Matt Hancock, David Cameron, and Robert Jenrick. Yana Smaglo, a 31-year-old fashion designer who had to leave Ukraine within 15 minutes but now owns her own clothes store in Leeds, and Sandra Zhylinska, a single mother with two children who has a cake making company, are among the refugees who have triumphed in the face of adversity. However, life has been difficult for some, with 10,000 Ukrainian refugee households reporting as homeless in June 2022. Others have failed to find a suitable home, with one couple having to move into temporary housing with their disabled son.

After a lot of viewers chose to avoid last year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! The 2023 final saw viewing figures plunge by 4 million viewers, compared to 10.1 million in 2022. According to ITV bosses, the decrease in viewing figures is due to the inclusion of controversial figures in the line-up of celebrities. In 2022, disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared at the show for the first time as former UKIP leader and GB News anchor Nigel Farage. Mr Farage finished in third place this year, as did Mr Hancock in 2022. According to a source with information for the Daily Mirror, "it's been really interesting to see which politicians are willing to participate in the debate." This year, however, it's a case of "avoid, avoid, avoid."

Kathryn Flett, a UK writer, reviews Breathtaking, ITV's enthralling three-parter about the Covid crisis. Although the performance is affecting, she wonders if anyone's excited to revisit 2020.

Traumatized physicians, nurses, and patients expressed how last night's primetime program, which was based on a book by Dr. Rachel Oxford, brought back vivid memories of the first coronavirus wave in March 2020. Doctors and nurses responded by posting photos of the masks and PPE they needed to wear when dealing with over-crowded coronavirus wards and battling disaster - with one of them losing her father saying, 'I lived the nightmare.' As real-life footage and recreations were mixed in the show co-written by award-winning Jed Mercurio, there was also criticism of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Christopher Stevens, a critic for the Daily Mail, said the program was "enough to bring on symptoms of dizziness and nausea," a number of viewers said, who were posting online their own emotional recollections of the pandemic's frontline.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The handheld photography on Breathtaking (ITV) was enough to bring on dizziness and nausea. When the first wave of Covid-19 strikes Britain in March 2020, director Craig Viveiros hoped to convey the frantic urgency and a sense of increasing terror. However, the process of filming the hospital scenes as if we were in a war zone, with the image spinning and diving, became an annoying gimmick.

Rules from the Pandemic Period, which was demonstrated in tonight's 9 p.m. episode of Breathtaking, have barred doctors from administering CPR in certain trusts without having adequate PPE. The guy was untreated for 20 minutes in the back of an ambulance when he arrived at the hospital as a result of the red tape. Dr. Abbey Henderson, played by Downton Abbey actress Joanna Froggatt, fights back tears as she says the patient is dead before walking back to her Covid ward as an acute medicine specialist. According to the writers of ITV's new masterpiece, their creation, which was based on real experiences of frontline medics, could spark the same national outcry as Mr Bates vs. The Post Office

These FLS services, which identify osteoporosis early and often save life-shortening fractures, are available in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as in 57 countries around the world. However, they are only available in over half of England and Wales' NHS Trusts.