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Brits told to avoid risky behaviour and excessive drinking amid NHS strikes

The head of the NHS Confederation has told Brits across the country to avoid excessive drinking and risky behaviour over the Christmas period as the health service faces usual winter pressures combined with impacts of strikes.

Evening Standard

DWP rejects State Pension petition calling for weekly £380 payment and retirement age of 60

The issue was debated in parliament

Nottingham Post

Humza Yousaf to meet unions after Nicola Sturgeon and Anas Sarwar clash on NHS

NICOLA Sturgeon has confirmed Humza Yousaf will meet with nursing unions tomorrow in a bid to avert industrial action as she clashed with Anas…

The National (Scotland)

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Vile County Durham pervert jailed for drunkenly groping teenage boy in his own bed

Aaron Thackray, 34, has been put behind bars for more than two years for a sexual assault on a teenage boy

Chronicle Live

NHS braced for surge in demand from sick patients avoiding hospitals during strikes

There were 721,301 calls to NHS 111 services last week in what the health body has said is "near-record" level demand and "significantly" more than usual for this time of year

Daily Mirror

'Caring' Belfast schoolgirl commended for helping man in distress at train station

Belfast Royal Academy pupil Molly Hamilton was thanked by Translink for her actions

Belfast Live

Tragedy as five-year-old girl dies suddenly with school pupils offered support

Pupils at St Ninian's Primary School are to be offered educational psychology support following the death of a five-year-old girl who recently joined the school.

Glasgow Live

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Government to issue care packages worth €300 to new parents in new scheme

The scheme will be rolled out in collaboration with the Rotunda Hospital next year, with parents invited to participate following their 20 week scan

Dublin Live

Brother and sister with rare condition enjoy ‘magical’ royal Christmas day-out

Eilidh Currie and her brother Cameron attended the event at Clarence House.

The Independent UK

Five-year-old girl dies in hospital after taking unwell at Glasgow home

It is not yet known how the girl, a P1 pupil at St Ninian's Primary School in Knightswood, passed away.

Daily Record

‘School for adulting’ gives young people essential furniture and ‘lifts weight off their shoulders’

The Bardsley Youth Project is just one of the organisations that will be eligible for funding as part of our On the Breadline Christmas Appeal in partnership with Comic Relief

The Independent UK

Mum gives birth to baby with two heads and four arms in conjoined twins case

The babies, born with their own two arms, head and neck are reportedly unlikely to be separated as they share too many organs and would not be able to survive alone

Daily Mirror

Government could ‘fast-track’ NHS pay rise in 2023 as more strikes loom

Health secretary Steve Barclay said to want next year’s pay review to happen ‘at pace’

The Independent UK

Holiday procrastinators are back in force. Blame inflation.

Inflation is driving many consumers to put off their holiday shopping until the last minute

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Daily Record

Missing gran found dead in same place where brother killed himself 20 years before

The circumstances surrounding the death of Carol Church, 54, could not be determined, a coroner concluded.

Daily Record

Mum devastated after finding beloved daughter dead just days before Christmas

Sharon Brown found her daughter Aleisha Evans dead at her home in Livingston - with the grieving family still waiting for answers as to how she died

Liverpool Echo

Schoolgirl, 9, saved mum's life after she collapsed

Amelia "didn't panic" after her mum lost consciousness

The Independent UK

Quarter of ambulance patients waiting more than an hour for A&E handover

This time last year the figure stood at one in 14.

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Evening Standard

Who will attend the royal Christmas Day church service at Sandringham this year?

Some renowned members of the royal family are highly unlikely to be present

The Independent UK

NHS leaders urge Barclay to negotiate on pay as hospitals face bleak winter

The Government and unions should dial down the rhetoric and reach a deal to safeguard services, NHS chiefs said.

Daily Mirror

Asda extends 10% discount scheme for shoppers who work in these four job sectors

Supermarket giant Asda announced they will be extending the 10% off scheme for select shoppers until at least the end of March after introducing it last year

The Independent UK

Ambulance strikes: What are the demands and what is the government offering?

Industrial action by emergency service personnel biggest of its kind for 30 years

Belfast Live

NI health service faces 'very difficult six to eight weeks' as extreme pressures continue

"I suspect that it will be a very busy time for the health service and that really there is no silver bullet to fix this"

Tribune News Service

The official who investigates suspicious deaths in your town may be a doctor — or not

When a group of physicians gathered in Washington state for an annual meeting, one made a startling revelation: If you ever want to know when, how — and where — to kill someone, I can tell you, and you’ll get away with it. No problem.

Tribune News Service

Inside a children’s hospital: Struggling to cope with a surge of respiratory illness

Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying children in their arms, trying to catch the eye of Dr. Erica Michiels. Us! Pick us next! they seemed to plead with tired eyes.

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