Brits warned to 'prepare for a hard winter' amid Covid variant and flu concerns

Rihanna continued her streak of eye-catching pregnancy fashion as she stepped out for dinner in Santa Monica on Tuesday.The 34-year-old mom-to-be covered her growing bump with a powder blue hoodie that she topped with a shearling coat in the same shade.She displayed her long legs in a mini skirt as she walked into one of her favorite restaurants, Giorgio Baldi. Fashion poise:Rihanna continued her streak of eye-catching pregnancy fashion as she stepped out for dinner in Santa Monica on TuesdayThe Bajan pop star punctuated the bright look with a pair of soft purple heels that had glitzy stone straps.Her shoes showed off her pristine white pedicure and she carried a large, deep purple velvet purse with embroidery.

Gigi Hadid didn't seem flustered amid a busy day for her family Tuesday.The 26-year-old star was seen in New York City as her sister Bella Hadid, 25, made headlines after a number of revelations in a new Vogue story, in which she said that she underwent a nose job at the age of 14, and had an inferiority complex to her older sister.The A-list model donned a dark brown jumpsuit with reddish highlights and off-white shoes on the outing in the city. The latest: Gigi Hadid, 26, was seen in New York City as her sister Bella Hadid, 25, made headlines after a number of revelations in a new Vogue story, in which she said that she underwent a nose job at the age of 14, and had an inferiority complex to her older sisterGigi, who is mother to daughter Khai, one, with ex-boyfriend Zayn Malik, 29, had her blonde locks pulled back.She wore black sunglasses with an orange purse on her shoulder as she clutched a bottled beverage while on her walk.

Lisa Kudrow rocked a fashionable all-black look while hitting the red carpet for her new Disney Plus movie Better Nate than Ever.The 58-year-old actress was all smiles on the red carpet at the El Capitan Theatre in the heart of Hollywood on Tuesday evening.She posed on the red carpet with her co-star Rueby Wood, who plays the title character and the nephew of Kudrow's character, Heidi. All smiles:Lisa Kudrow rocked a fashionable all-black look while hitting the red carpet for her new Disney Plus movie Better Nate than Ever Rueby and Lisa:She posed on the red carpet with her co-star Rueby Wood, who plays the title character and the nephew of Kudrow's character, HeidiKudrow stepped out with a black pantsuit with a plunging neckline as she hit the red carpet.She had a silver necklace with a large circular pendant dangling from her neck on display through her plunging neckline.

Scotland's drug deaths crisis shows signs it might be improving as new figures show an eight per cent reduction last year.

In recent weeks, there have been frequent reports about the rise of the more transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.2 around the world. BA.2 now makes up nearly all the new cases in Denmark, the U.K., Switzerland, Sweden, India, Belgium, Norway, South Africa, The Philippines, Hong Kong and many more regions.

The creator of the ‘Deus Ex’ series, Warren Spector, has told GamesBeat that, while he’s concerned about people giving him hell for saying it, he thinks that NFTs are “ridiculous”.

After tying the knot on June 4, 1970, actor and comedian Billy Crystal and his wife Janice Crystal settled down to welcome two daughters, Jennifer Crystal Foley and Lindsay Crystal. Although the family likes to keep things pretty laid back and out of the spotlight, both women have appeared on the red carpet with their father and worked in show business as well, following after both mom and dad’s footsteps.

The traditional men’s suit has been removed from the ONS’s annual “basket of goods” that it uses to calculate the annual inflation rate – apparently because it’s the latest casualty of the increase in working from home since the start of the pandemic two years ago.Along with doughnuts and coal, the suit has been instantly banished. It has literally vanished.

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johnlewis.com), you can buy an Hermes nail polish in its signature ‘Orange Boite’ - about as grown-up as bright colours come.Meanwhile, my colleague Lisa Armstrong has been garnering compliments this week on her pastel lilac manicure, and I loved the pale yellow I spotted on the Paul & Joe catwalk last month – now that my dark green mani has given me a little alternative colour confidence, I might try it in the summer when I have a bit of a tan.A post shared by RE:NEW Beauty (@biosculpturegelgb)“It used to be that our best sellers were red, pink, and dark colours,” says Claire Aggarwal of Biosculpture, the gel polish company which has partnered with Anya Hindmarch on the nail bar. “Now, bright greens and pastel colours are selling well – there's no one colour that is not popular.”And evidently, Lisa is on to something with her lilac nails: “We're just about to launch a new violet shade because there’s such demand for it,” Aggarwal says.So why are we all becoming bolder in our nail polish choices, all of a sudden? It could be a version of the Lipstick Index, the term coined by Leonard Lauder, son of Estée Lauder and the beauty giant’s chairman, to describe the spike in lipstick sales during the early 2000s recession.

A Scots man fears he may have caught an infection from a discarded blood-filled needle after he accidentally stabbed himself onboard a ScotRail train.

Disabled people with the most serious lifelong health conditions will not have to go through stressful reviews to keep a new benefit.

They have a close knit family despite their parents divorcing over two decades ago.And Rumer Willis and her younger sister Scout were spotted spending time together on Tuesday afternoon as they ran errands in Beverly Hills.Thedaughters of Hollywood legends Demi Moore and Bruce Willis appeared to be having a great time as they were captured sharing several laughs during their outing. Sisterly love: Rumer Willis and her younger sister Scout were spotted spending time together on Tuesday afternoon as they ran errands in Beverly HillsRumer, 33, got a jump on spring fashion by stepping out in an all-white ensemble that consisted of khaki pants and a matching sweater.The actress donned some Birkenstock sandals paired with white socks.

A Scot named Connor McGregor was compared to his professional fighter namesake after he stripped to the waist and brawled bare chested.

Rihanna is enjoying a night out!

A Scots garage owner with no military experience has joined the foreign legion defending Kyiv from Russian attack.

South Ayrshire has seen a spike in Covid cases during the last 24 hours, new figures have revealed.A total of 38 new positive tests were returned – more than the whole of the last week combined.It is a setback in the quest to suppress the virus after weeks of steady progress made in the region.No one cause has yet been identified behind the surge, revealed in the latest Public Health Scotland data today.It shows that the 38 positive cases were recorded as of Tuesday, March 9.But in the preceeding week, between Monday, March 1 and Sunday, March 7, there were just 34 positive tests registered in the region.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on

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Ayrshire towns and villages are suppressing coronavirus cases.

direct to your inboxMatt Hancock confirmed that coronavirus cases, hospital admissions and deaths are continuing to fall as more and more people become vaccinated in the UK. The Health Secretary led the latest Downing Street press conference alongside Public Health England’s Dr Susan Hopkins.

direct to your inboxThe missing person who tested positive for a coronavirus 'variant of concern', first identified in Manaus, Brazil, has reportedly been found.Health officials were hunting for the unknown individual after six cases of the P1 variant were detected in England and Scotland towards the end of last week.One of the six cases could not be tracked because a form filled in on their arrival in the country had missing details.The missing individual has now been found after a five-day search and all their contacts have been traced, the BBC reports.On Tuesday, health secretary Matt Hancock said the hunt for the missing person had been narrowed down to 379 households in the south east of England.Dr Susan Hopkins, of Public Health