Half of COVID-19 cases in Lanarkshire last week were in people under 25

Alesha Dixon has opened up about what happened at Ant McPartlin’s wedding where she danced barefoot and sang karaoke.The 42 year old Britain’s Got Talent judge admitted to giving a drunken karaoke performance at the event that caused her to lose her voice. Appearing on Angela Scanlon’s Thanks A Million podcast, Alesha joked that she “sounds like Barry White” following the event.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in five Greater Manchester boroughs and have fallen in five, the latest data shows.

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Perth is to remain in use as a vaccination hub until the New Year at the earliest. The hall, which houses the indoor bowling and ice rink, has been earmarked for health service use until the start of January.Talks have been going on behind the scenes over the past few weeks to decide the building’s role in immunising the public going forward.Efforts continue to ensure first and second vaccine injections are had by all sections of society with take-up reportedly slowing down since mid-summer.The news comes as speculation grows about a third booster jab for vulnerable residents while a massive flu vaccination programme is also about to get up and running.

trip abroad requires substantial planning but you will need to ensure that you are up to date with the latest rules and regulations in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Testing is vital before heading anywhere, although the system can seem a tad confusing at times.It's important to remember that PCR testing remains free for those who are displaying symptoms of Covid-19.

iOS - Android There was also an increase in hospital admissions, with 112 people now hospitalised, compared to 98 on Thursday. Ten of these patients are in ICU.There were no Covid-related deaths recorded yesterday.

Salma Hayek, 55, is looking better than ever in a bikini — but the actress wants people to know why she’s been posting up her sexy swimsuit snaps. “I had to lose a lot of weight and exercise to get into the bikini towards the end of last year,” Salma confessed in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight. While she didn’t detail how much weight she shed, she has been looking absolutely amazing in all of her photos from this year — especially on her vacations.

According to Ofcom, Virgin received the most complaints per 100,000 about their broadband, pay-TV, and landline phones between January and April 2021, while the UK faced its third national lockdown.The majority of these complaints focused on complaints handling (39%), fault and service issues (33%), and billing problems (13%).Plusnet, Vodafone, and TalkTalk are said to have also generated complaints above the industry average during this period when many customer call centres were closed due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

BBC Breakfast came under fire on Monday after it spelt Sarah Harding's name wrong in a tribute following her tragic death on Sunday 5 September aged 39. During the broadcast, guest Lizzie Cundy appeared via video to pay tribute to Sarah with viewers noticing that the late singer's name had been spelt as "Sarah Hardy" on the screen.The banner read: "Lizzie Cundy, friend of Sarah Hardy." Taking to Twitter, angry show watchers called out BBC Breakfast for the "disrespectful" mistake and encouraged them to "do better".

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A 15-year-old girl who was raped in the sea in front of thousands of people has said it has left her "frightened and vulnerable".The girl was dragged into deep water by her attacker after her ball landed near him on Bournemouth beach.Despite the beach being packed on what was the hottest day of the year, she said she’d been powerless to act as the attacker - described as an Asian man believed to be 17 and called Dabby - raped her under the cover of water.She said she escaped only when one of his friends approached them.

Ayrshire park is under attack from swarms of angry wasps after several visitors were left stung. Rozelle Estate in Ayr has become home to the yellow striped pests with a huge nest being reported near to the pond at the popular Alloway beauty spot.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new rule change to Universal Credit to ensure claimants receive more consistent benefit payments every month, even if their employer pays them early because the pay date falls on a weekend, Monday or Bank Holiday. The DWP has implemented a new automatic process so that the Universal Credit system now automatically identifies claimants who receive a second monthly salary payment in one benefit assessment period.

Sarah Harding tragically passed away at the age of 39 after a battle with breast cancer, and now Dr Hillary Jones is urging women to check their breasts.

Bruce Dickinson has opened up about his experience with COVID-19, dismissing the idea that the virus is “just a flu”.The Iron Maiden frontman contracted the coronavirus last month, despite having received both doses of the vaccine. He’d taken a test after feeling “a bit groggy” but believed he would’ve been in “serious trouble” had he not been inoculated.Dickinson subsequently urged fans to “get vaccinated”, reasoning: “And if you do get sick, you won’t get that sick.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn France, the names Rastignac and Rubempré serve as a kind of shorthand even today — two iconic characters who signify opposite sides of the same vice: Both prominent players in Honoré de Balzac’s expansive “La Comédie Humaine,” the ambitious parvenus are virtual nobodies of vaguely noble extraction who arrive agog in early-19th-century Paris, and compromise their way to the top. For Rastignac, the strategy actually works to his advantage; not so much for Lucien de Rubempré, whose swift ascent and humiliating fall are dramatically detailed in Balzac’s masterpiece, “Lost Illusions,” laying the roller-coaster track for this sumptuous and surprisingly au courant cinematic retelling.

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Ayrshire than at any other time in the last five months, new figures show.Latest data published today by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland shows there are 44 people being treated for the disease in the region's hospitals – the highest figure since March 14 when there 48 Covid patients.A further 19 people have been admitted to hospitals since Friday while the number of patients in Ayrshire ICUs has risen by one to six – the highest number since February 26.The news comes as a further 535 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Ayrshire in the last 24 hours among 7,065 nationwide.There are 771 Covid patients in Scottish hospitals – up 118 since Friday – while the number of people battling the virus in ICUs is 71; up 11 over