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A travel warning has been issued to British holidaymakers heading to France this summer following dozens of cases of a tick-borne infection.

A Scots dad claims his son's health deteriorated after doctors prescribed him treatment for an allergy he had never been tested for.

After a glorious June, the weather in July has been has pretty disappointing.

More heavy rain is set to lash Greater Manchester over the weekend, with the Met Office also predicting a chance of thunderstorms as the drab start to the school summer holidays continues.

Jet2 has issued an update to holidaymakers who are booked to travel to Rhodes in August.

An urgent health warning has been issued amid an outbreak of measles.

Greater Manchester is bracing itself for a very damp weekend as forecasters warn almost a month's worth of rain could fall in just 48 hours in parts of the UK.

Holidaymakers visiting Wales this summer have been warned not to touch dead birds on the beach as concerns rise over a bird flu outbreak. In recent weeks reports of bird carcasses washing up on shores in west and north wales have increased as wild bird colonies around the UK continue to be affected.

An iconic seabird colony on the Isle of May has suffered a devastating wipe out due to avian flu, it has emerged.

A special event is being held to honour a West Lothian war hero and talented Rangers footballer.

K.J. Yossman “Silk” screenwriter Peter Moffat is adapting Jonathan Freedland’s non-fiction novel “The Escape Artist,” which tells the true story of two Jews who escaped from Auschwitz. Margery Bone’s Bonafide Films has secured the rights to Freedland’s novel, which is set to be made into a high-end limited series. Bonafide, who have a development and distribution deal with BBC Studios, recently produced Nicôle Lecky’s BAFTA-winning “Mood.” “The Escape Artist” centers around nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba, a Slovakian Jew who manages to escape Auschwitz alongside fellow internee Fred Wetzler, and warn the world about what was happening. Their actions saved the lives of at least 200,000 Jews who were facing immediate deportation from Budapest to the world’s most notorious death camp.

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has “increased dramatically” over the last several days, Scotland’s chief vet has warned. It comes after Aberdeenshire Council reported that upwards of 300 dead birds have been found washed up on shores in the local authority’s beaches recently.

A huge weekend of music is about to get underway in Glasgow as thousands head to the city to enjoy acts such as Pulp, Sam Fender and The 1975 at TRNSMT.

Mark Harmon might have departed NCIS on camera, but he is still inspired by the agency every day.

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Cruel Summer’ has re-entered the Top 40 of the UK singles charts four years after its release.The song was released on Swift’s 2019 LP ‘Lover‘, but never formally released as a single somewhat due to the outbreak of the COVID pandemic.After a rise in streams after the start of Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour, where she played ‘Cruel Summer’ live for the first time, it was then released as an official single by her label this month.After the re-release, ‘Cruel Summer’ has shot up the charts and now sits at Number 12, passing its original peak of Number 27 from 2019, per BBC News.At a recent ‘Eras’ tour show, Swift thanked fans for their streams of ‘Cruel Summer’, which had led the label to release it as a single.Swift told fans at Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium that the song was her “pride and joy” and her “favourite” off her 2019 album.“The weirdest, most magical thing is happening,” Swift said from the ‘Eras‘ tour stage [via Billboard]. “It’s never happened to me in the whole time I’ve ever been doing this.“‘Cruel Summer’ is a song, I just played it a second ago.

A specialist Crown Office team investigating 5,688 Covid deaths has concluded its first cases but is yet to prosecute any organisations or individuals after three years.

Thundery showers and some localised flooding is expected to hit parts of the UK, including Scotland, ahead of a scorching 40C heatwave.

An avian flu outbreak is suspected of causing the deaths of more than 200 seabirds at a beauty spot.

Jackie Baillie has told how she thought someone was “pulling her leg” after receiving a letter telling her she would be made a dame – saying she will accept her top honour on behalf of the communities she serves.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to hit Greater Manchester this weekend as the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning.

How annoying is it when you get your best bikini out to go and have a sunbathe, only to realise you've got a cluster of ingrown hairs, right where you don't want them?! It's super-annoying, we know. Don't get us wrong... we're over the moon that the UK has had a glorious heatwave.