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CASES of nasty whooping cough – know as the ‘100-day cough’ due to its lingering symptoms – have reached a 10-year high in parts of the UK. Cases in Wales have risen rapidly in the first few weeks of 2024, rising to “levels not seen since 2012 and 2015”. 2Cases of whooping cough have risen rapidly in Wales in the first weeks of 2024 There have already been 135 notified cases so far in January, the BBC reported, compared to 200 in the whole of last year. “Whooping cough has waves of increased infection every three to four years and…

THIRTY-FIVE years to the day since his death, Ted Bundy is still known as one of the world’s most sickening serial killers. The gory details of his horrific crimes, from his rituals to his disguises, make him an impossible figure to forget. 8Serial killer Ted Bundy was executed at Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989Credit: Getty 8Bundy’s Volkswagen Beetle which he used for practice runs and to stalk victimsCredit: PA 8Some of women that Ted Bundy murdered The twisted butcher destroyed the lives of more than 30 young women and girls between 1974 and 1978 – kidnapping, raping and…

A DAD-OF-THREE died suddenly while sat on the sofa with his wife from a cardiac arrest on New Year’s Eve, family friends have revealed. Mark Reeves, 54, from south Australia, started gasping for air and went limp, letting go of his wife Maxine’s arm before losing his life. 2Mark Reeves (right) died suddenly while sat on the sofa with his wife from a cardiac arrest on New Year’s EveCredit: go fund me 2He started gasping for air and went limp, letting go of his wife Maxine’s arm (pictured together)Credit: go fund me The “gentle giant” had felt off, restless and…

BRITAIN’S biggest warships could spearhead strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen as tensions explode in the Red Sea. Calls are growing for the HMS Queen Elizabeth and its sister HMS Prince of Wales to be deployed amid fears escalations will spark World War 3. 6 6The two vessels are moored in Portsmouth and are ready for deploymentCredit: The Times 6US-owned ship Genco Picardy came under attack from a bomb-carrying drone launched by Houthi rebelsCredit: AP 6RAF Typhoon jets blasted eight Houthi targets in the Red Sea The £3.5 billion aircraft carriers, ready to be sent to the conflict zone in…

DRUGS shortages are stripping away “hope of extra time with loved ones” for thousands of Brits, campaigners warn. Dwindling supplies of riluzole — the only available medication for deadly motor neurone disease — are leaving patients worrying about how long they might live. 1Riluzole shortages are stripping away “hope of extra time with loved ones” for motor neurone disease patients, campaigners warnCredit: Getty Images – Getty Charity leaders are set to meet with the Government today to discuss the shortage and to “ask for assurance as to what their plan is to resolve the situation”. It is the latest medicine…

AN ANGRY passenger was not only kicked off a plane for farting too much but also made sure to brag about the smell, it has been claimed. The man was removed from an American Airlines early evening flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Austin, Texas. 3A disgruntled and ‘possibly hungover’ passenger caused chaos by farting before being kicked off the plane 3He boarded an American Airlines flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to Austin, TexasCredit: Getty Images – Getty The chaos forced the aircraft to return to its gate and delayed by 15 to 30 minutes at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, someone…

ONE in 10 adults expect to fail their health and wellbeing goals in 2024 — with more than half of them quitting before the end of January. A study of 2,000 adults revealed 59 per cent want to improve their wellbeing in 2024. 1Activia has teamed up with Rachel Stevens and Dr Zoe Williams to launch ‘The Good Gut Guide’ as Brits target new diet goals this yearCredit: SWNS Top goals included improving fitness (51 per cent), eating a more balanced and varied diet (31 per cent), being more mindful (23 per cent) and drinking less caffeine (14 per cent).…

AN ONLYFANS model has been hacked to death by her “jealous” husband who then allegedly posed as her for a week. Porn star Anastasia Grishman, 26, was stabbed at least 22 times in her apartment in St Petersburg, Russia. 5Anastasia Grishman was found with multiple stab woundsCredit: Newsflash 5Her husband Dmitry Khamlovsky confessed to the crimeCredit: Newsflash 5The 24-year-old was sentenced to eight years in prisonCredit: Newsflash The model was found dead on August 10 2022 in her bath covered in stab wounds one week after she was last seen in July 2022. Cops found her body after they broke…

GUT ‘shots’ containing so-called healthy bacteria to improve your health and wellbeing have become big business. M&S is the latest to get in on the action, launching a £2 shot in January. 11Lynsey Hope with the selection of gut health drinks she reviewedCredit: Oliver Dixon The retailer has teamed up with nutrition app Zoe to create the milk-based drink containing over five billion live cultures from 14 strains of bacteria. Over the last few years, evidence has been mounting to show that the huge community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the gut can affect everything from our…

AT least six people have been killed after a “tsunami of fire” exploded from a tanker carrying 60 tons of liquid gas. The truck burst into flames after a horror crash close to a busy market in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 7Footage shows how the truck was engulfed in fire before a second giant explosionCredit: East2West 7The tanker burst into flames after a crash in Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaCredit: Getty 7Thick black smoke pours into the sky after the explosionCredit: Reuters 7Hundreds of firefighters were called in to battle the blazeCredit: AFP Dramatic footage showed the tanker engulfed in flames before a second massive…