Glasgow election results 2022 live: latest on who has won council - as votes counted
Friday, 6th May 2022
Of the wards announced so far, the Tories have won just one seat - that the Tory leader in Glasgow, Thomas Kerr - with the SNP on 14 and Labour on 13, and the Greens doing well on 5.
Susan Aitken, the former Glasgow council leader, has been re-elected to represent Langside - but it was the Greens’ Holly Bruce who came first on first preference votes.
There are 85 seats up for grabs in 23 wards across Glasgow.
A rare case of monkeypox has been confirmed in England, says the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
The viral infection usually causes mild illness and most people recover within a few weeks and is similar to human smallpox.
Initial symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache and exhaustion.
However, severe illness can occur in some individuals.
The patient found with monkeypox has a recent travel history from Nigeria, which is where they are believed to have contracted the infection, before travelling to the UK.
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According to the NHS, Monkeypox is mainly spread by wild animals in parts of west or central Africa and the risk of catching it in the UK is very low.
Activists disrupt Priti Patel speech in protest against Rwanda refugee plan
Sat 7 May 2022 12.02 BST
A speech by the home secretary, Priti Patel, was disrupted on Friday evening after pro-refugee activists infiltrated a Conservative party “spring dinner”.
Eight young social justice and climate campaigners from Green New Deal Rising disrupted the Bassetlaw Conservative Association Spring Dinner and demanded she drop controversial plans to offshore asylum seekers to Rwanda.
As Patel started to address the party faithful, activists stood up, one by one, to condemn the offshoring plans and called on Patel to abandon them.
In my opinion, the UK has lost it's way years ago and has now become an autocracy/oligarchy under Johnson.
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Hmm, I wonder what happened 12 years ago.
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More than 42m UK adults ‘will be overweight by 2040’
Thu 19 May 2022 00.01 BST
More than 42 million adults in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2040 and at higher risk of 13 types of cancer, an “alarming” report reveals, as health leaders accused ministers of “kicking the can down the road” when it comes to tackling the obesity crisis.
Data collected by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) shows that 71% of people will be overweight by 2040, a rise from 64% today. Of these, almost 36% of adults – 21 million people – will be obese. The charity described the figures as “staggering”.
“These projections should serve as a wake-up call to the government about the state of our nation’s health,” said Michelle Mitchell, the chief executive of CRUK. “Ministers mustn’t keep kicking the can down the road when it comes to tackling the obesity crisis – delaying measures that will lead to healthier food options.”
Last week, the government announced it was delaying measures to tackle unhealthy eating for 12 months. The former Conservative party leader William Hague said the weakening of the anti-obesity strategy was “morally reprehensible”.
The U-turn will mean a ban on buy-one-get-one-free deals for foods high in fat, salt and sugar will be postponed for 12 months. A ban on TV junk food adverts before a 9pm watershed has also been put on hold for a year.
