Coroner Demands Answers From Sadiq Khan

After a pensioner was crushed to death by trains, a coroner wrote to Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, expressing concerns about safety on the tube.

Brian Mitchell died on the Jubilee Line at London Underground station Stratford in East London on Boxing Day afternoon in 2023.

An inquest heard the 72-year-old was seen on CCTV getting off a train and sitting down before standing up, lurching towards the edge of the platform and falling onto the tracks.

East London senior coroner Graeme Irvine said Mr Mitchell moved and tried to climb back onto the deserted platform, but five minutes later, he was struck by a train – and then was hit by several more.

CCTV images caught his last moments at 2 pm as he had sat on a platform bench at the station for 48 minutes before standing up and stumbling onto the line.

Five minutes later, a train that had halted at the Jubilee line station struck Mr Mitchell.

A further three trains went over his dead body before Transport for London staff suspended services.

The coroner said of the first train that struck Mr Mitchell: ‘The impact went unnoticed.

‘The train reversed out of the station over Brian. Two further trains entered then left the platform, each moving over Brian twice.

‘A member of staff unsuccessfully tried to prevent a fourth train moving over Brian as it entered platform 13.’

The coroner deemed that in the two years since Mr Mitchell’s death there was ‘no clear evidence to demonstrate that risks of fatal harm have been mitigated’.

The coroner believed that in the two years since Mr Mitchell’s death, there was ‘no clear evidence to indicate that risks of fatal harm have been mitigated’.

The coroner has now sent his Prevention of Future Deaths report to Sir Sadiq Khan and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.

They have 56 days to respond, with details of the proposed action.

The coroner said Mr Mitchell, from Edinburgh, was drunk at the time of the incident.

He also told how Jubilee Line trains used Automatic Train Operation, which means drivers do not drive them, and the acceleration and braking are automated.

Mr Irvine said drivers were expected to keep a close eye on the tracks and brake if they see an object on the line.

However, in this instance, a man on the tracks was overlooked by three different drivers.

The inquest said the initial collision with Brian should have been avoided by an alert driver braking in time as the train entered the terminus.

Multiple blunt force injuries caused Mr Mitchell’s death, which was reported as an accident.

The Daily Mail contacted the Mayor of London’s office, Transport for London and the Department for Transport for comment.

Claire Mann, TfL’s Chief Operating Officer, said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mr Mitchell, who sadly died at Stratford Tube station.

‘We are committed to learning from this tragic incident and assisted the coroner during the inquest.

‘We will respond to the coroner’s Prevention of Future Deaths report and are taking action to prevent incidents like this from happening again.’

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch report criticised TfL last January over Mr Mitchell’s death.

The rail safety regulator said there were no other passengers or staff on the platform when Mr Mitchell fell, and the driver of the first train did not see him.

This was ‘possibly’ because the use of an automatic system to control Jubilee line trains reduced their level of attention, the report stated.

Emergency personnel discovered that Mr Mitchell, who had been residing in Hanwell in west London, had suffered fatal injuries.

A post-mortem examination discovered he had a blood alcohol concentration of 272 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, which is more than three times above the drink-drive limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The report stated a driver could also have been ‘distracted’ by the presence of another staff member standing on the platform as they arrived.

The RAIB said the ‘consequences of the accident were made more severe’ because the driver of the second train also did not see Mr Mitchell.

After running over the passenger, the third train’s driver left their cab as normal and entered a staff area for a ‘personal needs break’.

They reported seeing an inflatable doll on the tracks to the control room six minutes after the train had stopped.

A customer service assistant on the platform failed to stop the fourth train despite seeing Mr Mitchell.

The train driver also realised there was a person on the tracks.

The RAIB recommended that London Underground consider the use of technology that can warn trains if it detects a passenger is in a dangerous position.

Additionally, it demanded that the organisation evaluate the potential impact of trains with automated systems on drivers.

In another event, a mother was struck by two Tube trains on her way home and lost both her right arm and leg.

PR executive Sarah de Lagarde slipped on a wet, uneven platform at High Barnet station in north London in September 2022 and fell down the gap between the train and the platform.

She broke her nose and two front teeth in the fall, but nobody heard her frantic cries for help.

After being struck by two trains, she was rushed to the hospital, where her limbs were amputated.

After TfL conducted an inquiry into Mrs. de Lagarde’s accident and alerted the Office of Rail and Road Accident Inquiry Branch, it was determined that no additional investigation was required.

Sadiq Khan sees himself above such things, so good luck getting an explanation from him, and could anyone please remind me how much these drivers are being paid for a job they apparently can’t do very well?

And this will be Sadiq Khan when challenged, ‘Eh, eh, eh… could you be more specific, I didn’t understand the question.’

This man died in the most horrific way imaginable. All platforms should have barriers with doors, but that would be far too costly – weighing up the pros and cons, preventing death is less important – saving money will always win hands down.

Evidently, drivers and staff were doing nothing. They should have been monitoring the line for any objects on it, yet no one noticed one man on the line trying to climb off it onto the platform. What were they all deaf, dumb and blind?

Pensioners Could Lose Free Tube Travel Perk

Pensioners could lose their free London Underground travel perk as costs for the freebie soar to £372 million.

Freedom Passes reduce daily expenses for millions of people in the capital by enabling pensioners to utilise London’s whole transport system at no cost.

The scheme has always included Underground and Overground travel, but London Councils – the body that organises the passes – is undertaking a review which could effectively turn it into a bus pass, eliminating the rail travel element.

Other options include increasing the age at which Londoners can claim the pass from 66 or excluding national rail services within Greater London from the pass’s scope.

The yearly cost of the scheme, funded by taxpayers in the capital’s 32 councils, is set to increase by more than 11.8 per cent in 2026, The Standard reports.

Councils are expecting to pay for more than 279 million free journeys from April.

All of this is happening at the same time that London’s local authorities are facing budget cuts in other areas, such as social care and special needs services.

Lowering the Freedom Pass’s scope could reduce this financial pressure by about £148 million per year, according to London Councils chief operating officer Stephen Boon.

The adjustment would need parliament to amend the Greater London Assembly Act 1999.

London’s scheme is one of the most comprehensive in the country, whereas many towns and cities offer free bus travel only during off-peak times.

It differs from the 60+ London Oyster card, which only provides free travel during off-peak hours and is issued by Transport for London (TfL).

These cards are written off by TfL as lost revenue, and the organisation is believed to have missed out on £125 million in fares from 60 to 65-year-olds in 2025 alone – a figure expected to rise to £180 million by 2027.

The Freedom Pass’s only restriction applies to the morning rush hour in the capital. 

Prices have increased, thanks to Freedom Pass users taking more journeys on the network, as well as adjustments to how Elizabeth Line fares are calculated.

TfL will also charge the cost of the Oyster cards the passes are attached to directly to London Councils for the first time this year.

Each card costs £1.50, and there are about 400,000 of them.

Mr Boon also told a meeting of the London Councils’ transport and environment committee that the Society of London Treasurers, an organisation of the boroughs’ chief financial officers, ‘expressed concern about the growing cost of the Freedom Pass scheme’. 

He added that his officers ‘will continue to work…to identify what other policy options might be used to control the cost of the scheme in future’.

As councils continue to struggle financially, budget reductions are planned for some of London’s wealthiest boroughs.

Richmond is bracing itself for a 16.2 per cent increase in the cost of financing the pass, while Brent is expecting its share of the invoice to soar by more than £2 million.

TfL and London Councils declined to comment.

Perhaps what they should do is stop all the staff, tube drivers and their families from getting free travel.

Labour seems to despise pensioners, and the people who sustain them seem to forget that they will one day become pensioners, and I don’t blame anyone for fare dodging because I wouldn’t want to contribute to the driver’s ridiculous salaries either.

For some pensioners, this is the only way they can afford to get out and about, but now our government want to isolate these people as well.

Our government should be looking after pensioners and the vulnerable, and they should be leaving our hard-worked pensioners alone, but our government are happy to give freebies to migrants who come over and haven’t paid a penny into the system.

If people like pensioners have their passes restricted, there won’t be many travelling, which means there will be empty seats and spaces that pensioners would have filled on their way to stores, cafes, theatres, cinemas, sports venues, and then the greater economy suffers because it loses out on revenue. Get the picture?

It’s called a Freedom Pass for a reason!

Starmer Prepares To Rip Up Brexit

Sir Keir Starmer said he is prepared to align the UK even more closely with the EU, including the single market, if it is in the UK’s ‘national interest’.

In some of his strongest comments yet about Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with Brussels under Labour, the Prime Minister said he would look at rules governing border checks.

However, at a time when the number of migrants is already close to an all-time high, such a step would spark a significant political controversy.

The single market is built on the premise of free movement of goods, services, capital, and people, with the latter one of the key drivers behind the Leave campaign a decade ago.

Speaking to the BBC, Sir Keir Starmer insisted there would be no return to free movement beyond a ‘youth mobility scheme allowing thousands of EU and UK citizens aged under 35  to work and travel freely.

However, the EU will undoubtedly include more freedom of movement in any discussions about single market access.

Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: ‘I think we should get closer, and if it’s in our national interest to have even closer alignment with the single market, then we should consider that, we should go that far.

‘We’re already aligning on energy, reconnecting to energy in Europe on emissions, but I think the single market further alignment, as I say, if it’s in our interest to do so, we should take that step.’

Asked whether he would be willing to revisit freedom of movement, allowing EU citizens with no limit to come to the UK, he said: ‘No, but we are looking at a youth mobility scheme which will be for young people to travel, to work, to enjoy themselves in different European countries, to have that experience.’

It came as he was warned he faces a ‘civil war’ inside Labour if he attempts to reverse Brexit in an endeavour to shore up his embattled leadership.

The row erupted after Health Secretary Wes Streeting called for a ‘deeper trading relationship with the EU’ – a move which was interpreted as both a call to rejoin the Customs Union and an attempt to gain the support of Europhile Labour MPs ahead of a leadership bid against the Prime Minister.

Mr Streeting’s possible main rival in any contest, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, has also been agitating against Brexit, saying that he hopes that the UK will rejoin the EU in his lifetime.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has told Labour not to try to boost its flagging poll ratings by ‘re-opening old Brexit wounds’.

Now Labour MP Dan Carden has warned Sir Keir Starmer – and those aspiring to succeed him – not to rejoin a Customs Union, saying: ‘We hear suggestions that this is being seriously contemplated by some at the very top of the Government.

‘Moreover, we hear that it appears to be the aim of people who now have designs on the PM’s job. 

‘Andy Burnham has declared how he wants to see us back in the EU in his lifetime, while Wes Streeting wants us to have a deeper trading relationship with Europe.’

Mr Carden’s reference to the mayor comes after Westminster sources disclosed his Liverpool Walton seat was on the list of constituencies which Mr Burnham had targeted in the expectation that the sitting MP would stand aside to permit him to fight a by-election, return to the Commons and then challenge the Prime Minister.

Mr Carden added: ‘The European Union (EU) is… a low-growth bloc with a declining share of global GDP. Joining a Customs Union would mean scrapping our post-Brexit trade deals with places that are the 21st-century growth centres, such as the US and India.

‘Shifting closer to Brussels would mean giving up our hard-won national freedoms. 

‘I urge Sir Keir not to seek to tie the UK into a new Customs Union or any other such arrangement which may carry a disguised name but amount to the same thing.’

Labour MPs in the pro-Brexit ‘Red Wall’ seats of the Midlands and North are extremely concerned about the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which would make political capital out of any Brexit backsliding by Labour.

Labour MP Graham Stringer said the PM would face ‘a rebellion of scores of Labour MPs if he sought to take us back into any sort of Customs Union’.

He told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It will lead to civil war inside Labour. Starmer’s Parliamentary colleagues know they stood on a clear manifesto pledge to do no such thing.

‘It would be especially difficult for Labour MPs in the so-called Red Wall to support such a flagrant manifesto breach, as many have Reform breathing down their necks. They would be committing electoral suicide.’

Mr Streeting said in an interview last month that Britain should pursue closer economic ties with the EU. ‘The best way for us to get more growth into our economy is a deeper trading relationship with the EU,’ he said. ‘We’ve taken a massive economic hit, leaving the European Union.’

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy also claimed that countries such as Turkey were enjoying economic benefits from Customs Union membership.

Their remarks came after the Government encountered claims it was watering down Brexit after announcing the UK would rejoin the Erasmus system of student exchanges in 2027, at a cost of £570 million per year.

Ms Badenoch accused Labour of embarking on a desperate ploy to shore up its core vote. She warned the move would mean Britain giving up the trade deals it has struck since leaving the EU, including with the US and India, while opening the door to more demands for concessions from Brussels.

She said: ‘The only people advocating for such a policy – and here I include the trade union bosses who have also proposed it – do not understand what a Customs Union actually is.

‘This is why the renewed chatter about dragging Britain back into the EU’s Customs Union should worry us all.

‘It is not a sign of pragmatism – it is a symptom of Labour’s weakness. Now that the Government is weak and has no plan or new ideas, it has reopened old Brexit wounds in the vain hope that doing so will make it more popular. It won’t.’

Sir Keir Starmer has previously ruled out rejoining the Customs Union, describing it as a ‘red line’.

Another senior Labour MP said privately: ‘Remainiacs around Starmer may be pushing this, but it would cause mayhem in the Labour Party.

‘It would mean British businesses having to take rules from Brussels without the UK Government having a say on them. It would be unacceptable.’

There were a lot of people who voted for Brexit to their shame, and if there were another vote, I would vote to rejoin. Brexit has not helped us in any way, and we have lost millions from our economy. We are vulnerable, and people are delusional if they can’t see this.

The UK was in the EU for 47 years, and for 47 years it worked. You know what they say, ‘if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’

All-powerful people are absolute dictators, but Labour lied its way into power and has been adamant about pursuing its own agenda, and he has no right doing this without taking it to the British people first.

Many people voted out and regret it, while others would argue that we left and that it shouldn’t be reversed, and it seems that we now have a neurodivergent Prime Minister with Tony Blair’s fist shoved up his puppet hole, making his lips move.

Keir Starmer is a Judas and a liar. Will the Labour Party ditch him? Well, I would say it’s just a matter of time and not when, and hopefully, he will take a few others with him.

The most honest and respectable thing for any current UK prime minister to do would be to call for a fresh referendum if the prime minister wishes to dismantle Brexit, but we all know that this man is not honourable, so we shouldn’t hold our breath.

Brexit has caused nothing but misery to the British economy, and it has been a catastrophe, voted in by the gullible.

I myself didn’t want Brexit, but then I don’t want this man touching anything before he breaks that as well, and even though I was opposed to Brexit, the country had a referendum and voted to leave, so why is he going against what was voted for? We live in a democratic country, not a dictatorship.

His obvious aim is to destroy this country, but then, is anyone surprised? NO! Because all that Labour do is lie, gaslight and then lie again, and his interests are not with the British people, which makes him a weak doormat.

The trouble is, how many referendums can we possibly have? And if we do, then we are just squandering money.

Keir Starmer is destroying the UK, and mark my words, he’s not finished yet.

Baby Boy Dies After Circumcision

A coroner has raised concerns over circumcisions being carried out ‘without any prior training’ after a six-month-old boy died days after undergoing a procedure.

Mohamed Abdisamad underwent a non-therapeutic male circumcision on February 12, 2023, performed by a circumciser recommended to his parents upon their request, the West London coroner’s report read. 

But the baby started exhibiting signs of illness three to four days after the procedure and was taken to Hillingdon Hospital by ambulance a week later, on February 19. However, Mohamed tragically went into cardiorespiratory arrest and was pronounced dead on the same day at 11.55 pm.

A jury inquest, which ended on October 8 2025, found the medical cause of death to be an ‘invasive streptococcus pyogenes infection following male circumcision’.

Assistant coroner Anton van Dellen wrote a prevention of future deaths report in which he called for action over the lack of safety and regulatory measures surrounding non-therapeutic male circumcisions.

‘During the inquest, the evidence revealed matters giving rise to concern,’ Dr van Dellen wrote in the report dated December 28, 2025.

‘In my opinion, there is a risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken. 

‘The matters of concern are as follows: any individual may conduct a non-therapeutic male circumcision without any prior training or any Continuing Professional Development (CDP).

‘There is no system of external accreditation and/or registration for individuals who conduct a non-therapeutic male circumcision.

‘There is no requirement for any record keeping for individuals who undergo a non-therapeutic male circumcision.

‘There is no requirement for any infection control measures for a non-therapeutic male circumcision.

‘There are no requirements for any aftercare for a non-therapeutic male circumcision (NTMC), including but not limited to dressing the wound, analgesia and/or worsening care advice,’ he said.

The coroner also pointed to the lack of a system for getting permission prior to the procedure being carried out.

The report is being sent to the Department of Health and Social Care and to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

They will have 56 days from the date of the report being issued to respond, the coroner said. 

Copies of the report are also being sent to Mohamed’s mother and father, his maternal grandmother, his uncle, and the London Ambulance Service. 

Many would say that circumcision is a barbaric procedure and that it has no place in modern culture, unless it’s medically required.

Many parents have their infants circumcised for religious or other reasons. Circumcision is an ancient practice that originated in religious rites.

Parents may choose to circumcise their child for a variety of reasons, including hygiene and the prevention of diseases like cancer, STDs, and urinary tract infections, but it should only be performed by a professional surgeon.

A Dentist Gave NHS Patients An Ultimatum

Patients who queued for hours to get their dental care on the NHS were forced to pay for a hygienist appointment before being allowed to register, a BBC investigation has revealed. 

Prospective patients said they were handed an ‘ultimatum’, which saw hundreds pay £69 to sign up, despite policies stating that a healthcare provider cannot refuse an NHS patient if they don’t want to pay for a private service.

On being made aware of the alleged agreement, chair of the British Dental Association, Eddie Crouch, said: ‘We know there are 14 million people, sadly, at the moment who want access to an NHS dentist, but those 14 million need to be supported by government, and not abused by any bad practice within our membership.’

Lodge Causeway Dental Centre, in east Bristol, held an open day on 6 September, which saw thousands of people, including pregnant women and senior patients who hadn’t been seen in years, queuing to register with an NHS dentist.

However, when they reached the front of the queue, they were told they had to pay a hefty fee for a hygienist appointment if they wanted one of the coveted places.

Alice Worthington, from south Bristol, told the BBC that she ‘didn’t actually need a hygienist appointment at all’, but because it’s ‘impossible to find an NHS dentist,’ she paid the fee. 

The dental centre maintains that the appointments were simply ‘offered’ alongside a check-up and has apologised for any confusion.

Since the open day, the practice has allegedly seen 2,591 NHS patients and only offered 108 hygienist appointments, with systems set up to automatically take payment in advance. 

Ms Worthington began queuing long before the practice opened its doors at 8 am and was in the line for over three hours with no mention of having to pay.

‘We got into reception, and they told us that if we wanted to register as an NHS patient, we would have to pay £70 for a hygienist appointment,’ she said. 

‘I’d recently had one with the private practice that I was going to, but we were told that until we’d paid the £70, we were not going to be registered with the NHS.’

Ms Worthington added that despite being able to afford this herself, others around her became extremely distressed when they found out about the fee.

Sam Mellor, from Bedminster, likewise arrived early to secure himself a place on the list, but he was given the same ultimatum, with the opportunity to pay for the appointment at a later date.

After scheduling the appointment, he later emailed the office to express his displeasure with the requirement.

In a response seen by the BBC, the practice claimed that the hygienist appointment was ‘just an offer’. 

Many, however, maintain that this was untrue.

Crouch added: ‘If (prospective patients) are being told they have to have a private hygienist appointment before having some NHS dental treatment, then I don’t think that’s correct.’

Lodegwat Causeway Dental Centre admitted that for the five per cent of patients who did not need urgent care, an offer of a hygienist appointment was made alongside a routine check-up.

It has since apologised ‘unreservedly’ for taking payments for such appointments in advance and has encouraged patients to contact them to discuss the issue. 

A spokesperson for the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board explained that whilst NHS dentists are allowed to offer hygienist appointments, patients ‘should not be obliged to pay for an appointment at the time of registering.’

As a country, we appear to have completely assimilated into the norms of Eastern Europe and other regions.

The NHS in Britain had values and trust, and its standards were among the best in the world. Unfortunately, that is now a thing of the past, and in the near future, our NHS hospitals will be the same. If you need to be seen, you won’t be seen unless you pay or have insurance, and if you don’t and you’re really sick, they will just let you die.

It’s just a racket, and dentists are the biggest rip-off. Years ago, your dentist used to do a clean and polish; now they just check your teeth and refer you to the hygienist for an added fee. It’s called exploitation, and they can exploit you as much as they want because they know you need to get your teeth checked, and now, if you don’t go regularly, they will strike you off their list.

Anyone who profits from the suffering of sick people or animals, for that matter, has no soul. Both dentists and vets should have stringent government rules regarding their charges. Have you seen the cars and homes those so-called caring professionals own, and all of the backs of people’s pain – it’s actually shameful.

It’s all about the money; nothing else matters.

The Country Is Being Hit By ‘Cancer-Like’ Fungus

As authorities fight to contain it, a deadly, treatment-resistant fungus that functions similarly to cancer is spreading quickly throughout hospitals across the nation.

Candida Auris, a type of yeast that can survive on surfaces for long periods of time, was first detected in hospitals in 2016, with 52 infections reported across four states.

In the years since, cases have increased exponentially, with at least 7,000 people infected in 2025, according to tracking data by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

 

The CDC had already declared the fungus an ‘urgent threat’ in 2023, when 4,514 infections were detected across the country that year.

Dr Timothy Connelly, at Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia, told WJCL in March that being infected with the disease is similar to having cancer.

‘The fungus will just keep getting bigger and bigger, obstruct certain parts of the lungs, and can cause secondary pneumonia. Eventually, it can go on to kill people,’ he said.

C. Auris poses a particularly significant threat in hospitals, where it can colonise the skin of individuals through physical contact with contaminated medical equipment.

And the fungus is resistant to many standard disinfectants and cleaning products used in hospitals, as well as antifungal drugs, making it extremely difficult to treat. 

Because it is so treatment-resistant, people who contract the fungus must rely solely on their immune system to fight off the infection. Those who are already sick and have compromised immunity are at the greatest risk.

It is more likely to be lethal if the fungus enters a person’s bloodstream through wounds or medical devices, such as breathing tubes or catheters.

The CDC has estimated that 30 per cent to 60 per cent of people with a C. Auris infection have died, though most of them also had other serious conditions that raised their risk of dying. 

Those who have prolonged stays in the hospital or need invasive medical devices are particularly at risk of infection, doctors say.

Warning signs include a fever and chills that persist after treatment with antibiotics for a suspected bacterial infection. There may also be redness, warmth and pus at the site of infected wounds.

A study published by Cambridge University Press in July examined patients infected with C. Auris, primarily in Nevada and Florida, and determined that more than half of them needed admission to an intensive care unit. 

Additionally, the study discovered that over half needed a blood transfusion and one-third needed artificial ventilation.

The fungus has proven difficult to contain due to its medication resistance. This year, instances have been documented in more than half of the US states.

Nevada alone has reported 1,605 cases in 2025, followed closely by neighbouring California, which reported 1,524 cases.

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control in March warned that cases at Florida’s Jackson Health System, which treats approximately 120,000 patients every year, have surged more than 2,000 per cent in half a decade.

There were just five infections diagnosed in the system in 2019, the study said, but that number quickly ballooned to 115 cases in 2023. 

Overall, they discovered blood cultures were the most common source of infections, although there was a big increase from 2022 of infections in soft tissue.

Some scientists believe the rapidly growing number of cases can be at least partly attributed to climate change. 

Because of our high interior temperatures, fungi typically have a hard time infecting and growing in human bodies.

However, fungi are rapidly evolving and developing heat resistance as the planet warms.

Microbiologist Arturo Casadevall, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, told the Associated Press: ‘We have tremendous protection against environmental fungi because of our temperature. 

‘However, if the world is getting warmer and the fungi begin to adapt to higher temperatures as well, some … are going to reach what I call the temperature barrier.’

So, it seems that in 50 per cent of cases, this fungus was found in Florida and Nevada. Sounds more like the CDC should be looking into the hospitals in those states to find out why they’re not being cleaned properly. Both the hospitals and the medical equipment.

This is presumably another deadly pathogen brought into the US via their open borders policy. Don’t let them in, and you won’t get their diseases, and if they are going to let some in, they need a system like that of Ellis Island, where nobody gets in who’s sick or looks sick.

And they just had to get the climate change baloney in. They never seem to want to let go of this climate change.

They always blame everything on climate change. The planet heats up, it cools down, so the Earth is always going through a constant cycle of climate change, and if you go back to 1850, people burnt coal; it was the only way to keep warm back then, so if we destroyed our planet, we destroyed it long ago.

And here we are again. First, it was COVID, and now it’s fungus – nothing like a little bit of abject terror to start the New Year off.

ARCTIC FREEZE

Britain is beginning 2026 with a brutal cold snap that has health and social care chiefs on high alert because of the deadly risks posed to the elderly and vulnerable.

Temperatures plunged to nearly –10C in Aberdeenshire overnight as people brought in the New Year.

Health chiefs and forecasters have issued warnings over harsh wintry conditions that might even feel colder than the icy waters of a New Year’s Day dip. 

The Met Office has issued additional weather warnings for snow and ice for parts of the country, which will see the mercury dip into negative temperatures early on Friday and Saturday.

The forecaster issued a yellow warning for snow and ice on Saturday that covered the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North East in addition to the warnings already in place for large portions of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

An amber warning for heavy snow showers – meaning disruption is more likely and widespread – has been issued for the Highlands north of Inverness, Moray and the entirety of Aberdeenshire, from 12 pm tomorrow until 12 pm Saturday.

Vehicles could become stranded with snow of up to 10-20cm at low levels and 40cm on high ground; motorists have been warned to prepare a winter kit with clothing, food, water, a blanket and a car charger should they be driving in impacted regions.

It’s the first amber alert since November, when one such warning was issued for the North East of England – and only the third in the last year. 

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has upgraded cold weather health alerts across England to ‘amber’ – amid concerns that the elderly and vulnerable are more at risk of succumbing to the severe conditions.

Previous ‘yellow’ alerts across the Midlands and South have been upgraded to amber – amid expectations that the piercing chill is expected to have a significant impact on health services for some time – alongside alerts in the North.

The agency says it expects a rise in deaths among those aged 65 or over and those with long-term health conditions.

Health chiefs also anticipate a ‘likely’ increase in demand for health services and that people will struggle to heat their homes to an ideal 18 degrees Celsius.

Hospitals may also struggle to keep temperatures at recommended levels – and could suffer staffing challenges due to disruption to transport. 

Dr Paul Coleman, consultant in health protection at the UKHSA, said: ‘The weather is forecast to be very cold across England over the coming few days.

‘Low temperatures like these can have serious impacts on the health of some people, particularly older people and those with serious health conditions.

‘It is therefore really important, as the colder weather sets in, to check in on friends, family and neighbours that are most vulnerable.’

The amber alerts will be in place until 10 am on January 6.

Elsewhere, the Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for ice and snow blanketing most of Wales, the West Midlands, the Cotswolds, London and Kent, swathes of the Scottish Highlands and islands and the totality of Northern Ireland tomorrow.

While rural regions risk being blocked off by snow or perhaps experiencing power outages, forecasters have warned of possible disruptions to the south’s roadways and railroads.

People are also being warned to take care on icy surfaces due to the risks of slips and falls as sleet and snow clear.

The alerts are in place until 10 am in Northern Ireland and 12 pm in England and Wales, but will last until the end of Sunday in Scotland. 

A spokesperson said: ‘This warning highlights the risk of disruptive snow showers and icy surfaces, particularly in northern and eastern areas, with impacts on travel and potential hazards for the public.

‘We expect this cold spell to persist into the weekend and on into next week, with further warnings possible as temperatures remain well below average and snow showers continue in places.’

As Britain brought in the New Year last night, conditions dropped to –9.6 °C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, –6.9 °C in Yorkshire, –8.1 °C in Cumbria, –6.4 °C in Wales and –5.8 °C in Benson, Oxfordshire.

Today, chilly conditions are expected nationwide, with highs of 5 °C expected in Belfast, 7 °C in London, 6 °C in Manchester, 3 °C in Edinburgh and 8 °C in Cardiff. 

In a post on X on Wednesday, the Met Office said a ‘dip in the sea’ on January 1 could even feel ‘relatively mild compared to the wind chill that can be expected on land’. 

Snow up to 5cm deep could blanket some areas, especially on higher ground, in parts of North Wales and north–west England, according to forecasters.

Aberdeenshire and the Highlands are also predicted to get heavy snowfall tomorrow, with sleet in certain areas of Wales, the West Midlands, and London in the early morning.

Well, that will be winter then! And as for the really old folks that die in the winter months, well, Rachel Reeve’s will have their deaths on her grimy little hands. I really do hope she sleeps well at night.

However, as you watch the weather forecast, the experts are telling us to close all the windows and put on an additional layer. Thank goodness I watched it, I wouldn’t have a clue otherwise! This country of ours is pathetic.

Arctic conditions, temperatures plummeting, same old same old headlines. It is winter, for God’s sake, but let’s hope it doesn’t freeze the English Channel, then all the migrants will be able to walk over instead – they could slide or skate, I guess.

When I was a child, winters were much worse, but it was winter, and it was cold, extremely cold, but not everything ground to a halt, and we went to work, and school come rain, wind or snow. Now, if it rains, or there’s wind or snow, everybody has a nervous breakdown.

Council Houses To Be Built For Asylum Seekers

As part of an effort to stop using private landlords and asylum hotels, asylum seekers will be placed in newly constructed council houses.

About 200 local authorities have shown interest in the Government pilot scheme that would finance the construction of new properties or the refurbishment of derelict housing to make space for asylum seekers.

Five councils – Brighton and Hove, Hackney, Peterborough, Thanet, and Powys – have demonstrated they are willing to take part in the scheme.

However, the proposals are expected to spark outrage among the public, many of whom are sitting on long waiting lists for council housing themselves.

Last year, 1.3 million people were on social housing waiting lists across England – a 3 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest number since 2014.

Yet supply is not meeting demand, with 20,560 social homes lost in 2023/2024, mainly through Right to Buy sales and demolitions. 

According to a study, England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025–2026 as were built the year before.

Official figures show there are 36,000 asylum seekers in hotels and about 71,000 in ‘dispersal’ accommodation in the private rented sector.

With a Home Office report identifying billions of pounds ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation, left-wing council leaders have insisted this scheme will provide savings for the taxpayer.

Bella Sankey, leader of Labour-run Brighton and Hove City Council, told The I paper that the current system of housing asylum seekers is seeing taxpayers’ money ‘creamed off for handsome profits by private companies’.

The cost of the contracts awarded to Serco, Clearsprings and Mears between 2019 and 2029, to lease hotels and landlords’ homes, has tripled from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion, according to figures from the National Audit Office.

Ms Sankey said: ‘Owning more of our own housing, housing that can be used much more flexibly in future, would be a win-win’.

‘Over time, this could replace entirely the need for private contractors to have any role in the system. Each local authority could be asked to step up and do their bit.’

The Government has pledged £100 million towards the scheme, with figures indicating the funding would be able to provide 900 new homes.

Under the programme, councils would be given the funds to buy properties for asylum seeker accommodation, including in new housing developments where homes are struggling to find buyers.

After that, properties would be leased back to the Home Office and eventually included in the council’s social housing portfolio.

Deporting them all would be the wisest course of action, in my opinion, but then my opinion doesn’t actually count.

The council leaders don’t appear to care about our nation, so maybe we should deport them, too. They could exercise their leadership skills in a different nation where they would most likely get along just fine.

There will, of course, be civil unrest. It’s going to happen at some point because people have had enough.

Our government are considering migrants before their own. Don’t help the Brits, just enable the migrants, and just chuck money at them willy-nilly because now they are more important. This isn’t our country anymore; it belongs to them.

In every constituency where a new housing complex is built, be ready for a new Mogadishi to appear. These folks continue to live as they always have, with furniture and appliances thrown away to avoid having to pay for their removal and trash piling up everywhere.

You know, the best solution would have been not to let these migrants in at all.

When writing this, I did honestly wonder, is it New Year’s Eve or April Fool’s Day? Somebody clarify because all this silliness just can’t be true.

However, our governments should have been stopped from selling off social housing, but then they’d probably sell their own children for a quid because they just have no morals.

Rough Sleepers Get £2,000 To Spend However They Want

Rough sleepers will receive a lump sum payment of £2,000 to spend on whatever they want – as part of a study to see if it helps them find housing faster. 

Researchers at King’s College London will follow those given the funding for a year to see if it makes a difference.

A total of 250 homeless people living in Belfast and London have been recruited to take part in the trial. 

While half of the participants will be given the cash, transferred straight into their bank accounts, the remaining 125 will receive nothing.

Participants have been pre-screened to make sure they won’t be harmed by the one-time payout; those who struggle with addiction have been removed.

The study, which is the first of its kind in the UK, simulates a smaller study in Vancouver, Canada, in 2018. 

According to that study, those who received the payment were far less likely to be homeless and did not spend more on drugs and alcohol.

The trial in the UK has been supported by registered charity The Centre for Homelessness Impact (CFIH) trial, the Big Issue has reported. 

The organisation transferred the lump sum straight into the bank accounts of people with recent experience of rough sleeping or staying in temporary accommodation. 

The final results of the study are not expected to be published until 2027.

Ligia Teixeira, chief executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact, said: ‘Our cash transfers project is rooted in a straightforward yet powerful belief: when people have direct access to resources, they gain agency over their lives and livelihoods.

‘By challenging outdated assumptions about how support is delivered, we hope to see not just immediate relief but real shifts in economic participation, decision-making and resilience.

‘We need to ask ourselves what is best for all of us in society. Do we continue to invest in an ever-growing crisis system, or do we give those at risk even better opportunities to self-exit?’ 

The Centre for Homelessness Impact and King’s College London have been contacted by The Daily Mail for comment.

The study comes amid a massive swell in people sleeping rough across the UK – with 300,000 people encountering the ‘worst’ form of homelessness.

Ministers have been warned that Labour’s early prisoner release scheme and an upsurge in migrants being released from asylum seeker accommodation are partly to blame.

The landmark report, released last month by Heriot-Watt University, revealed that homelessness levels stood at 299,100 across England in 2024 – a 21 per cent rise since 2022 and a 45 per cent spike since 2012.

There has also been a 70 per cent increase in the number of people approaching councils for homelessness assistance – with local authorities in London and across the north of England worst affected.

‘Homelessness resulting from evictions from UK asylum accommodation was up by 37 per cent in the last year, influenced by the acceleration of Home Office decisions on claims,’ the study said.

‘At the same time, homelessness resulting from discharge from hospitals, prisons and other institutions went up 22 per cent in the last year. This is likely in part the result of the UK Government’s early prison release scheme, which has added pressure on council finances.’

Migrant homelessness has also been attributed to the Home Office’s decision to cut in half the number of days that the majority of asylum-granting individuals can remain in government housing.

Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to give them £2,000 worth of accommodation to give them time to find employment? This assistance and a fixed address would be far more valuable because most employees will not employ unless you have a fixed abode, and if they’re not from this country, then deport them. Charity begins at home!

Prefab housing would be amazing. They could use the money for that. There are many very low-cost units on the global market, and what’s more, the men could build them themselves – it would give them motivation and some self-respect, but better still, why not send the illegal migrants back home and put our British homeless in the hotels instead?

They said that 250 will be recruited to take part, and the cash will be transferred straight into their bank accounts – how do you even have a bank account if you are homeless?

NHS Scandal: Wrong Body Cremated

After a mix-up at a scandal-plagued NHS hospital in Scotland, a family unintentionally cremated the remains of a stranger.

A corpse with the incorrect label was given to undertakers by mortuary officials at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Due to the error, the wrong body was cremated during a memorial service for a loved one.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Scotland’s largest health board – accepted ‘two families have been caused considerable distress at an already very difficult time’ as a consequence of the incident.

It is understood that human error was to blame for the ‘wrongful release’ of the body from the health board’s mortuary at the hospital.

The tragic blunder is only the latest in a string of scandals to hit Scotland’s largest hospital, which opened ten years ago.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed a full investigation is now underway, with staff involved suspended while this takes place.

The families involved were notified of what had happened, with ‘full support’ being offered to them after the incident, said to have taken place last month.

Dr Scott Davidson, medical director at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said: ‘I would like to offer my sincere apologies to both families affected.

‘We have very rigorous processes for the identification and labelling of bodies from arrival in our mortuaries until their release into the care of an undertaker.

‘It is of deep regret that these processes have not been adhered to on this occasion, and that as a result two families have been caused significant additional distress at an already very difficult time.

‘We launched an immediate investigation into this incident and will ensure that learning is applied.’

Scottish Conservative public health spokesman Brian Whittle branded the incident a ‘shocking and unforgivable failure’.

The MSP added: ‘Families entrust the NHS with their loved ones at their most vulnerable moment, yet basic procedures have been ignored with devastating consequences.

‘After previous mix-ups at this very hospital, there is no excuse. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde must be held fully accountable and explain how on earth this was allowed to happen.’

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: ‘We wish to express our sincere condolences to the families involved with this terrible incident.

‘We are deeply concerned by what has happened and have been clear with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that they must fully investigate the circumstances.’

Earlier this month, it was confirmed that a QEUH nurse is to stand trial on a charge of culpable homicide after allegedly giving a man a fatal dose of a drug meant for another patient in 2022.

Just a year after the hospital opened, reports began to emerge of sewage leaks and ventilation problems at the site, according to The Times.

Then, in 2017, ten-year-old patient Milly Main died during cancer treatment after contracting an infection discovered in water at the hospital.

Two child cancer wards closed the following year in connection with infection fears, while, in 2019, it was announced that two patients died after contracting a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings.

I do hope that these people who were cremated were actually dead, or is that too much to ask for with this hospital, which should be closed down immediately, and what if the persons that were cremated, one was to be buried, what then – it’s not like they could have dug them up.

This isn’t a hospital; it’s a UK prison system, and to be fair, you’d probably get more consideration from the prison system, and of course, no one will be sacked.

No one will be held responsible, and no lessons will be learnt. They will simply take a few weeks off and attribute it to PTSD.

This is our NHS at its best. They call it world-class healthcare, so it’s not much to ask for world-class healthcare that we, the taxpayers, pay for.

Our deceased are handed over to mortuary staff, who record the body, fill in the necessary forms and release the body to the undertakers. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

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