Dr Ben Rush, consultant in communicable disease control at the UKHSA, said: “We continue to remain vigilant for new cases and work closely with NHS England and local authorities across the country to ensure enhanced surveillance is in place. Any new cases will be identified quickly and responded to.

The Welsh actress, 59, is best known for co-creating and starring in the hit BBC series alongside James Corden.

Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, Jones said: “I’ve been and watched Strictly, and it is amazing what people do.

“But it is absolutely not for me.

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“They would have to pay me an absolutely ridiculous amount of money – there isn’t a figure.”

She also said she had been approached to star in Celebrity Traitors, the hit BBC reality gameshow,

However, despite loving the programme, she said she prefers to watch it from the comfort of her own home.

She added: “There was a big rumour about me doing it as well.

“The thing is I had sort of been asked about doing it and I love the show and I think it’s amazing, but then I thought I’ll have to put on a wet suit and I’ll have to go in one of them lochs, I’ll get bitten by the midges.

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“I’d rather sit in my pyjamas and watch everyone else.”

Jones is known for playing Vanessa “Nessa” Jenkins on the BBC sitcom, and in 2025, she won a Bafta for best female performance in a comedy for her role in the Christmas special, Gavin and Stacey: The Finale.

The episode saw Smithy (Corden) finally decide to marry Nessa (Jones), after aborting his wedding to Sonia at the altar, while Stacey’s mother, Gwen West (Melanie Walters), is revealed to be in a secret relationship with Dave Coaches (Steffan Rhodri).

The characters, however, have never kissed on screen – a decision which Jones and Corden made intentionally.

Jones explained: “James Corden and I couldn’t bear the thought of kissing each other, so that was kind of written into the script.

“We’re like brother and sister, so it would’ve been strange.”

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Ruth Jones stars in The Other Bennet Sister, starting Sunday

Ruth Jones stars in The Other Bennet Sister

The Other Bennet Sister, based on the novel by Janice Hadlow, follows Ella Bruccoleri, of Call the Midwife and Bridgerton, as Mary Bennet, as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose.

Filmed in Wales, the series offers up one of the best and biggest names in Welsh acting in the form of Ruth Jones.

Jones stressed that fans of the original novel and other adaptations won’t be disappointed.

She said: There are so many nods to Pride and Prejudice – recognisable characters, iconic ballroom scenes, moments that make you think, “I remember that.”

The Jonathan Ross Show airs on Saturday at 10pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

Paul Merson has urged Mikel Arteta to stick with the players that have dragged Arsenal to the Carabao Cup final even if it means leaving one of his ‘world class’ stars on the bench.

The Gunners are primed for their first Wembley showpiece in front of their fans since 2017 and hope to complete the first leg of a potential quadruple.

Second choice goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has played every game en route to the final and was the hero in the penalty shootout win over Crystal Palace in the quarter finals.

The experienced Spain international joined the north London club from Chelsea in the summer but has been forced to play the role of understudy to his compatriot David Raya who has enjoyed another stellar campaign.

Arteta is now faced with a major conundrum ahead of Sunday’s opportunity to end a six-year trophy drought but Merson believes Kepa has earned the right to play and should be trusted to earn a shot at League Cup redemption following several heartbreaking experiences with Chelsea earlier in his career.

‘Arsenal have that swagger about them,’ Merson, who was man of the match in the final against Sheffield Wednesday back in 1993, the last time Arsenal won this competition, told Sportskeeda.

‘They know they are good. Eberechi Eze likes playing at Wembley too. He scored in the final and lifted the FA Cup with Crystal Palace at Wembley last season. I think he keeps his place in the starting line-up for this game.

‘I have a feeling Mikel Arteta will go with Leandro Trossard, Bukayo Saka and Viktor Gyokeres to form the attacking quartet for Arsenal with Eze. Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi will sit behind them in midfield.

‘The big decision that Arsenal need to make is whether they go with Kepa Arrizabalaga or David Raya in goal.

‘Kepa has been first-choice in the Carabao Cup and I think they should stick with him. It’s only fair because he played well and got you to this stage.

Declan Rice and Thierry Henry praise David Raya

Declan Rice: He deserves every bit of credit he’s getting. I wish people could come in every day and see how he trains. Because the intensity he trains at and the level that he trains at there’s no reason why he’s not doing what he’s doing on the pitch it’s incredible to see him every day. The effort he makes with the lads, he’s turned into a real leader for us and when you’ve got a keeper like that it gives everyone confidence and yes, he’s incredible.’

Thierry Henry:  ‘This guy should be in contention to be player of the season because of what he does for Arsenal every single time. It’s very difficult sometimes to see what a goalkeeper does because he cannot always make you win the game. He can make you hope that you’re not losing it by making saves, but he does that two to three times every single game. It’s just outstanding.’

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‘But I must admit, Raya is world-class! The saves he made against Everton and Leverkusen, absolutely phenomenal.

‘However, if I were the manager, I would still stick to my principles and choose Kepa as the keeper for the final.

‘He’s not let the team down in this competition and deserves to start.’

Arsenal hold a measure of momentum heading into Sunday’s showdown and haven’t been beaten by their opponents in nearly three years.

Merson admits the contest is almost too tight to call but has backed his old side to come out on top and keep alive hopes of an unprecedented clean sweep of the major honours.

He added: ‘The Premier League leaders will want this to be a dull game because it suits them. If it becomes end to end, City have a chance in my opinion.

‘If I had to pick a team, I would go Arsenal. However, that doesn’t mean it will be easy. We know Manchester City can play and if they get going, they can hurt any team.

‘I believe the quadruple dream is still very much on if the Gunners win this final. The Premier League is done and dusted, they have a good draw in the FA Cup and face Sporting in the Champions League quarter-final.

‘I know they could face Barcelona or Atletico in the semi-final, but we all know how difficult they are to beat as a unit. So I’m not giving up hopes!’

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The incident took place at around 2.30am this morning (Friday, March 20)

Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after thousands of pounds was stolen from a post office in Cambridge. Cambridgeshire Police were called to the Post Office in Kings Hedges Road in Cambridge at around 2.30am this morning (Friday, March 20).

It was reported a burglary was taking place. Thousands of pounds of cash was stolen during the incident. An investigation into the burglary is currently ongoing and police are now asking for anyone with information, dashcam footage or doorbell CCTV footage to come forward.

You can report anything through the force website using the reference 35/20500/26.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “We were called at about 2.30am this morning (20 March) to the Post Office in Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge, after reports of a burglary. Thousands of pounds of cash was stolen and an investigation is on-going.

“Anyone who has any information, dashcam or doorbell CCTV footage, should report it through the force website using reference 35/20500/26.”

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Veterinary doctor, Ben Simpson-Vernon has advised prospective dog owners against five canine breeds that he has witnessed suffer from ‘heartbreaking’ health concerns

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For those considering adding a dog to the family, a vet has opened up on the five breeds of canine he would never personally own due to “heartbreaking” circumstances surrounding their welfare. Ben Simpson-Vernon acknowledged that his viewpoint “might upset some people”, but also pointed out that if owners of these particular breeds “walked in his shoes”, they may be put off by the “health problems and difficult situations” he regularly experiences.

The vet pointed out that not only are such breeds forced to suffer from a variety of health problems, these issues can prove very distressing for their owners – as well as being expensive to treat.

Check out the five breeds he said he would personally steer clear of owning below.

Dachshund

First on Ben’s list is the Dachshund, a dog he appreciates is so popular amongst families, but one which can poses serious health risks. “Their risk of painful back problems is just so high that I could never own one,” he explained.

Ben continued, noting that the breed has a one-in-four lifetime risk of developing IVDD (Intervertebral Disc Disease), which can lead to slip discs. “Many of these dogs end up paralysed and needing really expensive invasive spinal surgery,” he warned. “Some of them never recover or regain the use of their hind limbs or their bladder control. A lot of people seem to get these dogs and just hope it doesn’t happen to theirs – but one in four is not great odds.”

‘Tiny Dogs’

Not a specific breed, but Ben also highlighted concerns over “tiny, tiny little dogs”, such as “teacup” Chihuahuas, Yorkies and any other type of dog that is specifically bred to be as small as possible. He elaborated: “This is not conducive for a great life as a dog and some of these dogs are so fragile that they can fracture limbs just from jumping off a table.”

Ben added that he also sees many other health problems in these dogs such as hydrocephalus, which is a build-up of fluid on the brain and hypoglycemia or low blood sugar, something he claims is really common in these puppies, whilst others require liver shunts, and suffer from dental problems and heart disease.

Shar Pei

“I remember the first time I saw a Shar Pei puppy,” Ben recalled as he identified the third breed on his list. “I assumed there was something wrong with it as it looked so facially distorted – but it was just a normal Shar Pei puppy.

However, the vet went on to advise prospective owners that because of their excess loose skin, their eyelids often roll inwards as puppies, who then need them to be tacked open again using stitches to avoid hair scraping their eyes and ulcerations. “Often they need a facelift-style surgery to permanently correct the problem,” he added.

Ben also advised that the Shar Pei appearance is down to a genetic mutation, which means they have too much mucin in their skin and therefore are at a higher risk of skin infection and autoimmune problems including Shar Pei Fever, which can lead to kidney failure. “They are a breed that are literally defined by a genetic abnormality,” he said.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Fourth on Ben’s list is the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, which he admitted in “many ways is the perfect family dog”. However, he also noted they have a “dark secret” that people are unaware of.

“About half of them are affected by a spinal problem called syringomyelia, where fluid accumulates in the spinal cord and can cause phantom nerve pain and many other signs,” Ben warned. “We truly don’t know how many of these dogs are in chronic pain and it’s all related to their domed skull shape – and as if that wasn’t bad enough, almost all Cavaliers get a heart disease called Mitral Valve Disease, which can lead to coughing and breathing difficulties and is the cause of death for about half of them.”

French Bulldog

Concluding Ben’s list is the French Bulldog, which he appreciates make “great companions”, but find it “hard to convey” how much suffering he has seen them go through over the years. “One study put their average life expectancy at four-and-a-half years because so many of them die young,” he exclaimed.

Ben continued: “It has become normalised that these dogs snore and breathe noisily – but this is not normal for any dog.” He went on to warn that so many French Bulldogs end up requiring surgery on their airways just to help them breathe and “live a half decent life”.

He closed by noting that the breed is also susceptible to slipped discs and other spinal problems that can cause severe pain and paralysis, eye ulcers, ear infections, sleep apnea, heat stroke and chronic skin problems. “The list goes on and on,” Ben said. “IT’s obviously unpleasant for the dogs for them to endure this pain and suffering, but it can also be really distressing for the family too.”

The Cambridgeshire woman describes the pain as “being stabbed repeatedly and then left bruised internally for days afterwards”

A Cambridgeshire woman with endometriosis who spends “probably three weeks out of the four every month” in excruciating pain was told by doctors to “have another baby – it’ll stop the pain”.

Cherie Bane, 39, from March, has been living with endometriosis for 25 years. She has struggled with the condition since she was 14, although she did not receive her official diagnosis until she was 36.

Endometriosis is a long-term condition where tissue similar to the uterus lining grows outside of it and causes symptoms including intense period pains.

Cherie said: “Between the ages of 14 and 24, I lost count of how many times I ended up in hospital with severe pain.”

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Despite being prescribed medications to cope with the pain, the only thing that Cherie finds comfort in is a hot water bottle. From her teens through to her early 30s, she said she was “told repeatedly by doctors to ‘have another baby – it will stop the pain.’”

Cherie is grateful to have had children but “pregnancy did not stop the pain”, she said. From the age of 24, Cherie stopped going to hospital as often because “I couldn’t leave my children not knowing when I would be back”. She added: “The thought of being admitted and not being able to care for them terrified me.”

In August 2023, following an MRI scan, Cherie was officially diagnosed with deep infiltrating endometriosis in several areas. Since Cherie’s diagnosis, she has had two clinic appointments and is currently on the waiting list for a total laparoscopic hysterectomy and excision of endometriosis.

However, Cherie has reportedly been told that even with a hysterectomy, there is no guarantee it will fix the pain or stop the spread of the endometriosis.

She said: “I live in pain probably three weeks out of the four every month. My husband has to pick me up off the bathroom floor because I pass out.”

After coming around, following a “crippling” episode, Cherie said she finds herself drenched in sweat and shaking. She added: “The pain feels like being stabbed repeatedly and then left bruised internally for days afterwards.”

Cherie explained that is not only the physical pain she struggles with but the condition has also impacted her work life due to the amount of time she has taken off because of the pain.

She added: “I am fortunate now that I do work from home, so when I do have bad days, I can sit on the sofa with my laptop, a hot water bottle and try and get through what I can. After 25 years of fighting to be believed, I am still fighting.”

World Water Day on March 22 is intended to be a celebration. Yet, for many in the UK, it brings up images of rivers and beaches contaminated with raw sewage, with 450,000 discharges recorded in England in 2024. It’s become a major political scandal, and is now the subject of a bleak Channel 4 docudrama.

But what if rivers themselves could take legal action against this pollution?

A growing movement of campaigners and researchers say rivers should be granted their own rights, independent of their value to humans. In this framework, rivers are not just resources to be used, but entities with the legal right to flow and to remain unpolluted. Crucially, those rights could be enforced in court by designated human guardians. Advocates of these “rights of nature” say it could give rivers a powerful new way to challenge pollution.

The problem of raw sewage dumping is directly linked to the privatisation of water companies in 1989. In theory, an independent regulator would protect rivers and the environment and ensure that monopoly companies, such as Thames Water, would not abuse their powers. But in practice, the system has struggled to prevent widespread pollution or hold companies to account – leaving rivers with no direct legal voice of their own.

The push for privatisation came alongside the relatively new idea that water should be treated as an economic good. For water companies, water is a commodity like oil or coal. They make money by charging for it, while pollution control is a cost they seek to minimise. When oversight is weak, dumping sewage in rivers becomes a cost-cutting or profit-making part of their business model.

Failings like these are why, since the beginning of the century, many people have started thinking about legal rights as an alternative to privatisation and ineffective protection.

There are valid questions about how it would work in practice. The guardian, for instance, is still a human voice but their mandate would be specifically to protect the rights of the river, including the ability to take cases to court.

This would change how sewage dumping is handled. At present, discharges are treated as a regulatory breach and are managed through permits and fines. If rivers had legal rights, repeated pollution could instead be challenged as a violation of those rights – and of the river’s “personhood”. A rights-based framework mandates that the person (in this case, the river) must be restored to their previous position, before their rights were violated. This could mean polluters being forced to restore the river and its ecosystems to their previous state, or to pay compensation to the river itself (rather than a fine that disappears into an overall government budget).

This sounded like wishful thinking only a few years ago, but in some places it is already becoming a reality. In 2025, Lewes District Council in East Sussex, England, backed the Rights of River Ouse Charter, which acknowledges the right of the river to exist, its right to flow and to be free from pollution – the equivalent of the right to life for human beings.

However, a single local council cannot create rights that would replicate the rights you or I might have. That would require major national legal changes. For now, the charter is a statement of intent and a guide for local policy, and the River Ouse has some way to go before its new status can be enforced.

A case from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia shows how hard it is to enshrine such changes. After the Loyalty Islands Province adopted a legislative amendment to recognise the rights of sharks and marine turtles, the measure was challenged and the Conseil d’Etat – France’s highest court of appeal – determined that the province lacked the power to grant legal personhood to natural entities.

But in New Zealand, the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River) really does have full “legal personhood”. In 2017, national legislation – the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act – gave the river full legal rights and duties, to recognise the local Māori tribe’s spiritual connection to what some describe as a living ancestor.

Back in the UK, the recognition of river rights may help avoid a repeat of the catastrophic regulatory failures that the Channel 4 docudrama illustrates. As long as rivers are treated as assets to be managed, pollution remains negotiable – and ultimately acceptable. Recognising their rights would shift the priority from managing pollution to preventing it, and would make environmental protection a legal obligation, not a policy or business choice.

Liverpool begin the weekend in fifth place, which will be enough for a Champions League spot next season despite a disastrous week for teams at Europe’s top table, but with Aston Villa two points ahead, and more importantly, Chelsea one point behind – the pressure to pick up points is paramount for all involved.

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli strike on a health center in southern Lebanon instantly killed 12 medical workers, seriously wounded one and left four missing under the rubble for hours.

The March 13 strike in the village of Burj Qalaouiyah, one of the single deadliest strikes in Lebanon since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began on March 2, targeted a center run by Hezbollah’s health arm, the Islamic Health Society, which has so far lost 24 members over the past two weeks.

Since the latest war began, Israel’s military has not only been targeting the group’s military assets but also its civilian institutions in an apparent attempt to weaken the Iran-backed group further and try to push its supporters away from it.

Hezbollah is a political party as well as an armed group, and its health and social service institutions have helped strengthen its base of support over the years.

In addition to health centers, Israel has destroyed more than a dozen branches of Hezbollah’s financial arm, al-Qard al-Hasan. Other strikes heavily damaged Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV headquarters and its Al-Nour radio stations.

The strikes also have targeted the group’s Amana gas stations and discount shops known as Sajjad, where low-income people can buy highly subsidized products.

On Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed Mohammed Sherri, the head of political programs at Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV, along with his wife.

Israel has accused Hezbollah of using health facilities for military purposes and has said al-Qard al-Hasan — officially a charitable organization that provides interest-free loans — finances the group’s military activities. Lebanon’s Health Ministry denies the Israeli claims about Hezbollah’s health facilities being used for military purposes.

“This is a different war that will not end with a ceasefire,” said Hilal Khashan, a political scientist at American University of Beirut. “This war will not end before Israel achieves its full objective – that is, the elimination of Hezbollah not only as a military movement, but also the ultimate objective is to erase Hezbollah from the Lebanese political picture.”

Hezbollah is under internal and external pressure to disarm and knows this latest fight is crucial. Intense clashes along Lebanon’s southern border between Hezbollah fighters and advancing Israeli troops have left dozens of Lebanese gunmen dead.

During a visit to the northern front Monday, Israel’s army chief Gen. Eyal Zamir said that Hezbollah is now fighting “a war for its very existence and is paying a heavy price for entering this battle.” He added that pressures exerted by Israel’s military will only “increase more and more.”

Hezbollah vows to keep fighting

“This is an existential battle. It is not a limited or simple battle,” Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem said in a televised speech over the weekend. Kassem vowed that his group would fight to the end and never surrender.

Israel says that Lebanon has failed to disarm the group in accordance with the Lebanese government’s own plans, and that therefore Israel will carry out the mission itself.

Unlike previous conflicts with Israel, the current one comes as the Lebanese government has called Hezbollah’s military activities illegal and authorities have detained several members of the group for carrying weapons without a license.

Like previous wars, Hezbollah is being criticized by its opponents in Lebanon who blame the Iran-backed group for triggering this war by firing rockets into Israel. Hezbollah fired the rockets to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, less than two days after the U.S. and Israel began their attacks on Iran, triggering a war in the Middle East.

Israel retaliated with a campaign of airstrikes on parts of Lebanon that has so far left more than 1,000 people dead and over 1 million displaced from their homes in southern and eastern Lebanon as well as in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

“Hezbollah took a suicidal initiative that will not change the equation,” said legislator Samy Gemayel, who heads the nationalist Kataeb Party, adding that Tehran is using Lebanon “as a platform to defend Iran.”

A previous 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006 ended with a draw. A 14-month conflict that started in October 2023 — when Hezbollah fired rockets in support of Palestinians a day after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel — killed much of Hezbollah’s political and military command and left the group severely weakened but not destroyed.

Strikes followed by backlash

After airstrikes hit Hezbollah’s institutions even in central Beirut, residents protested and forced the group to close a branch of al-Qard al-Hasan in the heart of the capital. Bowing to the pressure, workers removed the financial institution’s sign and dismantled ATMs, marking the end of its presence in central Beirut.

Amnesty International has said that the al-Qard al-Hasan branches are not legitimate military targets under international humanitarian law and that the strikes should be investigated as war crimes.

“The Israeli military has appeared to assume that labelling something as Hezbollah-affiliated, be that healthcare workers, homes in border villages, or financial institutions, makes it targetable. That’s wrong,” said Heba Morayef, regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.

Mahmoud Karaki of Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Society said that during the last war in 2024, his group lost 153 members in Israeli attacks. But he vowed that the group would continue its work as it has done in previous wars.

“By targeting us, they are targeting the safety network for the people and their steadfastness in areas under attack,” Karaki said

The Israeli military’s Arabic spokesperson alleged that Hezbollah is using ambulances to transport weapons and fighters, a charge that the paramedic group strongly denies.

Hezbollah and Iranian officials have said that any halt in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran should also include a stop to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

Senior Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qamati told Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV on Monday that “Iran will not leave Lebanon nor the resistance, nor will it allow that Lebanon remains vulnerable,” adding that “Lebanon will be part of this victory and will not be left alone.”

When Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was asked if Tehran could accept a ceasefire to stop strikes on Iran while they continue in Lebanon, he said: “I don’t think so.”

“We do not believe in a ceasefire; we believe in ending the war. And ending the war means exactly that — ending the war on all fronts,” Araghchi told Al Jazeera English, adding that this includes Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and “other countries of the region.”

An investigation is underway

A motorcyclist has tragically died following a horror crash in Stockport. Emergency services descended on the A6 Buxton Road, in Hazel Grove, at around 3.30pm on Friday (March 20).

Greater Manchester Police says the collision involved several vehicles, including a motorbike. The rider, a man in his 30s, sadly died at the scene. His family have been informed by police.

There are not thought to have been any other injuries following the crash. No arrests have been made, but witnesses are being urged to come forward as an investigation into the crash gets underway.

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The A6 was closed for several hours between the A555 junction in Hazel Grove and Windlehurst Road in High Lane while emergency services worked at the scene. An air ambulance had been seen landing nearby.

A badly-damaged motorbike and two other vehicles were seen inside the cordon afterwards. Debris could also be seen on the ground as initial collision investigation works took place.

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A GMP spokesperson said: “Our Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) is appealing for information after a motorcyclist died in Stockport. Officers were called to Buxton Road, Hazel Grove, at around 3:30pm yesterday (March 20) when there was a collision involving several vehicles.

“A man in his 30s who was riding a motorbike was pronounced dead at the scene attended by emergency services – our thoughts are with his family, who are being supported by specialist officers. No other injuries have been reported. Those involved in the collision are assisting officers, however currently there have been no arrests.

“If you have any information or dashcam footage of this incident which could assist the investigation, please contact SCIU on 0161 856 4741 quoting incident number 2139-20/03/2026. Alternatively, you can call us on 101 or talk to us via LiveChat at www.gmp.police.uk.”