Covid-19

The spring Covid booster vaccination programme is currently underway.

Warning over slump in elderly getting spring Covid boosters

The Covid booster season has come round again

Covid spring booster: who’s eligible and how dangerous is the virus now?

Lancaster and Morecambe residents are being invited to book their spring Covid-19 jab.

Residents can now book their spring Covid-19 jab

Cases of the flu, Covid, RSV and norovirus remain high across the UK.

How to tell the difference between flu, Covid, RSV and norovirus

Person with flu. The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is offering practical tips to stay healthy this winter with the risk of a ‘tripledemic’ on the horizon.

NHS offers practical tips to stay healthy with the risk of a ‘tripledemic’

Sarah Glyde of Filey Surgery prepares to administer the covid vaccination. Picture by Richard Ponter.

NHS England offers practical tips for people to stay healthy

Symptoms of the cold, flu and Covid can be similar.

Is it cold, flu or Covid? Latest symptoms to watch out for

The NHS are asking people to protect themselves from a 'tripledemic' of RSV, Covid and flu this winter.

What is the 'tripledemic'? Cold, flu and RSV risks explained

Sarah Glyde of Filey Surgery prepares to administer the covid vaccination. Picture by Richard Ponter.

People can now book flu and Covid-19 vaccinations

Lancaster Railway Station.

Northern extends booking window for cheapest tickets

A nurse prepares a dose the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre in Derby, central England on September 20, 2021. - Frontline health and social care workers, older people and the clinically vulnerable in Britain started on Monday to receive a booster jab against Covid 19. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Children and adults to be offered Covid-19 and flu vaccinations ahead of winter

Sam Fender at Boardmasters 2024

Sam Fender warms crowd with powerful performance at Boardmasters

Jim Bentley has a reunion with Morecambe on Tuesday

Jim Bentley relishes Morecambe reunion

52 fantastic pictures of ‘awesome’ Viking Festival

RAMSGATE, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 16: Medical staff and volunteers prepare shots of the Moderna vaccine at an NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre on December 16, 2021 near Ramsgate, United Kingdom. The Government is pushing the booster jab program as the country recorded its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic began. England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has warned that more Covid records will be broken as the Omicron variant spreads further. (Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Covid-19 spring vaccine bookings to open for residents

Mothering Sunday: Why not get something for the houseproud mum with the Propress Mini Clothes Steamer?

Mothering Sunday: Why not get something for the houseproud mum?

The clothes steamer in action.

Mothering Sunday: Gift idea for the houseproud mum with mini clothes steamer

One hundred year-old Ellen Prosser, known as Nell, receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from Dr Nikki Kanani at the Sunrise Care Home in Sidcup, south east London on January 7, 2021. (Photo by Kirsty O'Connor / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KIRSTY O'CONNOR/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Care homes: Covid-19 and flu jabs offered to every resident

The Covid booser programme has been running throughout the autumn

Last chance for most vulnerable in Lancashire to book Covid booster jab

Concerns as unauthorised absences at schools in Blackpool rocket

Concerns as unauthorised absences at schools rocket

The researchers analysed data from 365 hospitals (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

167,000 people caught Covid in hospital during England's second wave

HMP Lancaster Farms. Photo: Google Street View

Prison criticised after inmate is kept handcuffed as he dies of Covid-19

The fashion show at Cove House in Silverdale.

Care home turns into a catwalk to raise money for residents

More than 80% of children currently waiting with Adoption Lancashire and Blackpool for their forever home are in sibling groups.

Mum tells firsthand her experience of adopting siblings in Lancashire

A woman wears a face mask while walking on Oxford Street.

Pirola: Why scientists are concerned about the new Covid variant

Kate Garraway and her husband Derek Draper before his illness

Kate Garraway shares heartbreaking update on husband’s health

The Covid and flu vaccination programmes are about to start

Lancs Covid and flu vaccination programmes start early over virus variant fears

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman: powerful, probing tale of festering secrets, dangerous obsession and deadly desires

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman: book review

Empire Cinema group enters administration - full list of closures

The DWP is set to close 36 ‘temporary’ Jobcentres over the next few months.

Jobcentre closures: DWP to shut 36 sites - see full list

A woman wears a face mask while walking on Oxford Street durng the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

World must prepare for disease even deadlier than Covid - WHO chief

The Covid-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, and since then there have been six million related deaths worldwide. But is it finally over?

Covid ‘no longer global health emergency’ - is the pandemic over?

Symptoms of Arcturus as new Covid strain claims five lives

New highly-infectious covid strain Arcturus kills five Brits

Hay-fever or COVID-19: Key differences you need to know as pollen season begins

Is it hay-fever or COVID-19? Key differences you need to know

You can book your spring booster on the National Booking Service or on the NHS app.

Covid-19 spring vaccination appointments get under way across district

Retailers along with banks, bars and restaurants have been really struggling over the last decade, with a rise in internet shopping said to be the key contributor in the high street’s decline.

10 major stores to close for good in further blow for UK high street

New Covid variant Arcturus has been found in the UK

Arcturus: New Covid variant found in UK

Buckshaw Village Rickshaws

Buckshaw Village Rickshaws: unique project bringing old & young together

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (Photo: MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Silvio Berlusconi has leukaemia and in intensive care

NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Covid spring booster 2023 - all you need to know about rollout

WrestleMania will go Hollywood for one final time with Night 2 which airs on Sunday, April 2 - Credit: WWE

How to watch WWE WrestleMania 39 - full match card and UK start time

Norovirus levels remain high (Photo: Adobe)

UKHSA briefing: norovirus cases remain high across country

The NHS Covid-19 app will close after a three-year run

NHS Covid-19 app to close after three years - here’s when

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson’s Partygate hearing - Who is on the Privileges Committee

Morecambe Winter Gardens.

£2.7m funding boost for Winter Gardens

Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs

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