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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • 'Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet - Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces "worst-case scenario".
  • Four charts that show how flu outbreak is different this winter - NHS England says it's facing a "worst-case scenario" after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.
  • US sanctions six more ships after seizing oil tanker off Venezuela - The White House plans to move the tanker to a US port and seize the oil on board, a move Caracas has labelled as an act of "international piracy".
  • From Iran to China to Venezuela - how tanker seized by US hid true location - A seized tanker accused of smuggling sanctioned oil has long hidden its true location. BBC Verify examines how.
  • US wants 'special economic zone' in Ukraine's frontline region, Zelensky says - Ukraine's president says territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power remain unresolved issues in a peace plan.
  • 'Monumental betrayal' - cheapest World Cup final ticket to cost £3,119 - Fans' group Football Supporters Europe says it is "astonished" by Fifa's "extortionate" pricing strategy for World Cup tickets.
  • Celebrity Race Across the World winners revealed - The four pairs of contestants had to make their way more than 3,500 miles through Central America.
  • Interpreter in tears as Ukrainian boy recalls losing mother in Russian strike - Roman Oleksiv,11, was injured in a Russian missile strike on a hospital that also killed his mother
  • Councils to get £3bn for thousands more school spaces for Send pupils - The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.
  • Royal Navy shadows Russian submarine through English Channel - The UK says it tracked the Krasnodar as it sailed from the North Sea through the Strait of Dover.
  • Watch: Cameras on killer whales record first evidence of joint hunt with dolphins - Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two working together.
  • Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France - The 120 metre wall was either a fish-trap or a dyke for protection against rising sea-levels, archeologists believe.
  • Why is flu so bad this winter - and should you buy a vaccine? - Flu has come early this year, and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season.
  • Private flu vaccine stocks running low as cases rise in Scotland - Those eligible for a vaccine can access jabs from the NHS, but experts say that people have turned to pharmacies for convenience.
  • Is it a cold, 'super flu' or Covid? How to tell the difference - BBC Morning Live's Dr Oscar Duke shares his advice on how to identify whether you have cold, flu or Covid and how to look after yourself.
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