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And we got a new health secretary in post on saturday, and i think thats about the right labourare demanding an investigation into ministers use of private emails for government business, after claims matt hancock breached the rules. i mean, this is really serious, you know, ministers using their private e—mail to conduct government business. why would they do that if theyre not hiding anything? they know the rules around this and theyve breached those rules. unvaccinated uk travellers heading...

Halfway through her surgery, a surgeon came out and asked if she had swallowed anything. i said, "not that i know." that is when they told me they thought she had swallowed a button battery. we went to childrens intensive care where we were waiting for more news. hejust said, "im sorry." thats what i could remember. i can rememberjust letting a loud scream out, shouting, "no." and i had to go and tell my girls, because they were only letting two of us in a room, and i had to tell my girls that t...

On whether booster doses should be rolled out. i think it is very likely that we are going to need to give booster doses, as the immune response to the vaccines wane, but we still do not really know how long lasting or how stable the immune response is going to be to the existing vaccine regimes. i think we need to watch and see whether it is clear that the vaccine—induced immunity is waning, and then consider boosting. there was some good news, also, for countries which do not even know when ...

Their baby sister had passed away. when you realised what had happened, what did you then think about those batteries, and particularly about the remote control in this instance, but the way that they are relatively easily accessible, i guess, for little children? and we actually found the remote without the button battery in. so i turned it around, and itjust came out. it wasnt even secure. harper—lees granddads built a memorial at the bottom of the garden. the family really hopes that by tal...

Five weeks ago, her older sister was looking after her and she suddenly became ill. no—one knew that shed swallowed a tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. the last thing she ever said to me was, "mummy, i need you." i told her i loved her. thats the last time i saw her. halfway through her surgery, a surgeon came out and asked if shed swallowed anything. i said, "not that i know." thats when they told me they thought shed swallowed a button battery. so, we actu...

Five weeks ago, her older sister was looking after her and she suddenly became ill. her head just went backwards. then she sat back up and blood came out. so i rang an ambulance straightaway. it must have been very frightening for you? yeah. she wasnt responding and they told me to put her on her side. so she could still breathe and she just went wheezy. her eyesjust closed and she couldnt talk back to me. it was like she wasnt there. no—one knew that she had swallowed a tiny button battery, a...

A tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. she had to have two litres blood transfusion. she left surgery. shed still got my phone, she was still talking. the last thing she ever said to me was, "mummy, i need you." i told her i loved her. thats the last time i saw her. halfway through her surgery, a surgeon came out and asked if shed swallowed anything. i said, "not that i know." thats when they told me they thought shed swallowed a button battery. so, we actually w...

Button batteries can burn holes in parts of the digestive system or choke a child after getting lodged in the throat. 

They appear harmless, but button batteries, often found in smaller electronics, can do extreme damage to the human body if they're swallowed.