Covid, flu and common colds are on the rise across Britain, with health chiefs warning of ominous signs of an unusually difficult winter ahead.
The latest surveillance figures show Covid infections climbing, while flu-like illness and other respiratory infections are also increasing – in some cases above levels normally expected at this time of year.
Meanwhile, the NHS has reported its busiest September on record, with 2.44 million A&E attendances and more than 800,000 ambulance incidents.
So, with millions of us facing the prospect of coughs, sore throats and streaming noses in the coming months, is there anything we can take to stop
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