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Breathing related 999 calls up 14% in London alone. I wonder how many other genuine emergencies have had their ambulance/treatment delayed because of this?

Doctors in Africa struggling to contain an outbreak of Ebola virus, if they fail then millions could die in excruciating pain across the globe. Now that is a news story, not that Mrs Jones at No. 43 is a bit wheezy!

Meanwhile the BBC have almost forgotten to mention that there is an outbreak of Ebola happening in Africa right now. One of the most contagious, and almost always fatal, diseases on the planet, but hey ho, let's all have a day off cos its' a bit misty outside......

I do not deny that air pollution exists, nor that it can cause health issues for a few people. What I laugh at is the knee jerk reaction to what should be a health advisory notice, not the headline news on the BBC for 2 days. With quotes like 'all adults should stay indoors' from The Express...

From The Express, 'People from across Britain have been issued with a SHOCK warning to stay inside today as the worst air pollution in DECADES sweeps across the country'! Ha Ha! Brilliant!

From Brighton, Southampton or somewhere further north or west?

From The Mirror, ' Professor Frank Kelly, chair of the Department of Health's committee on the medical effects of air pollution, said schools in areas affected by severe air pollution should keep ALL children inside over lunch and playtimes'. Priceless! :facepalm:

Now let me get this right. We are all reccomended that we should take more exercise as we are becoming a nation of unfit fatties. Increases in cases of obesity, heart disease, diabetes are all cited as evidence of our poor diet and lethargic lifestyles. Personally I stopped smoking two years ago...