A patient at North Manchester General Hospital is being tested for Ebola.

British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, is “showing signs of improvement and is no longer critically ill”, the Royal Free Hospital in London said.

Save the Children has said a review into how a British nurse in a critical condition with Ebola had contracted the virus will “leave no stone unturned”.

British prime minister David Cameron said ebola is the “uppermost thing” on his mind following news that the condition of British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, aged 39, is deteriorating.

The condition of British nurse Pauline Cafferkey who contracted Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone has deteriorated and is now critical, the Royal Free Hospital in north London said today.

A Scottish nurse’s return to the UK from Sierra Leone after becoming infected with ebola is “extremely unlik-ely” to result in a large outbreak of the deadly virus in Britain, health chiefs said.

The British nurse who contracted ebola in Sierra Leone has agreed to be treated with an experimental anti-viral drug and blood from a survivor of the virus, her doctor has said.

Police in Scotland are making inquiries following complaints over a Twitter outburst about ebola from controversial TV personality Katie Hopkins.

Screening protocols for Ebola in the UK will be reviewed after a nurse being treated for Ebola in London was allowed to leave Heathrow even though she was tested repeatedly.

The British Government has defended its Ebola screening programme as it has revealed the British nurse now battling the virus was checked seven times at Heathrow Airport.

Irish people are not facing “any immediate threat or danger” from ebola, despite one confirmed case of the lethal virus and two people undergoing checks in Britain in the past 24 hours.

A nurse being treated for Ebola in London could be given blood donations from fellow survivors including Will Pooley in a bid to overcome the deadly virus, the government’s chief medical officer said.

A woman diagnosed with Ebola after returning to Glasgow from Sierra Leone is a nurse who volunteered to help in the fight against the deadly virus.

A female detainee who became ill at an immigration removal centre has tested negative for the Ebola virus.

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A lorry driver has died and more than 130,000 homes have been left without power as gale force winds battered Scotland.

The UK’s second biggest supermarket, Asda, today unveiled plans to create some 5,000 jobs this year in a £500m expansion drive.

Schools in many parts of Scotland were shut today as the country braced itself for hurricane-force winds.

A sex offender has agreed to be extradited back to Scotland where he is wanted for failing to notify the authorities of his whereabouts.

AN on-the-run Scottish paedophile was arrested in Dublin city centre yesterday.

An on-the-run Scottish paedophile was arrested today in Dublin.

A schoolgirl was killed in a coach crash today as Britain was blasted by “absolutely atrocious” snowstorms.

A group of schoolchildren were seriously injured in a coach crash as severe winter storms battered the UK – just four days after the start of British Summer Time.

Several schoolchildren were seriously injured today after the bus they were travelling in crashed in “horrendous” weather conditions.

Tomorrow’s meeting at Hamilton must pass a 7am precautionary inspection.

Renewable energy company Airtricity has applied for permission to build a £480m (€688m) wind farm in the Upper Clyde Valley, in South Lanarkshire in Scotland.

A former asylum seeker, a wannabe Page 3 girl and an animal rights activist are among the contestants on this year’s Big Brother.

BIRD experts in Britain have become the first in the world to breed a golden eagle using frozen sperm, it was announced yesterday.