David Cameron was forced to reject that spending cuts had made Britain vulnerable to swine flu as he warned that the country is facing ‘significant outbreaks’ of flu for years.

Prime Minister argued that lessons must be learned from the vaccine shortage that have seen GP surgeries turning away vulnerable people looking for the flu shot in recent days.

The matter was raised as Labour blamed the association for putting pregnant women at risk by failing to promote the flu jabs.

Mr. Cameron went on: "We need to look at the way we order vaccinations and whether more needs to be done."

Around 15 Breeds of dogs prone to health issues such as bulldogs, basset hounds, mastiffs, Chinese crested dogs, German shepherds and pugs will need to be check thoroughly by a vet before they collect a Best in Breed trophy.

BBC documentary claimed dogs bred for show were suffering a high degree of genetics illness.

An intelligent food wrapping known as ‘intelligent plastics’ alerts people when there is a risk of food damaging beyond its ‘best before’ date or has been poorly refrigerated.

It also alerts people if sealed packaging has been broken or damaged, putting the contents at risk.

The British scientists believes that it will reduce unnecessary household wastes and help in cutting around 8.3million tons of food being disposed off in the UK every year.

Hospitals have cancelled non-emergency operations as there is rise in serious swine flu cases.

There are currently 35 people in critical care in Merseyside and Cheshire with flu.

The cancellation step of operations was taken so that more beds could be available for seriously-ill respiratory patients.

Health chiefs are refusing to reveal the toll of people died with swine flu, but at least eight more people have fallen ill with flu in the region so far.

They include teenager Olivia Rae clee-Barnett, from Wirral and mother of two Kay Burdett, from Old Swan.

Professor Derrick Pounder, head of the Centre for Forensic and Legal Medicine at Dundee University warned that around 80,000 unnecessary dissections are carried out each year as part of investigation in England and Wales.

The numbers of post-mortem examinations are unjustifiably high which turned mortuaries into ‘production-line abattoirs’.

However, some post mortems are essential for investigation of possible crimes, but the rate could be reduced by 60% if pathologists adopt the method of detailed external examination pioneered in Tayside.

A pregnant woman got inferior service from NHS because only junior staff was present on the night duty and made poor decisions for delivering the baby.

Britain’s top maternity doctor has blamed for the inexperience and insufficient skills used at night time labour which really meant for poor care for mothers.

The woman had undergone unnecessary caesaren section and her baby had to suffer from catastrophic harm during the birth.

According to reports released by the China Iron & Steel Associate, the country's daily crude steel output fell 9 percent to reach 1.547 million tonnes in 10 days over the mid-September as compared to the previous 10 days of the month.

Steel mills in many areas have been ordered to put control over production in order to accomplish the year-end energy savings target, as the administration slashes the electricity use.

Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang headed a big business group to Indonesia, saying that the archipelago held great promise as an investment spot.

Indonesia has introduced a drive to invest almost US$ 156 billion on infrastructure in the next five years, but says it will only be able to fund less than half, with the reminder coming from private investors.

According to reports, Springland International Holdings Ltd., a Chinese department-store hand, has decided to hold an initial public offering in Hong Kong that may kift up around HK$3.7 billion ($477 million) for the firm as well as its shareholders.

As per the sale papers, the retailers may price the stock between HK$4.85 and HK$5.93 respectively in the planned listing this month, which includes 625 million new as well as subsisting scrips.

The news further said that Morgan Stanley is managing the transaction.

This week will experience the huge opening of two new department stores in Taipei City, which will provide different products to woo Chinese as well as local shoppers plus bring even more strong competition to the island’s robust retail industry.

Meanwhile, both the department stores are Momo, part of the Fubon financial company, and Hankyu, part of food giant Uni-President. Both the new departments will open respectively on Wednesday and Thursday.