All around the nation, we hear, senior hospital staff have worked around the clock right through the wekend in a desperate attempt to put in place contincency plans when the anticipated public health crisis occurs later this week.
Dr. Nigel Carver of the Royal College of Surgeons said "if it as bad as we have been led to expect, there is no way we will cope."
A & E and Cardiac units have been placed on Red Alert and all leave for Paramedics cancelled and government ministers have appealed to Downing Street to recall army medics in duty in the Middle East.
Opposition MP have criticised the Government for not enforcing tougher measures on exercise and healthy eating.
The reason for the panic is that for several weeks ahead, on Thursdays at 10p.m. millions of overweight, middle aged men used to living sedate, sedentary lives will have to cope with the sight of doe-eyes, pouty-lipped Billie Piper prancing around in Agent Provocateur lingerie. It is going to raise blood pressure more than those ageing hearts and furred up arteries can cope with.

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