A handshake between Vladimir Putin and a health expert has sparked debate over his health as eagle-eyed viewers spotted bulging veins in his hands and unusual fist-clenching. Putin, 73, met with Yekaterina Leshchinskaya, 22, the chair of the Russian Healthy Fatherland movement, to discuss the possibility of banning the sale of e-cigarettes in the country when the marks on his hands were noticed. As he reached to shake the woman's hand, the Russian leader's right hand was seen with visible bulgin

England's hospitals are under siege from a record spike in mutant flu cases. Surveillance programmes that monitor England's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions are up 55 per cent on last week alone. Health chiefs today warned the virus had plunged the NHS into a 'worst case scenario' situation, with with 'still no flu peak in sight'. #flu #nhs #sickness