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A hospital ward in Grimsby’s Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital has been closed after an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting.

Patients have been told they will not be discharged to nursing or residential homes while they remain an infection risk. The ward has also been closed new admissions.

Visitors who have been suffering from diarrhoea or vomiting are urged not to come to the hospital until they have been symptom free for 48 hours and staff have also been asked not to come to work if they have symptoms.

The hospital said that there is no specific cure for the illness, which is usually mild and shouldn't last more than a couple of days.

A man has died in hospital after he was swept out to sea near the Spa in Scarborough's South Bay.

North Yorkshire Police were called at around 6pm yesterday to a report of a man being knocked off the sea wall into the water .

The RNLI and Coastguard also attended the scene of the incident, with air support provided by RAF Leconfield.

An unconscious man was recovered from the water at around 6.40pm and taken to Scarborough District Hospital.

Despite the efforts of paramedics and hospital staff, he was pronounced deceased at hospital.

The man, who has not been named, was from Scarborough and in his thirties.

It is understood that the man was walking in the area with his dog and a friend when he got into difficulties.

The man’s friend was also taken to hospital suffering from shock and the effects of the cold, but has since been discharged.

A family who were walking nearby, raised the alarm with the emergency services.

Two men were taken to hospital after they were rescued from the sea at Scarborough this evening.

The alarm was raised at 6pm when the Humber coastguard received a 999 call informing them that a person had been knocked off the sea wall at South Shore into the sea by a combination of gale force winds and high tides.

It is not known how the second man ended up in the sea but it is believed he went into to try and rescue the other person.

Both Scarborough RNLI lifeboats were scrambled to rescue the two men from the sea between the former swimming pool and the Spa.

The inshore lifeboat was launched in poor visibility at 6.10pm, followed 20 minutes later by the all-weather lifeboat.

It was at high tide, with a 4-5ft swell amplified by the backwash which made the search more difficult, despite the help of a spotlight from a Sea King helicopter from RAF Leaconfield.

Two coastguard teams , one from Scarborough and the other from Burniston, assisted with the search from the beach.

The two men were eventually rescued from the water and both were taken by ambulance to Scarborough General Hospital for treatment.

The Government's promise of £300 million to help fund dementia treatments has been welcomed in our region.

David Cameron said the money will go into dementia research and every NHS worker will be given training about the condition. It is part of the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia 2020 unveiled today (Saturday February 21, 2015).

Kathryn Smith from the Alzheimers Society has been talking about the pledge.

Read: Government plans £300m investment into dementia research

A third of overseas nurses hired by Lincolnshire hospitals in a quarter of a million pounds recruitment drive have returned home.

It has been revealed that of the 94 nursing and midwifery staff appointed by United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust during recruitment trips to Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy, 65 remained with the trust as at November 1 last year.

Lincolnshire County Council's health scrutiny committee is set to discuss the recruitment of nurses from abroad at its meeting next month.

Read: Portuguese nurses start training course in Scunthorpe

In a joint operation South Yorkshire Police and Trading standards officers from Sheffield City Council have seized New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) from shops across the city.

Operation 'Icarus' was part of a larger campaign to prevent deaths and injuries to users of NPS in Sheffield. Although usually referred to as legal highs, the fact that these products have never been properly tested as safe for human consumption makes them illegal under consumer safety legislation.

Some of the products also contain banned substances, making the sale of them an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Ian Ashmore, head of the council’s environmental regulation team, said:

“New Psychoactive Substances are labelled as ‘not for human consumption’ but they are designed to mimic the effects of controlled drugs. We have evidence that people are buying these products to get high, and their effect on users can be unpredictable and extremely dangerous.”

Iron Maiden have revealed that lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson has been having treatment for cancer.

The heavy metal legends said the 56-year-old from Worksop had a routine check up when a cancerous tumour at the back of his tongue was found.

The band say that the early diagnosis means his prognosis is positive.

Since the tumour was confirmed before Christmas, Dickinson has taken a seven-week course of chemotherapy and radiology treatment which was completed yesterday.

He is expected to make a full recovery but experts say it could take several months for him to regain full fitness.