Dr Black said the combination of the two bugs has led to an extremely busy Christmas for GPs.

BBC: GP's Northern Ireland flu warning

At the same time, the two foreign-led private-equity groups are busy sweet-talking Netcom, apparently offering the firm up to 50% of whatever assets they end up with more or less for nothing, thus diluting their own interests to minority status.

ECONOMIST: Telecoms

"I led a very helter-skelter, workaholic, busy life, and I think my life was a little out of kilter, " Morris told the parole board this month.

WSJ: NY political adviser freed after fraud conviction

The article suggests that Barclays, for example, agreed to a record fine in order to put a stop to investigations that might have led to criminal proceedings, and that UBS are busy doing the same.

FORBES: Too Big To Indict, HSBC, Barclays and UBS Set Ugly Precedent

While they kept Vokoun busy, he was rarely outnumbered as Pittsburgh cut down on the turnovers that led to a seemingly endless flurry of odd-man rushes by the Islanders in Games 2-4.

NPR: Penguins Drop Islanders 4-0 To Regain Series Lead

They are kept busy, most notably so during a federal investigation into local-contract rigging that led to the arrest of dozens of New Jersey politicians in 2009.

WSJ: Hollywood Gets Help From New Jersey on Dealing With Crises

His campaigning work - which he fits in alongside a busy rock career that sees his band release their 14th album in November - has led to calls from several quarters for him to be considered for a Nobel Prize for humanitarianism.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Politics | 'Get real' on Africa, urges Bono

In order to take the pressure off busy hospitals, the college is also calling for an increase in the number of midwife-led units.

BBC: UK 'has too many hospital births'