Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan revealed all three of her children have scarlet fever.
There has recently been a spike in cases across the North West compared to 2021 when measures during the covid pandemic such as social distancing, enhanced hygiene and school and nursery closures kept cases below average.
A total of 914 notifications of scarlet fever were reported between September 2021 and March 2022 in the North West, the highest rate of any region in England.