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Freya Hodgson & Aaron Morris

Medics explain why hacking cough is sweeping across the UK - and how to soothe symptoms

When winter arrives in the UK, the nation becomes a breeding ground for sniffles caused by colds and viruses.

Many of us will be well accustomed to waking up with a runny or blocked nose and persistent cough over the cold period, but this winter, it feels as though symptoms are lasting longer.

According to health experts, an ongoing cough could be down to people picking up another infection, no sooner than the last one has left.

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