Thanx girls, I went to the GP this morning as I felt pretty horrible! He said that I had a viral infection in my throat/nose (its running like crazy) and that antibiotics probably wouldn't work. He advised NOT to use Betadine throat gargle as it contains Iodine, glad i found that out, as i have some at home and would have used it.
He said just to gargle with salt and warm water - ah la naturale...