The patient in the hospital was Albert Moses, who starred as the porter in An American Werewolf in London (1981). The lines delivered to him were the ones he delivered to his patient in that film.
The two men walking across the moors in big puffy coats is a nod to An American Werewolf in London (1981).
The TV news reporter (Julia Deakin) is credited as "Yvonne Mayor - Reporter". Deakin played Yvonne's Mom in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Mary Porter in Hot Fuzz (2007).
The cycle ridden by Scott had flat tyres and no brakes.
Nobby's scarf is a Wolves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) scarf.