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19:02, 25 APR 2025

Pharmacist 'grateful to be alive' after measles horror issues warning to parents

A 42-year-old NHS worker was left fighting for her life after what she thought was just a sore throat turned out to be a Victorian-era virus

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Girl, 7, who had no symptoms diagnosed with brain tumour after mum spotted tiny signs

'It should be as normal as going to the hairdressers or going to see a dentist'

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Horror moment saw woman, 25, 'partially decapitate' herself on holiday in Turkey

Becca Reed, 25, was on holiday with a friend in Turkey when the horrific accident happened

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We were just a normal family but in a matter of hours, our world has been thrown upside down

The family of Callum Stone, 15, who was sent home from school with a headache, were left 'shattered'

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I was nicknamed 'Fat Pal' by my mates, not any more

Dieting and weight loss

Sean Burns, 32, shed almost five stone in just five months after years of struggling to lose weight

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Mum, 23, given 18 months to live after 'out of the blue' incident at pub meal

Young mum Sophie White, 23, has been given a devastating diagnosis

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Dad's tragic diagnosis after experiencing pain and needing to pee more often

Chris Cotton, 50, from Cheshire, has had his world turned upside-down after first being diagnosed with a UTI in October 2022

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'She stopped looking at me, she didn't answer her name – she wasn't making any noises'

Poppy Allard's mum Victoria was left in shock when my daughter lost the ability to walk and talk overnight

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'I was amazed by the contents of my £8 Too Good To Go bag from Harrods'

Laura Khoshaba was delighted with her Too Good To Go purchase from Harrods and took to TikTok to share her haul, which she taste-tested with her mum afterwards

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My wife didn't believe me when I told her my true identity... until I showed her

Samantha, previously known as Billy, was beaten up for dressing as a woman in Wigan in the 1990s and even threatened with electric shock therapy as a child

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Man who grew hair for four years finally goes to barber – and looks unrecognisable

A man who went to the barber's for the first time in four years has been given a completely new look that has left people swooning – and his transformation is incredible

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'I was struggling to afford rent, now I pay just £650 a month after a major lifestyle change'

Nicole Keefe, 27, said she has escaped the UK rental market

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'I thought my undiagnosed brain tumour was the dodgy WiFi playing up'

22-year-old Lauren Freeman's symptoms began while she was studying to be a teacher

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'The last image I have was him in his little hat and outfit hugging the teddy bear'

When Manchester couple Millie and Tom Smith found out they were expecting twins, they faced an ordeal similar to Little Mix star Jesy Nelson

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'I started bleeding from my belly button - it took five years to find out why'

Ceri Bruinsma, 43, says she experienced years of 'pushback' from medical professionals before finally getting a diagnosis

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'As soon as I had my hand amputated I felt like myself again'

Gill Haddington, 48, from Lancashire, had already lost her foot after a perfume bottle fell on it a few years earlier

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Woman, 25, dies as back pain 'misdiagnosed as sciatica' before shock diagnosis

The sister of a woman who died less than a year after a "grapefruit-sized tumour" was discovered say "things could have been different" if the cancer was spotted sooner

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'I jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet - this is why everyone should do it'

I expected to crumble into a mass panic before leaping out of the aircraft. The reality was much different

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'My partner was left permanently disabled by stroke after waiting two hours for an ambulance'

Susan Harding, 57, has lost the use of the left side of her body

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Our 'bright little girl' was vomiting for two days before getting bruises - deep down we knew

Couple held daughter as they wept after getting the devastating news

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'My daughter can't close her eyes because of a rare condition'

Victoria LaBrie's daughter Hazel was born with wide open eyes due to facial paralysis

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Woman, 29, who can't wee barred from Greggs disabled toilet 'until she showed catheter bag'

Evan Francis has Fowler's Syndrome – a urethral sphincter condition that affects as few as two in a million women per year

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'My baby boy was born the same size as his toy bunny - look at him now'

Benji Sandham weighed just 1lbs 14oz when he was born 13 weeks early on April 17, 2024

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Pub landlord hit with £60k bill after becoming paralysed on Benidorm holiday

His family are in a battle with their insurers

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