Health
“I started feeling ill while travelling and doctors told me it was stress – now I’ve been diagnosed with stage four cancer”
Mollie Mulheron, 24, had recently returned from travelling in the Galapagos Islands where she began experiencing symptoms and had been...
One of the UK’s oldest rescue cats is searching for his ‘retirement home’ aged 20
Timmy was taken in by the RSPCA after his owner was no longer able to cope with him.
“I had my foot amputated – now I help other lower limb amputees swap shoes as we only need the one”
Jo O’Callaghan, 49, has complex regional pain syndrome and allodynia - nerve pain - which meant wearing a show on...
Runner who has completed full marathon every morning before work for two months – may have set new world record
Many fitness fans like to go for an early morning jog, but Aaron Robinson completes the gruelling feat around parks...
Mum gets kidney transplant after appealing for an organ donor on Facebook
Ann Gath, 43, launched an online campaign to find a kidney donor in 2021 after her rare blood type meant...
Amputation surgeon who lost both legs to sepsis on shortlist to go into SPACE – as the world’s first para-astronaut
Neil Hopper had his limbs removed in 2019 and is now shortlisted in the European Space Agency’s search for an...
Beagle hit by train found its way back home after 10 days – with a broken leg
Two-year-old Ronnie disappeared from his garden in Tunbridge Wells after being spooked by fireworks.
Daredevil OAP completes skydive from 11,000 ft in memory of his late partner
Heartwarming footage shows Tom Lowery, 76, leaping from the aircraft, waving and putting his thumbs up to the camera above...
Teen with scoliosis raising £50k for op to stop her becoming wheelchair-bound because of NHS delays
The family of Aimee Ellis, 13, have been told she needs an urgent op within six months but will have...
Cat whose disappearance left owners “devastated” has finally been returned to them – six years later
Missing black and white moggy Raffael, known as ‘Raffi’, vanished from Mustafa Javed’s family home, leading them to make frantic...
Meet the 19-year-old who looks like a four-year-old – due to a rare genetic phenomenon
Dannia Shabbir could be the only female in the world living with chromosome translocation, her family say.
Dad paralysed and almost killed – by a dodgy curry
David Miller, 43, tucked into his normal chicken Bhuna curry order from his favourite Indian takeaway in London.
Girl with condition so rare she is the only person in the world to have it starts school and is thriving
Isla Kilpatrick-Screaton, aged six, suffers from a strand of mandibuloacral dysplasia - which causes rapid ageing of the cells and...
Grieving mum desperate to give her only surviving IVF triplet a sibling has celebrated the birth of her “miracle” rainbow baby
Stacey Skrysak, 42, gave birth to triplets Abigail, Peyton and Parker four months before their due date.
Abandoned pony found emaciated on rubble nursed back to health by volunteers
The draggled five-month-old foul was pictured on his side surrounded by mounds of tyres, covered with an old mattress, at...
‘Party-loving’ graduate who experienced crippling headaches after one glass of wine discovers they were sign of cancer
Izzy Fletcher was confused when she started experiencing unusual pains after consuming just one glass of wine after work in...
Britain’s oldest belly dancer still has the moves – aged 82
Sprightly Tina Hobin has been teaching women the ancient dance for half a century and says she has no plans...
“We rushed forward our wedding to give our baby boy with a brain tumour our family surname before he died”
Jacob Goodall was four weeks old when he was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT) - a rare,...
Heartbroken dog owner joined by dozens for collie’s final walk before he was put down
Sarah Keith, 44, wanted to make sure her 12-year-old dog Ella 'went out with a bang' with one last trip...
New mum praises baby for ‘saving her life’ – after doctors removed fast-growing brain tumour before it was too late
Abi Naylor, 28, was rushed to Macclesfield Hospital, Cheshire, a week after the arrival of her son Roman when she...
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