11 h. ago Mum dies of cervical cancer after doctors told her smear test results were normal

Doctors told a Kerry Pugh her cervical screening came back normal despite several concerning symptoms - but just 18 months later, she was told she had stage four cervical cancer

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14 h. ago Family’s heartbreaking update on young son after shark attack horror in Sydney Harbour

The family of the 12-year-old mauled by a shark in Sydney Harbour have confirmed doctors have told them the news no parent wants to hear.

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28 h. ago Baby dies in mum's arms after 'angry' boyfriend allegedly shook him

The baby suffered horrific injuries

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28 h. ago Footballer and mum die as horror forest fire rips through their home

The young player's recent leg surgery limited their ability to escape the flames

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30 h. ago Baby boy died in mum’s arms after her ‘raging’ partner ‘shook him to death while looking after tragic tot’

A BABY boy died in his mum's arms after her partner shook him to death while he was meant to be looking after him, a court heard. Jensen-Lee Dougal was left with catastrophic injuries including extensive bleeding in both eyes after he was allegedly murdered by Thomas Morgan. Jurors heard the five-month-old was rushed to...

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30 h. ago Footballer, 20, and mum die in horror home fire after leg injury hindered mobility

Álvaro Aroca and his mother Paola Bustamante died in devastating Chile wildfires after the young player's recent leg surgery limited their ability to escape the flames

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46 h. ago Mum of four who died after her throat was cut outside her home pictured for first time

A man in 60s has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 'kind and joyful' woman following the horrific incident in Norwich, which has left the community numb with shock

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46 h. ago 'My cervical cancer symptoms were fobbed off as IBS for over three years'

Jessica Mason, 45, was diagnosed with cervical cancer after her symptoms were attributed to other conditions including IBS for years before a 6.5cm tumour was found

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53 h. ago Victoria Hall's mum dies weeks before serial killer goes on trial for daughter's murder

Lorinda Hall, 70, died peacefully in Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, last month ahead of Steve Wright's trial for murdering her daughter Victoria, 17, in 1999

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54 h. ago ‘I was told I wouldn’t walk again. I proved the doctors wrong’: the bike

In 2021, Harold Price, now 82, broke a vertebra while cycling with a friend, leaving him barely able to use his legs. Then a chance recommendation changed his life• ‘It took time to love my soft, larger shape’: the body-positive writer who recovered from an eating disorderBefore the accident, Harold Price, 82, loved being on two wheels. A retired engineer from Griffithstown in Wales, he cycled about 95 miles a week on his road bike. “Not bad for 78,” he says. On other days he’d be out on one of his restored motorbikes, as he was in June 2021, with a friend. They were riding at 10 miles an hour on a narrow road when his friend pulled out in front of him. “I had nowhere to go,” Price says. He remembers his head snapping back into his helmet before he blacked out.Price spent months in hospital. He had broken the fifth vertebra in his neck, resulting in compression of his spinal cord. He was told he wouldn’t walk again. “That was a bit of a downer, obviously,” he says. He was determined...

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55 h. ago Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville opens up about 'new chapter' after suffering multiple family tragedies

The Paddington star saw his mum, dad and brother died within six years of each other

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57 h. ago Baby dies from heart condition as Glasgow mum hails her 'real life Superhero'

Lauren Zing was told during her pregnancy that her unborn son Jayden was unlikely to survive birth after scans revealed severe medical conditions.

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59 h. ago Man with lung cancer given six months to live moves to remote island and lives another 40 years

Stamatis Moraitis was in his mid-60s when doctors in the United States told him that the tumours in his lungs were incurable, but the Greek made a remarkable recovery upon returning to his home island

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63 h. ago Mum died after son reversed Range Rover into her in freak accident at GP surgery

Celia Adams, 81, died 10 days after falling outside a doctors' surgery in Denbigh, North Wales, where she was then struck by her son Ian Adams' Range Rover as he reversed

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67 h. ago Woman who says smear test saved her life urges others not to delay screening

Gayle Maxwell, who was diagnosed with cancer aged 39 in 2015, is sharing her story as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.

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3 d. ago Scots mum with terminal cancer in last chance bid for treatment abroad to see kids grow up

Michelle Gemmell, 39, from Bellshill, said she is facing "life or death" after being told by NHS doctors that there is nothing more they can do for her.

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3 d. ago Withernsea tragedy: Heartbreaking details on recovery of Grace Keeling's body

Grace Keeling and her mum, Sarah, died when a wave swept the teenager into the sea - now details of her body being recovered after a two week search have emerged.

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3 d. ago Bride dies 7 weeks after wedding as mum backs brain tumour clinical trials

Natalie, 31, from Warwickshire died in November 2021 after battling a brain tumour since 2017, with her mum now supporting a new initiative to help other families

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3 d. ago Jess's Rule to be advertised in all GP practices from tomorrow: Doctors are told to get a second opinion if they can't diagnose patient after three visits

The rule is named after 27-year-old Jessica Brady, who underwent surgery 20 times before she passed away in 2020.

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3 d. ago Dad doused in unknown substance during pub fight told by doctors 'he could have died'

Adam Tickner has been left with severe PTSD following the incident at Ye Arrow in Rochester, Kent and has spoken out after his attacker was given a suspended prison sentence

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