6 h. ago Mum who defied the odds to have miracle kids given just days to live

Charlie Ainsworth was told by doctors that she would never be able to conceive a child - but fell pregnant against medical advice.

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6 h. ago Mum who was told she'd never have kids defied doctors to have son

Charlie Ainsworth, 37, known as Charlie by her family and friends, has battled a series of health problems for most of her life, but was determined to have a child.

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9 h. ago Mum told she'd never have kids defied doctors but now has just days to live

Charlene Ainsworth, 37, is now receiving end-of-life care as cancer has ravaged her body, seven years after she defied doctors' recommendations to have her beloved son

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46 h. ago Mum wasn’t thrilled with my tattoos, then I suggested she get one too | Mike Hohnen

To my surprise, Mum agreed without any hesitation. She chose a symbol dedicated to her late friend – and, in the process, we discovered more about each otherMum was always a rebel. She spent her youth sneaking into discos and living with rock bands, so it was awfully tough to shock her with anything we did growing up. However, in 2001, when my older brother, Mathew, phoned home to say he got a tattoo in a back alley in Thailand, well, that just about did it. Mum was never religious, but that night, so concerned Mathew would catch some horrible disease or infection, she prayed.Then, right after my 18th birthday in 2008, my own tattoo journey began. My mother’s fears around the risk of diseases from tattoos, such as hepatitis, had faded, but other stigmas still lingered. When I told Mum I had made an appointment to get my first tattoo at a professional studio in Sydney, it was my prospects, not my health, that worried her – how it would affect my ability to find work, or whether I wou...

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64 h. ago Pete Doherty 'party row' death case closed by police despite 'new evidence' claims

Police told the mum of Mark Blanco, 30, who died after falling from the balcony of a flat where Libertines star Pete Doherty was partying, that his death 'will not be actively investigated further'

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65 h. ago Parents devastated as they're told son, 4, is one of just 20 people in the world with mystery condition

Doctors told Connor Murphy's mum and dad he was one of around 20 children in the world with the condition

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65 h. ago Boy, 4, is one of just 20 people in the world with mystery condition

Doctors told Connor Murphy's mum and dad he was one of around 20 children in the world with the condition

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3 d. ago Daughter of 'mushroom poisoner' reveals what mum told her before fatal lunch that killed three

Erin Patterson has denied deliberately poisoning a beef wellington in an attempt to kill four members of Simon Patterson’s family in Victoria, Australia

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4 d. ago Mum was told she had simple running injury – now she only has one leg

Avid runner Christine Lote had a mystery injury which left her right foot swollen - she assumed she had hurt herself while out jogging, but later found something terrifying

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8 d. ago 'Completely shocking': West London council under fire after mum told to lock autistic daughter in room

Lauryn Henderson said she found the advice ‘completely shocking’ and is pushing for her family to be relocated

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9 d. ago Dying Syrian grandmother allowed to come to UK in Home Office U

Soaad Al Shawa had been barred from spending final days with her family, who fled Damascus to settle in GlasgowA Syrian grandmother who is dying of cancer has been given permission to come to the UK to spend her final days with the grandchildren she has never met, after a Home Office U-turn.The government had wanted to bar Soaad Al Shawa, who has liver cancer and has been given just weeks to live by doctors, from travelling to spend her last days with her daughter Ola Al Hamwi, son-in-law Mostafa Amonajid and their three children aged seven, five and one. Al Shawa has only been able to communicate with her grandchildren on video calls. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Doctor Who: Lucky Day on BBC One review – fake news comes for the Who

The show takes a swerve into modern cancel culture in this thoughtful and interesting Doctor-lite episode

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1 week ago Seventy Americans are being hospitalized per DAY due to Ozempic as doctors issue urgent warning

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are sending dozens of Americans to the hospital every day with potentially life-threatening side effects.

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1 week ago Woman baffled by painful periods had huge ovarian cyst filled with hair and teeth

Valentina Milanova was told she might have an ectopic pregnancy, despite not being sexually active

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1 week ago Drunk mum told 'stay off booze for 90 days' after biting fella and swinging for police

Ellie Dilbert, 20, was involved in a drunken brawl in Newcastle's Bigg Market and bit one of the men who tried to intervene before lashing out at police

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1 week ago Woman baffled by painful periods from the age of nine – until doctors found ‘very big’ ovarian cyst

Valentina Milanova was prescribed the contraceptive pill

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1 week ago Girl, 3, died from Strep A after medics in 'overwhelmingly busy' hospital told her mum that she likely had viral infection

Jemma Graham said she was surrounded by 'chaos, illness and crowds' when she made the decision to leave with her 'exhausted' daughter Penny Stevens.

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2 w. ago Doctor Who star opens up on shock PTSD diagnosis in surprise return to BBC show

Millie Gibson is back as Ruby Sunday in the fourth episode of Doctor Who's latest season, Lucky Day, and the former Corrie star has opened up on her character's emotional journey.

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2 w. ago Revealed: How many drinks per day could trigger deadly liver disease if you're overweight. Doctors' new warning... and it's FAR fewer than you think

Experts have issued a warning to 'social' drinkers as research reveals just how little alcohol it takes to trigger liver disease.

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2 w. ago NFL Draft star Derrick Harmon's mum dies after being told son was picked in first round

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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