7 h. ago Rare condition means mum gives birth 17 hours after finding out she is pregnant

Charlotte Summers, 20, gave birth less than a day after finding out she was pregnant - and has spoken of the dramatic moment she discovered she was about to be a mum

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55 h. ago When does Amazon Prime Day end? Here’s all you need to know with just hours to go

There are mere hours left to find the best deals

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3 d. ago Texas floods: death toll reaches at least 120 people as recovery efforts continue

Rising number of flood victims is starting to plateau, a bleak sign that rescuers have made little progress in past 24 hoursThe rising number of victims from the devastating central Texas floods is beginning to plateau, with at least 120 people found dead in the state – a bleak sign that rescuers have made little progress to find victims amid wreckage in the past 24 hours.On Thursday morning, local officials in Kerr county, which was hit the hardest by the 4 July flash flood, announced that 96 people had died, the same number reported on Wednesday evening. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mum who hid deaths of two babies after birth 'without support' is spared jail

Mother-of-five Zilinskaite concealed the pregnancies due to a 'fundamental distrust of authorities, both in the UK and based on her experiences in Lithuania' where she was born

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4 d. ago Baby died after mum left to give birth alone in one of UK's biggest hospitals

A coroner ruled that Liliwen Iris Thomas died as a result of a 'hypoxic brain injury following an unattended delivery' after her mother Emily Brazier delivered her without any midwives present at University of Wales Hospital

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6 d. ago Warning issued over risk of serious condition linked to 'common cold' jab

The UK drug watchdog has issued an alert to the NHS after the RSV jab was linked to a rare condition that needs "urgent treatment"

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6 d. ago Regulator warns of small risk of serious condition in people having RSV jab

Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare but serious condition which needs urgent treatment in hospital to prevent it progressing.

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6 d. ago Andrew Garfield 'confirms' romance with American actress Monica Barbaro as they pack on the PDA alongside Lily Collins and new mum Poppy Delevingne at day seven of Wimbledon

The Spiderman star, 41, and American actress, 35, matched in tennis whites and arrived at the tournament hand-in-hand before packing on the PDA in the stands.

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7 d. ago New mum Poppy Delevingne is seen for the first time since giving birth as she leads the Wimbledon arrivals along with loved

New mum Poppy Delevingne was seen for the first time since giving birth on Sunday as she headed to Wimbledon day seven with her father Charles.

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7 d. ago I was told by my midwife that my baby and I were going to die...then I woke up in the delivery room alone

'You and your baby are going to die' are the chilling last words a Sydney mum heard before she was put to sleep and woke up alone in a hospital.

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9 d. ago Young athlete woke up and couldn't move...two hours later she was paralyzed from neck down

Brooklyn Aleksic, 20, was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition shortly after arriving at the hospital, having awoken one morning in June unable to move.

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1 week ago DWP pays PIP to obesity and acne sufferers – but also to those faking illnesses

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) also doled out payments to 13 individuals diagnosed with factitious disorders – a rare mental condition where folks intentionally fake or induce their own illness

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2 w. ago How a camel herder from Qatar who can't speak a word of English ended up living in London's smartest street

According to his barrister, he had little contact with the outside world or any experience of modern or urban life before his arrival in the UK to receive treatment for a rare heart condition.

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2 w. ago Cold sore virus takes over human DNA within just one hour, study finds

Study is first to prove that herpes virus reshapes human genome deliberately

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2 w. ago Major search launched near river after boy, 13, disappears in the ‘Muddies’

Emergency services and members of public scour area in Teesside into early hours in hopes of finding young Mylo Capilla

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2 w. ago Adults in Great Britain now spending more time on mobiles than watching TV

Daily average for watching all types of screen is now almost 7.5 hours, annual survey for IPA findsThe amount of time adults in Great Britain spend using their mobile phones has finally overtaken that spent watching TV, according to a report that calculates the daily average for watching all types of screen is now almost 7.5 hours.For the first time a typical person aged 15 or over spends longer each day on their mobile (three hours and 21 minutes) than on watching a traditional set (three hours and 16 minutes), the annual TouchPoints survey found. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Made In Chelsea's Nicola Hughes gives birth to second child and shares tot's unique name

A Made In Chelsea star has become a mum for the second time as Nicola Hughes has announced the birth of her baby boy and revealed the unique name she's chosen for the tot

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3 w. ago Michael Schumacher health update from sad F1 pal – 'I prefer to remember him like that'

Flavio Briatore has provided a rare update on the condition of his former driver Michael Schumacher, who has not been seen in public since his skiing accident in 2013

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3 w. ago Spike in potentially fatal condition linked to ‘fake botox’ sparks urgent probe

Nearly 30 cases of the rare condition have been reported in North East England

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3 w. ago I have a rare skin disease that means I can never go outside

Karine de Souza, who has a rare skin condition that causes an extreme sensitivity to sunlight, was called 'irresponsible' by cruel trolls after she welcomed their fist child.

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