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‘Healthy’ girl left ‘locked inside her body’ by incurable condition

Lucy Glenn was learning to walk and talk as normal when her behaviour suddenly changed

The Independent UK

A rare, post-Covid condition means this woman is allergic to the cold

The 27-year-old is now unable to drink chilled beverages or exercise outdoors in winter

The Independent UK

‘Active’ man dies two years after discovering ‘small bump’ on shoulder

Gabor Kabacs died in May 2024 after being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare bone cancer usually seen in adolescents

The Independent UK

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Father’s leg ‘ripped apart’, amputated after shock fall from new £2,500 trike

He has been left with PTSD and ‘excruciating’ pain

The Independent UK

‘Bodge job’ by Checkatrade-vetted builders leaves family £26,000 worse off

A couple is considering selling their ‘dream home’ after a ‘cowboy’ builder left their roof damaged and leaking

The Independent UK

Mum given three years to live just weeks after she was declared cancer-free

Michelle Black was told she had beaten bile duct cancer but doctors found another tumour just a few weeks later

The Independent UK

Couple facing Brexit ‘heartache’ use loophole to kick-start future together

Nathaniel Bacchus, 25, from Devon and Karin Kohlmetz, a 26-year-old from Denmark met online in May 2022

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Cat owner forced to sell Taylor Swift memorabilia to help cover huge vet bill

Sock the cat became unwell after swallowing a Nerf gun bullet

The Independent UK

‘I ranked all 272 of London’s tube stops – these are the best and worst’

Tom ranks tube stations under the handle @vaguely.mundane

The Independent UK

How naturists celebrate Christmas (and navigate cooking dinner naked)

Naturist Karie Jane turned her ex’s holiday home into a nudist resort

The Independent UK

Dad given two years to live after cold fingers turn out to be deadly rare condition

The rare autoimmune condition causes Scott Nell’s skin to harden and thicken

The Independent UK

Family’s Caribbean holiday nightmare with parasitic worms and ‘deafening’ drum and bass

The family stayed until the end of their trip and tried to seek compensation through TUI

The Independent UK

Afghan who came to UK on small boat says he ‘never felt more welcome’ despite riots

Sam Pordale travelled through Iran, Turkey, Italy and France before he reached the UK

The Independent UK

Student ‘died for 25 minutes’ during surgery in US after extreme sunburn

Charlie Vincent spent around a week in an induced coma

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Brit barred from Tui flight due to ‘slight mark’ on passport forced to pay £1,200

The check-in assistant scanned her passport and spotted a small stain in the top right of her picture page

Wales Online

Man fired after one shift because of body odour blames company's cheap uniform

Ben says the firm should have taken into account what the 40% polyester clothes would do

Wales Online

Dad and dog diagnosed with kidney cancer at same time, Bella has months to live

Simon O'Brien says he is making the most of the time he has left with his best friend

Wales Online

Family baffled as secret pictures taken 10 years ago turn up 6,500 miles away

Sharon couldn't understand what had happened when someone in the Philippines posted old pictures of her family online

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Man saves £40,000 in two years to fulfill childhood promise and buy mum a house

Will kept his plan a secret until he had bought the house

Wales Online

Student, 20, dresses as 'true self' Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Maki

Karolina has a fursona – a furry persona – who is a male, despite Karolina identifying as non-binary

Wales Online

Self-taught make-up artist makes people scream when she goes to supermarket

Kim, 28, will sometimes venture out wearing one of her special designs

Wales Online

Teacher whose 'beard of spots' scared children is cured after years of misery

Kate had had spots since she was young but the lockdown masks made them so much worse, until a computer found a solution

The Independent UK

Woman urges driving law change after cyclist father killed by motorist who ‘could only see three metres ahead’

Jim Tassell suffered a fatal head injury after he was catapulted off his bicycle in his hometown of Andover

The Independent UK

Mum whose eczema was so bad she didn’t leave the house shares ‘unbelievable’ cure she found on YouTube

Lisa Dispirito, 54, from Bideford, Devon, had always had clear skin and thought she was allergic to her new perfume at first.

The Independent UK

Man credits diet change and £19.99 skin cream for treating his psoriasis

Scot Cunningham says he became a ‘hermit’ after suffering from the skin condition

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