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Adrenaline junkie paralysed in a freak accident reveals how his best friend saved his life

Thanks to fundraising by his partner Alex Brown, 30, Bristol professional Will Taylor, 32, has £46K towards the £50K needed for intensive treatment

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Joey the rescue pooch attracts ‘poodle paparazzi’ with his rainbow ‘furstyles’

Hampshire animal lover Katie Darcey, 25, first dyed toy poodle Joey’s fur like a rainbow to support the NHS during the initial 2020 Covid lockdown

The Independent UK

‘A parallel life’: The medical mistake that saw a woman watch her entire family fight incurable brain disease

Alison Holland, 64, of Gloucestershire, says she married teacher Bert Holland, 69, thinking they had escaped the “curse” of Huntington’s disease

The Independent UK

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‘I’ve jumped so many hurdles’: Meet the student on track to become the UK’s first deafblind doctor

Alexandra Adams, 28, of South Wales, was inspired to become a doctor by her medical team during an 18-month hospital stay when she was 16

The Independent UK

Student who lost his hair from GCSE stress reveals the beauty treatment that brought his confidence back

Birmingham student Sam Taylor, 19, says his eyebrow tattoos are now the envy of his female friends

The Independent UK

Lorry driver who tipped the scales at 29st reveals the daily diet that helped him shed half his bodyweight

Vlad Tudose, 23, of Warwickshire, was a limber 11st 3lb when he moved to the UK from Romania in 2010 but by 2012 weighed 21st 8lb

The Independent UK

Psychic office worker stalked by a violent spirit reveals what happened after the spectre ‘latched onto her’

Hampshire paranormal investigator Debbie McAll, 51, first realised a troubled spirit had “attached” itself to her in late 2012

The Independent UK

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‘I can finally breathe’: Healthy nurse has breasts and ovaries removed ‘to see her sons grow up’

Bristol mum-of-three Ruth Cookson, 34, lost her own mother in 1996, aged just 41, to breast cancer and is desperate to see her children become adults

The Independent UK

Real life Billy Elliot bullied at school because of a cleft palette reveals what helped him find his voice

Londoner Connor Taylor, 26, expressed himself through ballet from the age of 10 as he was too self-conscious to express himself verbally

The Independent UK

Twiggy the pageant-winning chihuahua: Model pooch risks runway career after breaking leg in tragic accident

Carer Angela Elvin, 51, and her design engineer husband Daren Elvin, 54, of Shropshire, are fundraising to pay for Twiggy the chihuahua’s vet bills

The Independent UK

Paralympian born without arm trains to be first disabled woman to sail solo 28,000 miles around the globe

Hampshire programme manager Hannah Stodel, 36, was cruelly called “Captain Hook” at school but has since represented GB in the Paralympics four times

The Independent UK

Abba’s number one fan: Meet the ‘super groupie’ who spent four months crafting family tribute costumes for 14 hours a day

Retired chief council officer Jane Henry, 57, of North Tyneside, has spent £850 on handmade Abba outfits for herself, her girls and their pooch

The Independent UK

‘It reeks’: Student nurse complains of ‘vanished breasts’ and saggy skin after 10 month weight loss

Fiona Macdonald, of Ayrshire, used a loan to pay for a £5,400 gastric bypass but is now fundraising for an additional £6,500 to remove excess skin

The Independent UK

Hockey player who blamed sudden weight loss on food poisoning told she has rare stage four cancer

London-based Karen Ruddock, 54, was the picture of health until she was diagnosed with stage 4 thymoma – cancer of the thymus gland

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Two sisters who were diagnosed with cancer six weeks apart praying for all-clear

Tracey Pinfold, 50, and Cathy Corr, 47, saw their lives turned upside down after they discovered abnormalities on their breasts.

The Independent UK

Meet the trans woman who found a new lease of life as a Britney impersonator

Pavie Valsa, 27 was “living in pain” until she moved to London, came out in 2017 and landed a ‘Britney residency’ in May 2021

The Independent UK

Sisters who lost both parents to cancer are shattered by identical diagnoses six weeks apart

Between December 2016 and January 2017 Tracey Pinfold, 50, and Cathy Corr, 47, originally of Northern Ireland, found out they both had breast cancer

Daily Record

Mum 'finally feels sexy' after nine stone weight loss from £6k 'mummy makeover'

Ruth, 37, was diagnosed with a hormonal condition in 2008 that can cause facial hair, infertility and weight gain

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‘Bearded’ mother who ‘looked like a bear’ before shedding 9st reveals secret to her incredible transformation

Leicestershire mother-of-three Ruth Greary, 37, has never felt sexier after losing more than 9st

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Teacher says her skin ‘sheds like a snake’ after 44-year steroid cream ‘addiction’

Merseyside mother Nicky Higgs, 54, believes she has topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) after using corticosteroid creams for eczema since she was 10

The Independent UK

Mother who was raped at 14 swears tantric sex healed her

Buckinghamshire woman Jennifer Surch, 50, says discovering tantric sex 20 years ago helped her reclaim the “sexual power” she lost when she was assaulted

The Independent UK

The girl with ‘spun glass hair’: Meet the eight-year-old with a mane that can’t be combed

North Yorkshire mother Emma Wilson, 41, says her daughter Holly is one of only 100 people on Earth diagnosed with a genetic disorder that gives her wild, unruly hair

The Independent UK

The touching reason a Peterborough family’s home became the ‘most popular on the street’

Coventry woman Hilda Copson was the first of her family to work with British Guide Dogs in 1961; years later, her granddaughter Liz Eley made their home a local attraction by taking on her role

The Independent UK

Young mother is forced into early menopause at 32 after postponing her smear test for six months

Shropshire mum-of-one Sophie Davies, 33, was diagnosed with cervical cancer after second smear, aged 29, in 2017, and had radical hysterectomy at 32

The Independent UK

‘I thought he was an alien’ Meet the 5-year-old blowing people away on TikTok

American schoolboy Sebastian Esposito learned to read before he could walk and has a reading age of 18 although he cannot yet tie his shoelaces

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