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Cheshire man turns bright yellow ‘like Bart Simpson’ due to rare disease

A man who turned a “luminous” yellow due to a rare, life-threatening disease is speaking out about the condition to raise awareness.Kieran Cooper, from Northwich in Cheshire, first turned yellow when he was just two days old.He was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare condition where the gallbladder does not form properly.He had his first operation when he was just seven weeks old, followed by a liver transplant just before his first birthday.However, in January this year – 24 years after his...

Blind woman ‘livid’ after Wetherspoons pub asks for guide dog’s ID

A blind woman felt compelled to leave a Wetherspoon pub after staff demanded proof that her guide dog, Rosie, was a genuine guide dog.Joanne Hewitson, 31, said she was “livid” and “shaking” after her experience going for breakfast at a pub in Hartlepool. The pub chain has apologised for the incident, with a spokesperson saying an error was made.Hewitson said she had been contacted by people with similar experiences. She said she was told at the pub that she could not be served unless she provide...

Woman shocked after 'ghost cat' she feeds disappears 'into thin air' in terrifying camera footage

A woman from Florida was left shocked and confused after the cat she's been feeding for months appeared to disappear into thin air on camera.Even if ghosts do truly exist, it's never going to be easy to capture them on camera, but Morgan Shields reckons she did exactly that when the cat that been appearing at her house at night simply vanished while crossing the road on her Ring doorbell camera, which isn't the first time the technology has been used to spot apparitions.If your house is going to...

A day out with my family to popular theme park ended in tragedy

04:33, 14 Sep 2025, updated 04:33, 14 Sep 2025 By SADIE WHITELOCKS, US SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER

A mom says a family day out left her faced with the possibility of never walking again when she 'shattered' her leg jumping on a trampoline.

Kirsten Browning from Boise, Idaho, went to a trampoline park with her family in March and decided to go on a Wipe Out obstacle course attraction right when they were about to leave.

The 36-year-old jumped high into the air and landed with her legs splayed a...

My nose was amputated to stop killer crawling to my brain - I blamed 'hay fever'

LIKE millions of others, Ellen McCleary is plagued by hay fever. So when she started suffering nosebleeds, she put it down to her seasonal allergy.But just months later doctors dealt a terrifying blow - it was sign of cancer "crawling" towards her brain. Waking from a 'routine' operation to remove the tumour, the 46-year-old was shocked to find she had no nose, instead she was left with a gaping hole where it once was.Ellen's nose bleeds began in July 2023 after returning home from holiday, and...

Customer rows with jacket potato seller over the price of two fillings

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 14:47, 11 September 2025 | Updated: 14:47, 11 September 2025 This is the moment a customer rows with a jacket potato seller over the price of two fillings before trying to pay with a 'fake' banknote. Luke Ab was serving the spuds from his trailer at the Shepshed village market in Leicestershire when the man came up to him and asked for two fillings 50p cheaper than the set menu price.The viral video, which has more than nine million views, shows the two...

Holidaymaker sends goodbye texts to family after getting trapped on FlixBus

A diabetic student woke up locked inside a FlixBus below-deck on a ferry, prompting her to send goodbye messages to her family.

Amal Said set off from London to visit family in Paris on a FlixBus on August 10 and quickly nodded off. The 20-year-old said she drifted off after she went through passport control and thought the driver would wake her when the bus was on the ferry.

Amal was horrified when she woke up on an empty bus on the fifth deck of the boat half an hour after it had sailed, she...

Our home was POISONING us... what we discovered sent us to hospital

15:18, 06 Sep 2025, updated

15:29, 06 Sep 2025



By

CASSIDY MORRISON, US SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER
and
DEMI KOUTOUZI

A family was left devastated and without a home after discovering their house had been slowly poisoning them for nearly three years.

Alexandra Campos and her husband, Jefte Campos, parents of three, bought their dream home in September 2021. But within a few months, the previously 'ecstatic' young couple from Fort Wo...

I blamed back pain on a mattress but I’m full of tumours that collapsed my spine

TERRY Harper was horrified to discover the bad back he blamed on carrying a mattress up the stairs was actually 12 tumours 'eating away' at his spine.Despite undergoing treatment, the dad-of-three from London now lives in constant agony after the cancer returned.“I'm in pain the whole day,” the 62-year-old bus driver said. “Being hit by a bus would be easier.”The disease has ravaged his back, massively changing his physique.“I'm four and a half inches shorter than I used to be," he explained."Al...

Bride stuns guests when she turns up in a Shein gown - can you guess the price?

A THRIFTY bride says she bought her dress on SHEIN - but still felt like 'a million dollars' and left people thinking it cost 'THOUSANDS'.Chloe Gregory walked down the aisle on August 23rd feeling like a 'princess' in her dress which she ordered from the popular online shop.The 24-year-old says she and hubby Ashley Hooper cobbled together items from other bargain websites such as Temu and AliExpress to keep cost down.While Chloe admits going to a bridal shop might be a 'lovely' experience, she d...

Moment ring girl smashes face open by leaping off boss’ roof & jumping in pool

SHOCKING footage shows the moment a ring girl smashed her face open after jumping off her boss' roof into a pool at a work party.Lorna Joyce attended the gathering at the house and decided to take the plunge into the pool after having a few glasses of wine.But on her fourth attempt to "show off", Lorna carried an inflatable dolphin up on to the roof, straddling it as she jumped off.Shocking footage shows the 33-year-old running to the end of the roof holding the dolphin and jumping, before slamm...

Brit mum 'traumatised' as easyJet leaves her 'stranded' on island for four days

A mum says she was left in tears and "traumatised" after being left "stranded" in Cyprus for four days.

Jodie Weston jetted off to Kyrenia, Cyprus, to perform as a DJ at a music festival after the event's managers booked her tickets last month.

When the mum went to Larnaka Airport to board her flight home on July 6, she discovered her flight had been cancelled two hours before it was meant to take off. The 31-year-old said easyJet staff informed the passengers they would get them home as soon...

Mother who lost seven stone using weight loss jabs issues warning

By MARIA CHIORANDO, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 10:29, 22 August 2025 | Updated: 11:07, 22 August 2025 A 21-stone mother claims she used skinny jabs to get 'healthy' - only for her daughter, eight, to have to call an ambulance when her liver 'failed' and she got sepsis.Nikki Cuthbertson, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, feared being so overweight would see her have a heart attack and die young so started using Mounjaro in November 2024.The 34-year-old ordered the £150 jab from an onlin...

I looked ugly in selfies and didn’t know why — that’s when I discovered my house was killing me

Sara Smith thought she’d scored a sick deal on her $400,000 house — until learning that the house was making her sick. 


It was a devastating discovery for the 28-year-old newlywed and husband, Colin, based in Columbus, Ohio, who’d sunk their savings into the mold-infested money-pit that’s left Smith drowning in a sea of medical bills. 


But, thanks to a slew of social media sleuths, as well as a fungus-sniffing dog, the millennial’s hellish home didn’t land her in the hospital. 


“TikTok...

Fuming mum demands apology over DPD driver's 'ugly' comment on delivery

A heartbroken mum has demanded DPD apologise after one of their drivers branded her 'ugly' in her delivery confirmation.

Rebecca Starr was excited to receive her parcel on August 2 containing an iPad and clothes for her upcoming holiday to Rome. But after being handed the parcel by the DPD delivery driver, she says she was shocked to receive three messages that said "the parcel has been received by Ugly."

The 38-year-old said the comment knocked her confidence and thinks the driver typed the w...

I'll never touch weight jabs again - after needing an organ removed

14:06, 17 Aug 2025, updated

14:06, 17 Aug 2025



By

SOPHIA STANFORD, TRAINEE NEWS REPORTER

A mother who used weight loss jabs to get a post-break-up glow-up ended up with her eyes 'turning yellow' and needing her gallbladder removed.

Jane Fennah from Blackpool, Lancashire, went on Mounjaro in February of this year, after seeing a myriad of success stories online.

The family of drugs known as GLP-1 RAs, originally developed to treat diabetes...

Costa Coffee promise customers free drinks in return for good reviews

08:12, 12 Aug 2025, updated

13:54, 12 Aug 2025



By

CIARAN FOREMAN, TRAINEE REPORTER

Costa Coffee has been branded 'shameless' after one of its branches promised customers free drinks in return for leaving positive reviews.

A sign appeared on the counter of the Potters Bar outlet, in Hertfordshire, advertising that customers can get 'any medium size drink for free' if they provide proof of a store rating of nine or 10 in a feedback email.

T...

I took weight loss jabs for holiday but ended up in hospital after side effect

A MUM has claimed she almost died when the skinny jabs she used to fit into her holiday clothes left her suffering serious side effects and caused her to collapse in front of her kids.Claire Reid, 49, began using the GLP-1-class weight loss injection in March after seeing others have success with it. The mum-of-two was 'fed up' of not fitting in her clothes and wanted to lose weight for her upcoming holiday in Dubai with her daughter.Claire paid around £200 every month for the jab that she purch...

Cyclist pushed into canal by dog walker in row over 'slowing down'

By SAM LAWLEY, TRAINEE REPORTER Published: 14:11, 5 August 2025 | Updated: 14:29, 5 August 2025 A cyclist was pushed into a canal by a furious dog walker who argued she should have 'slowed down' as she approached.Neither side backed down in the bitter row along a country path - but who do you think was in the right?The astonishing clip sees Klaudia Mitura, 34, biking along the narrow walkway on her usual morning commute as she comes across a couple walking their dog.Footage from her bike...

Ryanair forced to apologise for asking to speak to widows dead husband

By FREYA BARNES Published: 12:12, 28 July 2025 | Updated: 12:15, 28 July 2025 A widow was left in tears when Ryanair refused to refund her dead husband's £827 flights - telling her he needed to complain from beyond the grave.Yvonne Shields' husband Colin Shields booked his flights to Venice, Italy, last year and was meant to fly out in September to represent Scotland at a powerchair football match.Colin was tetraplegic after he had an accident 14 years ago and needed two essential carers...

Ryanair tells widow her dead husband needs to apply for refund

A widow was left in tears when Ryanair refused to refund her late husband’s £827 flights.Yvonne Shields, 44, tried to cancel Colin Shields’s flight from Edinburgh to Venice after he died in April.He had booked the flights last year and was due to fly in September to represent Scotland at a power-chair football match.Mr Shields was tetraplegic after an accident 14 years ago, and required two essential carers to accompany him on the flight, whose tickets he had paid for.After his death from a brai...

I had to drag my son's blue lifeless body from a pool after grave holiday error

A FAMILY gathering took a horrifying turn when a mum had to drag her toddler's "blue" and lifeless body out of a pool when he "drowned". While her quick actions were able to save his life, she's now raising awareness about the importance of water safety. Emily Carlin, 31, along with her husband and their three kids, had travelled to see family for Fourth of July celebrations when the unfortunate event occurred. The family were sat in the back garden while all the kids played in the pool. Emily s...

Lovestruck men mob me on nights out as I look just like Sabrina Carpenter

A RETAIL worker looks so much like Sabrina Carpenter that starstruck fellas mob her on nights out, demanding selfies and trying to woo her with drinks.Olivia Fano is regularly stopped for selfies by stunned strangers while out and about, believing she's the Please Please Please singer.The 20-year-old admits it's an 'amazing' compliment to be likened to the pint-sized hitmaker, admitting she attracts even more attention on nights out from lustful blokes.The similarity has definitely ramped things...
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