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Hero wife fights off 13-foot croc with a log to save husband after horror attack
Father-of-thee Anthony Joubert's brave wife Annalize took matters into her own hands with her husband on the brink of being devoured by the huge beast and saved him by lunging at the croc with a log
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What is the iron lung that kept 'Polio Paul' alive — and how does it work?
Paul Alexander — known around the world as Polio Paul — died on Monday after reportedly catching Covid-19 but his iron lung was his 'cocoon' that kept him alive for 70 years
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Married At First Sight UK star gives birth to third baby after 'tough' labour
Married At First Sight UK star Gemma Rose has given birth to her third child, a baby boy, and shared some adorable snaps of her new bundle of joy with fans on social media
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Polio Paul spent 70 years in iron lung but still fell in love and became lawyer
Known as 'Polio Paul', Paul Alexander inspired millions with his message that ‘you can truly do everything', a message he embodied as he travelled on planes, fell in love, and became a lawyer and author while living in an iron lung
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Dad-of-three stung to death by swarm of bees that invaded his car
Michel Villa Moya was driving on a motorway in Colombia when an angry swarm of bees got into the car, causing him to crash before he later died having reportedly suffered an allergic reaction to the venom
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Premier League player's ex suffered fractures and almost lost ear in hit-and-run
British national Ellie Bentley, 22, has been left with devastating injuries after being dragged by a car while sheltering from nearby gunfire in St. Louis, Missouri, US
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Little boy's 'hard tummy' turned out to be liver cancer
Jaxon Barnes, 2, was taken to hospital after his mother noticed that he had a hard stomach in August 2022. The right side of Jaxon's stomach was hard but the tot wasn't in any pain
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Mum's devastation after son went to school but never came home
Bobby Colleran died of his injuries at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool after being hit by a van on his way home from school. Mum Joanne still lays place for him at the table
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Polio Paul dies after living in 7ft iron lung for more than 70 years
Paul Alexander was struck down by polio in 1952 and was left paralysed. He could only move his head, neck and mouth and almost died before doctors put him in an iron lung
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Giant alligator bites off fisherman's whole hand as he reels in catch
A Florida fisherman ended up in the hospital with doctors working on reattaching his hand after an alligator bite he sustained while trying to get the catch of the day in a pond
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel shooting target in 'pain' as he tries to lift shirt in court
In August 2022, Joseph Nee ran into the house in Dovecot, Liverpool where Olivia lived with her mother as he was trying to escape gunman Thomas Cashman - today he appeared in court on drug charges
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Man left paralysed after fateful decision to go for a pint at local pub
Stuart Gillan was left paralysed when he fell over on his walk to the Brauhaus pub outside Glasgow Central Station, Scotland but is desperate to be able to hug his wife again
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'Our son, 8, was diagnosed with dementia - we don't want others to miss signs'
Batten disease affects about one in 25,000 babies and eventually sufferers lose the ability to speak, move, see and swallow, developing devastating dementia
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UK demands full probe after Israeli troops 'beat and humiliated' medics in Gaza
Palestinian staff at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis in the south of the besieged Gaza Strip, were allegedly blindfolded, stripped and beaten by Israeli soldiers
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'Healthy' woman dies days after catching superbug that 'ate holes in her lungs'
Ashley Timbery, 29, seemed perfectly healthy until she fell down outside and was rushed to hospital in Sydney, Australia, where doctors found she had a superbug
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Boy, 11, killed during online challenge had been 'inhaling toxic substances'
Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington fell unconscious at a sleepover in Lancaster earlier this month as a friend claimed the 11-year-old had inhaled toxic substances, an inquest in Preston heard
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Woman battling infertility told she is pregnant - moments before undergoing op
Morgan Allen from Detroit, US, was seconds away from undergoing a laparoscopy to remove endometriosis tissue after struggling with her fertility when a doctor rushed in to tell he she was already pregnant
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Newborn baby died after mum sent home from hospital and told she'd wet herself
The baby was admitted to the neonatal unit with suspected sepsis – where the body attacks itself in response to an infection - as well as respiratory issues, before tragically dying
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'I was abused by dad from age 6-I believed him when he said it wasn't his fault'
Trish Hinde was just six years old when her father began abusing her and the following year she began suffering from violent seizures.
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Six-inch leech found in man's neck during investigation on sore throat
Local reports say the 53-year-old man complained to doctors of having a hoarse voice and a large, painful lump in his throat which they saw was pulsating
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Woman killed after being buried in Japanese avalanche was 21-year-old born in UK
Isabella Bolton, 21, was skiing on Mt Yotei, near Hokkaido in northern Japan, when a slope collapsed burying her and two other visitors under snow
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Woman speechless after discovering she's pregnant during infertility operation
Morgan Allen, 28, discovered she was pregnant just moments before she was due to undergo surgery to remove endometriosis - and now is the proud mum to two daughters
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Boy, 13, brutally stabbed on street moments after 'leaving mosque' to go home
Police Scotland are investigasting the horrifying stabbing of a 13-year-old boy in Queens Park, Glasgow, on his way home from a mosque as loved ones released a picture of him in hospital 'drenched in blood'
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Teen could 'smell her flesh burn' after jumping onto train tracks to get shoe
Dinusha Ilanperuma, now 23, was electrocuted on train tracks aged just 15 after she left a party and was walking home barefoot. She vividly remembers the "smell of burning flesh"
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GMB star returns to show after undergoing emergency surgery following A&E dash
Good Morning Britain star, Richard Gaisford, returned to the ITV show on Tuesday after he recently had to undergo emergency surgery in hospital
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