All news by author: Helena Vesty

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Pensioner killed sleeping neighbour with a spade 'to teach him a lesson'
The actions of Thomas Dunn were branded "horrific", Cheshire Police said, following the dispute with grandfather-of-six Royston Costello, from Sandbach, Cheshire
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Teen suffers horror burns as parents warned he would die before he defies medics
Teenager Oliver Hart, from Bolton, was playing with friends when he became engulfed in flames after a flammable liquid container caught fire and his parents were told to expect the worst
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Bride spotted terrifying sign of deadly disease on day three of her honeymoon
Emma Barker was on honeymoon in Thailand when she discovered the sign, but kept the news a secret from her new husband before waiting weeks to see a GP
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Top reason elderly people end up in A&E that has killed almost 1,000 in a year
In 2020, almost a thousand people across the north west died as a result of a fall at home. The greatest proportion of those were over the age of 75, where 730 people died as a result
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Lucy Letby's hospital chairman was head of NHS during Beverley Allitt murders
Sir Duncan Nichol was the chief executive of NHS England – the most senior position in the entire British healthcare system – from 1989 to 1994, during which time Allitt murdered four babies
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Experts detail bouts of late hayfever and reason for sneezing more in August
Hay fever symptoms include sore eyes, an itchy throat and a snotty nose -which could be debilitating long into late summer for some of the UK's 17 million sufferers
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'My foot started bleeding as I walked my dog - it turned out to be cancer'
Robert Dolan, a grandfather of 12 from Trafford, was devastated to receive the diagnosis after noticing the unusual symptom on his foot after taking his dog for a walk
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Blind woman forced to walk home as she's 'refused taxi over guide dog'
Adele Kinch and Steven Yates claim they were refused travel in two cabs because they had their guide dog, Zebedee, accompanying them on a day out to visit Steven's mother last Tuesday
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'I've spent years caring for a grave of a man I've never met - and this is why'
Stefan Kiszko was wrongfully convicted or murdering 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1976 and Peter ross is so touched by his story that he visits his grave every week
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'I put years of pain down to IBS symptoms before doctors gave horror diagnosis'
Gemma Crossley, from Golborne, Manchester, was alarmed to discover her symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome were actually signs of bowel cancer
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Man sent home from A&E after having chest pains found dead next day by parents
Ben Peters, 25, died hours after being discharged from hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with anxiety - but his family discovered he had a catastrophic haemorrhage within his heart
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'I blamed my seizures on drinking too much coffee - but the truth was far worse'
Steve Biggin, 51, had "out of body experiences" and then a thunderclap headache which he put down to drinking too much coffee until he went to hospital and received a devastating diagnosis
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'Silent killer' with symptoms most people dismiss is killing six Brits every day
Motor Neurone Disease affects up to 5,000 adults in the UK and has a number of common symptoms which might be easily dismissed by some Brits
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Terrifying moment grandad is pushed into canal as wife looks on in horror
Grandfather of three Wayne Cairns, 64, had been fishing with his wife when a man shoved him into the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester, sparking a police investigation
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Symptoms to watch for as 10,000 Brits diagnosed with deadly illness every year
It is bladder cancer awareness month in May and there are many symptoms to look out for in the common illness which has seen 10,000 Brits diagnosed every year
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Dad's pain was deadly illness he'd never heard of - he was almost out of options
Chris Russell has told of going through a "rollercoaster" during his diagnosis after suffering from pain down one side of his body as doctors said it was cancer but didn't know where it originated
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Mum with severely ill baby forced to 'squat in own home' after being evicted
Terrified Keely Elliott, whose one-year-old son Kario is battling a rare heart condition, fears she may have to wait five years before she finds council accommodation
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Sunbed addict who tanned 5 times a week warns others after getting cancer at 21
Jak Howell, now 23, makes TikTok videos about his experience of melanoma, a type of skin cancer often caused by too much sun exposure, after he was using sunbeds five times a week by the age of 18
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Girl, 12, with higher IQ than Einstein and Stephen Hawking accepted into Mensa
Anwita Patil was 11 when she took the test with Mensa, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world - she received a score of 162 while Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking were believed to have IQs of 160
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Police find human remains in search for grandad who vanished on walk
Grandad Peter Baglin was last seen three days after Christmas, when he told family he was going for a walk along the Bridgewater Canal in the Boothstown area of Manchester
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'I thought my wife had a blocked nose - now we don't know how long she'll live'
Mum-of-one Katie Froggatt thought she had a summer cold in 2021 after suffering from a blocked up nose, but it turned out to be cancer and despite surgery it has spread
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Young mum 'felt great' before routine test convinced her she'd be dead at 25
Ashley Woehrie went for her first smear test at 25 and it led to a heartbreaking cancer diagnosis, leaving her fearing her son Evan would grow up without his mum