All news by author: Josie Adnitt

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Dog owner claims luxury shampoo 'blinded' pet and left her with £1,500 bill
Devanshi Ruperal, 39, says toy poodle Harry was left "screaming" after she used the OUAI Fur Bebe bottle on him - and she feared he was going to lose his sight
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Driving instructor shares 'miracle' trick to pass test with zero lessons
Jason Horsfield, 54, runs a TikTok account where he dishes out tips and tricks for new drivers, and claims there's a sneaky way to pass a driving test first time
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Couple forced to spend £15k on private jet after baby born 10 weeks early
Lucy Housley, 25, and Connor Benyon, 29, were on a cruise when she went into labour and had an emergency c-section - and then spent six weeks in Spain trying to get home
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Grandad abandons 'hotel from hell' within hours as Turkey holiday goes wrong
Martin Willmott, from Daventry, Northants, walked out of a hotel he booked to stay at in Marmaris, Turkey just a few hours after arriving there over claims it was unclear
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Real life Spider-Man rescues creepy crawlies and lives with over 700 tarantulas
‌Aaron Phoenix, 36, has rescued over 100 spiders in the last year alone and has to breed bugs to feed his massive collection, which he keeps in his “tarantula cave” in Yate, Gloucs
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Dad wears muzzle to pub and sips pint through straw in solidarity with XL Bully
Eamonn Mcgeady and his puppy Lexi wore matching protective guards on their visit to the Straw Hat pub in Chester, Cheshire, and he sipped a pint through a straw in solidarity with the XL Bully breed
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Moment mum uses earbud camera to discover spider's nest - inside her ear
Lucy Wild, 29, made the grim discovery while investigating ear pain, thinking it was a build up of wax, and using the earbud camera - a Smartbud - she decided to take a deeper look
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Reward offered to help find cat killer after pet found hung from fence
The cat was found hanged with a belt, with scratch marks and teeth embedded in the fence, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 13 November - suggesting the animal was still alive after being attacked
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'I fell in love in an airport departure lounge when he offered me a blanket'
Havva Kiracoglu and Louis Christodoulou, both 42, say they can't imagine not knowing one another after the pair struck up a conversation in an airport departure lounge as they waited for a flight
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Stone gargoyle of council leader with tongue out built on roof in planning row
Builder Michael Thomas, 71, is furious that planning permission was rejected for a new building and he took revenge by putting a stone gargoyle of the council leader on his roof
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Terrified dad spots 'deer-eating big cat' roaming Dartmoor and snaps eerie photo
There have been a number of big cat sightings on Dartmoor over the years and Jon says he's convinced by what he saw - moments before his family found a half-eaten deer carcass nearby
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Horrifying moment cow falls from lorry into path of 70mph traffic on motorway
Drivers on the M6 northbound near Wednesbury, West Midlands, swerved to dodge the cow as it - and another of its herd - tumbled off a lorry as it hurtled along the road
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'One bad decision on a night out ruined our lives forever'
Scott Akester, 31, died after being assaulted by Michael Pearson, 30, as the pair got into an argument after a night of drinking. His family now want to warn others of how dangerous a single punch can be
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'Mystery illness blinded me but it disappeared when implants were removed'
Danielle Sheehan, now 32, had implants aged 19 after winning a £5k beauty makeover - but was plagued by hair loss, fatigue, eczema and inflammation in the years that followed
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Love Island's oldest fan is 'hooked' great-gran, 90, who has picked her winner
Cathie Tosh is hooked on the hit reality show and loves sitting down at 9pm every evening before gossiping about it with her family the next day
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'We spend £20k a year travelling with our 10-year-old - she's seen 50 countries'
Dad Deepak, 43, and mum Avilasha, 36, decided early that they wanted their daughter Aditi to be as well-travelled as possible, while also not jeopardising her education
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'Doctors thought I had eczema - but it was stage four cancer'
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Mum-of-three Kay Wootten was horrified to learn that an unremarkable itchy breakout actually heralded the start of stage four cancer
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'I bumped into my rapist in Tesco - he was free for three years before jail'
Kayleigh says the courts process was "horrible and long-winded", and her convicted attacker was still roaming the streets for three years before finally being locked up
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Man on benefits after being rejected from 100 jobs lands dream role as barrister
Taz Aldeek, 29, saw his applications regularly get knocked back despite having three degrees - including a master's - and eventually had to apply to Universal Credit just to survive
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'Fit and healthy' man faces moving into elderly care home at age of just 44
Serene Crutchley says sibling Gary Crutchley needs to be cared for after suffering a shock stroke in 2020 at the age of 41 but a lack of supported housing in his area means he has few options
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Man who had mastectomy after breast cancer had menopause-like symptoms
Mark Nock, 61, found a 'Polo-sized' lump in his chest before being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer - and treatment drugs left him with hot flushes and dizzy spells
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Dad forced to live on diet of Easter eggs has already scoffed 200 this year
Ashley Keansays he can only digest chocolate, mashed potato, Yorkshire puddings and fruit due to strange eating habits that started when he was a baby and have continued into adult life
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'I was kicked off a plane because my 19-year-old daughter looks four-years-old'
Dannia Shabbir is the only female in the world with a rare condition that means she will always look four-years-old - but a lack of awareness makes her vulnerable to horrific abuse
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Honeytrap killers seduced and drugged dad before calling two men to kill him
Dad-of-six Saul Murray, 33, was given sedatives after being seduced by Surpreet Dhillon, 36, and Temidayo Awe, 21, before Ikem Affia, 31, and Cleon Brown, 29, killed him
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Couple £44,000 out of pocket after garden work leaves house foundations showing
Despite being charged huge sums, the couple said their house in Kent has been left in a worse state than it was when the work started, with the foundations of their house showing
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