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How son's death inspired a dad's 30-year mission to raise funds to fight meningitis

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Steve Dayman was the driving force behind promoting the “tumbler test” as a way of spotting meningitis

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How son's death inspired a dad's 30-year mission to raise funds to fight meningitis

Steve Dayman was the driving force behind promoting the “tumbler test” as a way of spotting meningitis

Jeremy Curtis on the beach

Romantic proposes to his girlfriend by writing 'Will you marry me?' in 15ft letters on beach

He had spent ages searching for the right spot before settling on picturesque Petit Port on Guernsey

Retired gardener grows 8st 6lb monster marrow in just FIVE weeks

He was stunned by the speed after cultivating the knobbly green monster using a special cross-pollination technique

Bethany and Simon Mazier

Heroic teenager saves dad from drowning after their canoe capsizes

Father and daughter were paddling on Ullswater in the Lake District during a day out when their canoe overturned

Mum Kim and Daisy

Baby born 16 WEEKS premature pulls through after mum's heartache of six miscarriages

She was due to give birth today but instead she and her partner are at home with Daisy who is already four months old

Amy Sherwood

Hospital scanner operator spots tumour in her OWN heart during training session

She had pioneering keyhole heart surgery within days and was able to get married as planned

Widower dad Michael Adams copes with loss of wife to cancer with heartfelt blog

The dad to Olivia and Marley, had no time to grieve as he tried his hardest to fill the void left by their mum’s absence

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Woman with round-the-clock incontinence has life transformed by new gadget

She took 16 tablets a day and could not walk for more than a couple of minutes without having to race off to the loo.

Verity Ager with her partner Russell Kimbl

Overweight man survives deadly flesh-eating bug because of his extra bulk

He weighed 27st when he picked up the lethal necrotising fasciitis during a routine op to remove a groin abscess

Rare brain disease wipes out all of teenager's childhood memories

She was 16 when she contracted encephalitis and suffered a huge fit – leaving her unable to remember her past