Lance Sgt Robert Kopicki discovered Linzi Mannion's body when he returned home to Bolton, Manchester, from a tour of duty. Miss Mannion, 29, had been decorating the newly purchased house in time for returning from army duty the following day while three-month old Nancie was being looked after. ...read
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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Helena Barrett (pictured left while pregnant last year, and right with her husband, Tim), 38, from Buckinghamshire, lost nine stone after weight loss surgery but was left with saggy skin. She decided to have more surgery to remove it but was horrified when she woke up and found she had been left with a 'penis' (inset). She claims her friends could see it through her trousers and asked if she had had a sex change. But thanks to reconstructive surgery, she has now recovered, found love and given birth to a baby girl.
'You condemned my sweetheart to death': Furious husband stands up and confronts health bosses during crisis summit over NHS trust which covered up cancer delays
Gary Brigden (pictured above right) whose wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer two days ago made a dramatic public protest against bosses at a scandal-hit hospital yesterday. His voice shook as he told a public meeting his 46-year-old wife Lisa (pictured with her granddaughter) had been diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer after a catalogue of delays and misdiagnosis. Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust was placed in special measures yesterday by the health sector regulator Monitor following a damning report by the Care Quality Commission.
EXCLUSIVE: The girl with no vagina: Teenager can't have sex or babies due to rare condition that left her without reproductive organs (and she didn't find out until she was 17)
EXCLUSIVE: Jacqui Beck, 19, from the Isle of Wight, has MRKH, an unusual syndrome which affects the reproductive system - meaning she has no womb, cervix or vagina. She was only diagnosed after she went to her GP about back pain - and mentioned in passing that she hadn't started her periods. Tests revealed her condition and that where her vagina should be, there is simply a dimple - meaning she is unable to have sex or carry her own child. She says when she was first diagnosed, she felt 'like a freak. I left the doctors in tears - I would never know what it was like to give birth, be pregnant, have a period. All the things I had imagined doing suddenly got erased from my future. 'I was really angry and felt like I wasn’t a real woman any more.' She is has now spoken out to raise awareness of the condition.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ross Edgley, from Knutsford, Cheshire, used diuretics, sweat suits, saunas and Epsom salt baths in a bid to reduce the water content of his body and prove people should not be slaves to the weighing scales. His crazy antics were part of an experiment to prove that weight loss isn't all about fat - but often about water - and therefore people shouldn't be a slave to the weighing scales day in, day out. He said: 'I hope this experiment will create a healthier relationship between people and the weighing scales and people will realise weight can fluctuate based on many factors, not just fat.'
Terminally ill - yet she's devoting the rest of her life to spreading joy. Naomi is our Inspirational Woman of the Year. She and her fellow finalists will leave you awestruck
Naomi Thomas was diagnosed with breast cancer just two days after her boyfriend proposed to her. After learning her condition was incurable, the only thing that kept her going was the thought of her wedding. After a good samaritan stepped in to organise her nuptials, Naomi had a lightbulb moment. She selflessly decided to devote the rest of her life to making the wedding dreams come true for others who, like her, are terminally ill. As a result, this week, after meeting Samantha Cameron and Sir Bruce Forsyth, Naomi was crowned our Inspirational Woman of the Year.
Woman nearly paralysed in horse riding accident makes amazing recovery to become a WEIGHT LIFTER
Georgina Hodson, 27, from Shropshire, is only 5ft 2ins tall and weighs just 7st 7lbs but has just broken a British record by lifting 11st. In 2007 she had a head on collision with a tree while riding her horse and doctors initially feared she might be paralysed because she damaged several of the vertebrae in her neck. As part of her slow recovery from the accident in 2007, Mrs Hodson - who is just 5ft 2ins - began doing gentle exercises in the gym and then slowly progressed onto weights to build up her strength. She said: ‘I'm not only physically strong, I have an emotional strength which has driven me forward and has helped me through my recovery. At school I had always been picked on for being little- I used to get called "squirt" because I am so small, but when I started power lifting and training I felt empowered and I realised I can be strong.'
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EXCLUSIVE: Jack Kelly, from Coventry, developed Miller Fisher syndrome - a rare nerve disease which left him paralysed and with double vision (inset). He spent a week in the stroke unit of his local hospital where he had physiotherapy to help him walk again. He said: 'You never think about getting out of bed in the morning – you just take for granted that your feet will take your weight – so it was a shock not to be able to do that. I was in a total panic – I had no idea what was happening. He is now fully recovered and is taking part in Tough Guy challenges.
Anorexia cost me my health, my happiness and my chance of having a family: Woman tells of pain of half a CENTURY battling eating disorder that nearly killed her
Jacqueline Kemp, from Dumferline, Fife, has battled anorexia for more than 50 years. The 64-year-old started losing weight in her teens, top centre, after feeling 'ugly' compared to her best friend at school. Within months, she was in the grip of the eating disorder - with her weight soon plummeting to a tiny five stone. By her late thirties, bottom centre, her life was a cycle of compulsive eating, laxatives and starvation. Now, aged 64, left and far right, Ms Kemp has spoken out about her lifetime of anorexia in a bid to help others.
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