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My contraceptive coil saved my life after it revealed I had cancer

Caroline Bailey was diagnosed after suffering with “a stabbing pain in the middle of my abdomen”.

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Man, 70, died of eye cancer after scan concerns weren’t followed up

A coroner warns there’s a risk of future deaths due to “substantial delays” in ophthalmology follow-ups.

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Man, 70, died of eye cancer after scan concerns weren’t followed up

A coroner warns there’s a risk of future deaths due to “substantial delays” in ophthalmology follow-ups.

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Why children’s hospices are paying to throw away your donations

Acorns says it spends about £100,000 a year dealing with donated items that cannot be sold.

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First minister ‘does not accept’ there is no more money for Stormont

The Northern Ireland secretary says there is “very little financial accountability or responsibility” across the executive.

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Swimmer Archie Goodburn thanks prime minister as brain cancer review announced

The Scottish athlete, who has inoperable brain tumours, previously made a tearful plea for more investment in brain cancer research on BBC Breakfast.

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‘I could never hear on my left side – until I got a prosthetic ear’

Stephen Gilbert, 74, was born with unilateral microtia, a rare condition in which the external ear is underdeveloped or missing on one side.

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1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

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1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

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Mum told to prepare for ‘worst’ urges others to get respiratory illness vaccine

Jo Goldsmith said the RSV vaccine was not available when she was pregnant, but that she would have had it.

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