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Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey became world-famous as the parents of the first septuplets to survive infancy/ Image: (Ambassador/Sygma/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) More than a quarter of a century after they made medical history, the world’s first set of septuplets to all survive infancy are now adults with careers, marriages and children of their own. Born…
David Bown is now cared for by his parents, after he suffered irreversible neurological damage following the operation to remove a brain tumour. (Pix via Brabners / SWNS) A Warwickshire man is suing an NHS trust after a series of medical failings left him with permanent brain and sight damage and dependent on his parents…
Holly has a rare, fatal childhood dementia causing seizures, loss of movement, speech, sight, and independence./ Image: SWNS A five-year-old girl from Essex is living with a rare and fatal form of childhood dementia that will gradually strip away her ability to walk, talk, see and eat independently. Holly Nayler has CLN2 Batten disease, a…
Off the coast of northern Chile, divers are carrying out an unusual experiment that blends winemaking with marine science. Instead of ageing bottles in underground cellars, they lower them into the Pacific Ocean, secure them inside metal cages, and leave them on the sea floor for months. At depths of up to 20 metres, the…
Though still unlikely, the idea of mandatory military service has returned to the table in Britain/ Image: Instagram@Britisharmy The UK has no plans to reintroduce conscription. Ministers have been clear on that. But rising global tensions, a shrinking army and increasingly blunt warnings from abroad have dragged the once-unthinkable idea back into public discussion, along…
Centralia, once a thriving coal town, was abandoned after a fire began beneath its streets/ AI illustration An American town has been burning underground for more than 60 years. Once a thriving coal community, Centralia, Pennsylvania was slowly erased from the map, its streets abandoned, homes demolished, and a once-bustling town left smouldering beneath a…
Marcus Fakana died in a crash just three months after being freed from a Dubai prison/ Image: X A driver has admitted causing the death of Marcus Fakana, the British teenager whose imprisonment in Dubai drew international attention, after a police pursuit ended in a fatal crash in north London. The guilty plea comes just…
ChatGPT stuns veteran investor when asked what a normal person should do to become rich/ Image: Youtube When people ask ChatGPT how to get rich, they usually expect something vague or fantastical. What surprised listeners of The Diary of a CEO was not that the question came up, but how closely the AI’s response matched…
Is Europe ready to boycott the 2026 World Cup over Trump’s threats to Greenland?? AI Image Five months before the first ball is kicked, the 2026 World Cup is already being pulled into a geopolitical argument that has nothing to do with football. The trigger is not the tournament itself, but a widening rupture between…
Ricky Gervais stars in a TV series_Afterlife (Netflix) When Ricky Gervais joked in 2021 that he wanted his body fed to the lions at London Zoo, he assumed the line would land and disappear. Instead, it turned into a headline, a public response from the zoo, and a recurring bit that has followed him for…
