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Mother who lost seven stone using weight loss jabs issues warning
By MARIA CHIORANDO, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 10:29, 22 August 2025 | Updated: 11:07, 22 August 2025 A 21-stone mother claims she used skinny jabs to get 'healthy' - only for her daughter, eight, to have to call an ambulance when her liver 'failed' and she got sepsis.Nikki Cuthbertson, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, feared being so overweight would see her have a heart attack and die young so started using Mounjaro in November 2024.The 34-year-old ordered the £150 jab from an onlin...
I looked ugly in selfies and didn’t know why — that’s when I discovered my house was killing me
Sara Smith thought she’d scored a sick deal on her $400,000 house — until learning that the house was making her sick.
It was a devastating discovery for the 28-year-old newlywed and husband, Colin, based in Columbus, Ohio, who’d sunk their savings into the mold-infested money-pit that’s left Smith drowning in a sea of medical bills.
But, thanks to a slew of social media sleuths, as well as a fungus-sniffing dog, the millennial’s hellish home didn’t land her in the hospital.
“TikTok...
It was a devastating discovery for the 28-year-old newlywed and husband, Colin, based in Columbus, Ohio, who’d sunk their savings into the mold-infested money-pit that’s left Smith drowning in a sea of medical bills.
But, thanks to a slew of social media sleuths, as well as a fungus-sniffing dog, the millennial’s hellish home didn’t land her in the hospital.
“TikTok...
Fuming mum demands apology over DPD driver's 'ugly' comment on delivery
A heartbroken mum has demanded DPD apologise after one of their drivers branded her 'ugly' in her delivery confirmation.
Rebecca Starr was excited to receive her parcel on August 2 containing an iPad and clothes for her upcoming holiday to Rome. But after being handed the parcel by the DPD delivery driver, she says she was shocked to receive three messages that said "the parcel has been received by Ugly."
The 38-year-old said the comment knocked her confidence and thinks the driver typed the w...
Rebecca Starr was excited to receive her parcel on August 2 containing an iPad and clothes for her upcoming holiday to Rome. But after being handed the parcel by the DPD delivery driver, she says she was shocked to receive three messages that said "the parcel has been received by Ugly."
The 38-year-old said the comment knocked her confidence and thinks the driver typed the w...
I'll never touch weight jabs again - after needing an organ removed
14:06, 17 Aug 2025, updated
14:06, 17 Aug 2025
By
SOPHIA STANFORD, TRAINEE NEWS REPORTER
A mother who used weight loss jabs to get a post-break-up glow-up ended up with her eyes 'turning yellow' and needing her gallbladder removed.
Jane Fennah from Blackpool, Lancashire, went on Mounjaro in February of this year, after seeing a myriad of success stories online.
The family of drugs known as GLP-1 RAs, originally developed to treat diabetes...
14:06, 17 Aug 2025
By
SOPHIA STANFORD, TRAINEE NEWS REPORTER
A mother who used weight loss jabs to get a post-break-up glow-up ended up with her eyes 'turning yellow' and needing her gallbladder removed.
Jane Fennah from Blackpool, Lancashire, went on Mounjaro in February of this year, after seeing a myriad of success stories online.
The family of drugs known as GLP-1 RAs, originally developed to treat diabetes...
Costa Coffee promise customers free drinks in return for good reviews
08:12, 12 Aug 2025, updated
13:54, 12 Aug 2025
By
CIARAN FOREMAN, TRAINEE REPORTER
Costa Coffee has been branded 'shameless' after one of its branches promised customers free drinks in return for leaving positive reviews.
A sign appeared on the counter of the Potters Bar outlet, in Hertfordshire, advertising that customers can get 'any medium size drink for free' if they provide proof of a store rating of nine or 10 in a feedback email.
T...
13:54, 12 Aug 2025
By
CIARAN FOREMAN, TRAINEE REPORTER
Costa Coffee has been branded 'shameless' after one of its branches promised customers free drinks in return for leaving positive reviews.
A sign appeared on the counter of the Potters Bar outlet, in Hertfordshire, advertising that customers can get 'any medium size drink for free' if they provide proof of a store rating of nine or 10 in a feedback email.
T...
I took weight loss jabs for holiday but ended up in hospital after side effect
A MUM has claimed she almost died when the skinny jabs she used to fit into her holiday clothes left her suffering serious side effects and caused her to collapse in front of her kids.Claire Reid, 49, began using the GLP-1-class weight loss injection in March after seeing others have success with it. The mum-of-two was 'fed up' of not fitting in her clothes and wanted to lose weight for her upcoming holiday in Dubai with her daughter.Claire paid around £200 every month for the jab that she purch...
Cyclist pushed into canal by dog walker in row over 'slowing down'
By SAM LAWLEY, TRAINEE REPORTER Published: 14:11, 5 August 2025 | Updated: 14:29, 5 August 2025 A cyclist was pushed into a canal by a furious dog walker who argued she should have 'slowed down' as she approached.Neither side backed down in the bitter row along a country path - but who do you think was in the right?The astonishing clip sees Klaudia Mitura, 34, biking along the narrow walkway on her usual morning commute as she comes across a couple walking their dog.Footage from her bike...
Ryanair forced to apologise for asking to speak to widows dead husband
By FREYA BARNES Published: 12:12, 28 July 2025 | Updated: 12:15, 28 July 2025 A widow was left in tears when Ryanair refused to refund her dead husband's £827 flights - telling her he needed to complain from beyond the grave.Yvonne Shields' husband Colin Shields booked his flights to Venice, Italy, last year and was meant to fly out in September to represent Scotland at a powerchair football match.Colin was tetraplegic after he had an accident 14 years ago and needed two essential carers...
Ryanair tells widow her dead husband needs to apply for refund
A widow was left in tears when Ryanair refused to refund her late husband’s £827 flights.Yvonne Shields, 44, tried to cancel Colin Shields’s flight from Edinburgh to Venice after he died in April.He had booked the flights last year and was due to fly in September to represent Scotland at a power-chair football match.Mr Shields was tetraplegic after an accident 14 years ago, and required two essential carers to accompany him on the flight, whose tickets he had paid for.After his death from a brai...
I had to drag my son's blue lifeless body from a pool after grave holiday error
A FAMILY gathering took a horrifying turn when a mum had to drag her toddler's "blue" and lifeless body out of a pool when he "drowned". While her quick actions were able to save his life, she's now raising awareness about the importance of water safety. Emily Carlin, 31, along with her husband and their three kids, had travelled to see family for Fourth of July celebrations when the unfortunate event occurred. The family were sat in the back garden while all the kids played in the pool. Emily s...
Lovestruck men mob me on nights out as I look just like Sabrina Carpenter
A RETAIL worker looks so much like Sabrina Carpenter that starstruck fellas mob her on nights out, demanding selfies and trying to woo her with drinks.Olivia Fano is regularly stopped for selfies by stunned strangers while out and about, believing she's the Please Please Please singer.The 20-year-old admits it's an 'amazing' compliment to be likened to the pint-sized hitmaker, admitting she attracts even more attention on nights out from lustful blokes.The similarity has definitely ramped things...
Scots mum's urgent warning after daughter left in agony amid 30C heatwave
A 'TRAUMATISED' mum had to rush her screaming daughter to hospital - after being so badly sunburnt while playing in the paddling pool that she was covered in giant yellow blisters.Lauren McMaster was enjoying the sun in her mum's back garden in Luton, Bedfordshire, while her six-year-old Paisley McMaster played in the pool last weekend.The 30-year-old claimed she reapplied factor 50 sun cream on her daughter every 30 to 40 minutes 'because she's ginger' and that she did not stay in the sun too l...
Majorca's too GERMAN for me! Brit says island is 'more like Munich'
By KEVIN ADJEI-DARKO Published: 09:39, 17 July 2025 | Updated: 12:48, 17 July 2025 A British holidaymaker has joked she accidentally booked a trip to Munich instead of sunny Spain after discovering her resort in Majorca was 'heaving' with Germans.Tara Davies flew to El Arenal with her cousin for a getaway on June 23, hoping for a full-on Spanish experience. But instead of flamenco and fiestas, the 25-year-old claims she walked straight into a techno-fuelled beerfest, complete with bratwu...
My £280-a-day ket habit left me peeing every 2 secs & passing out in the bath
DANIELLE Littlewood was just 19 when she tried ketamine for the first time - a drug that would soon turn her world upside down."I watched ket take everything from my life," the 21-year-old from Southport, Merseyside, said. "It took my car [and] it ruined a lot of relationships because I couldn't pay anyone back."The former party girl revealed the class B drug left her desperate for the toilet "every two seconds".She was often confined to the bath for hours on end to ease 'ket cramps', where she...
'I was forced to barricade my mouldy hotel room after my lock stopped working'
A 'stressed' model claims she was forced to barricade her 'mouldy' hotel room while she slept as the lock didn't work - before forking out £700 on an Airbnb instead.
Chiara Cox jetted off to Antalya, Turkey, for a relaxing two-week trip with her friend Toby Wolstenholme on July 1st, but said their room was 'horrendous'. The 22-year-old claims they were forced to barricade themselves in with luggage and furniture as the door didn't lock, the bathroom was covered in mould and the walls were marke...
Chiara Cox jetted off to Antalya, Turkey, for a relaxing two-week trip with her friend Toby Wolstenholme on July 1st, but said their room was 'horrendous'. The 22-year-old claims they were forced to barricade themselves in with luggage and furniture as the door didn't lock, the bathroom was covered in mould and the walls were marke...
My sore knee was a drunken injury - until my leg SNAPPED & I fought for my life
WHEN Lucy Worthington's knee began to ache, she assumed it was just a drunken injury.But after physio failed to sort it out, she realised it was a killer condition hiding in plain sight - one which would see the 27-year-old snap her leg in half while she was sitting on the sofa.Lucy, from Bristol, UK, tells Sun Health: "I started getting pain in my right leg around my knee. "So I went to my GP who referred me for an X-ray in February, and they told me the X-ray was clear and there was nothing to...
I lost HALF my bodyweight using a simple at-home method
By MEIKE LEONARD Published: 11:34, 14 July 2025 | Updated: 17:30, 14 July 2025 A 16-stone law student who was branded a 'whale' by school bullies says she dropped from a size 18 to a tiny size six by using a simple at-home method.Jessica Turner, 20, shed an incredible 8st 3lb after deciding she had had enough of taunting by cruel fellow pupils. Though admitting she was always 'chubby', Jessica said she piled on the pounds after turning to junk food for comfort whilst at school. This, com...
Ketamine left me peeing glass, wearing nappies and with a MARSHMALLOW face
JACK Curran was just 19 when he began using ketamine to cope with the pain from a broken leg.Within just six months, the lad from Essex was hooked taking the drug, dubbed “this generation’s heroin”, all day, every day.And just a few years later, it had ravaged his body – leaving him wetting the bed in nappies, peeing “blood and jelly” every five minutes, and screaming in agony as it felt “like peeing glass”.Jack, who is now 29, first tried the class B drug at 16 when his friends started experime...
'I noticed something was wrong with my body after posting TikTok videos daily'
A student claims a TikTok trend saved his life - when the daily videos revealed he had a huge lump growing on his neck. Felipe Escobedo had seen how social media users looked "less bloated" after having Coconut Cult yoghurt daily so he tried the craze himself.
But when the 19-year-old rewatched daily videos of him eating it late last month he was shocked to notice the left side of his neck appeared "curvy."
The scared college student said he felt a "big ball" when he touched the side of his ne...
But when the 19-year-old rewatched daily videos of him eating it late last month he was shocked to notice the left side of his neck appeared "curvy."
The scared college student said he felt a "big ball" when he touched the side of his ne...
Teen 'traumatised' as extreme sunburn on first day abroad blisters whole face
A teenage holidaymaker was left "traumatised" after she got sunburn so extreme on her first day in Thailand that it left her needing hospital treatment for the blisters across her face.
Emilia Azarova jetted off to Koh Samui for a Muay Thai fighting competition on June 13th and went for a two-hour swim in the ocean on her first day. The 17-year-old law student admits she did not think to put on sun cream as the sun did not feel 'hot' while she was swimming, but by the time she got out her lips...
Emilia Azarova jetted off to Koh Samui for a Muay Thai fighting competition on June 13th and went for a two-hour swim in the ocean on her first day. The 17-year-old law student admits she did not think to put on sun cream as the sun did not feel 'hot' while she was swimming, but by the time she got out her lips...
Council joiner says he quit rat race to be £1million-a-year influence
14:40, 01 Jul 2025, updated
19:57, 01 Jul 2025
By
LETTICE BROMOVSKY
A former council joiner who now claims to earn £1 million per year as an influencer has said he started out life by he growing up on Europe's largest council estate.
Scott Shearsmith, 36, grew up on Bransholme, Europe's largest council estate, in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and says he escaped a rough upbringing but is now trolled by jealous former friends.
He says he...
19:57, 01 Jul 2025
By
LETTICE BROMOVSKY
A former council joiner who now claims to earn £1 million per year as an influencer has said he started out life by he growing up on Europe's largest council estate.
Scott Shearsmith, 36, grew up on Bransholme, Europe's largest council estate, in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and says he escaped a rough upbringing but is now trolled by jealous former friends.
He says he...
'I was in labour for four days - then gave birth in 30 seconds with common tea'
A mum claims she gave birth in just 30 seconds thanks to sipping raspberry leaf tea - after an agonising four-day labour with her first baby.
Sophie McCausland was 'traumatised' from her first birth four years ago so wanted to do everything she could to speed things along with her second.
The 35-year-old said her midwife friend recommended raspberry leaf tea to her as it's claimed to help tone womb muscles so they work better in labour.
In addition to religiously drinking the tea, the office...
Sophie McCausland was 'traumatised' from her first birth four years ago so wanted to do everything she could to speed things along with her second.
The 35-year-old said her midwife friend recommended raspberry leaf tea to her as it's claimed to help tone womb muscles so they work better in labour.
In addition to religiously drinking the tea, the office...
'We paid £1k for dream Greece holiday - it turned into honeymoon from hell'
A pair of newlyweds were left bitterly disappointed after what should have been their dream honeymoon turned into a nightmare. British couple Phil and Hannah Perkins tied the knot on May 9 and set off two days later to enjoy a holiday in Rhodes, Greece. But they realised soon after arriving that the hotel was 'in shambles' due to ongoing construction work.The couple told The Daily Mail they sat by the poolside on the first morning of their trip, trying to relax, but were shocked to hear a 'deafe...
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