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Lucy Fellows - the inspirational girl carrying the torch for her mum and her community

I STRUGGLED for years to find a diagnosis for my condition, seeing more than 30 different consultants, doctors, physiotherapists and osteopaths and having lots of tests and scans.Read

Debbie Murphy went from British roller skating champion to over 21st - then shrank to nearly half her size

WHEN I was a teenager, I was the British champion roller skater.Read

Real Life: The mum who had to make a life or death decision for her son Mohammad Hassam

WHEN we went off riding our bikes, Mohammad would get off his cycle, saying that it hurt his bottom.Read

Miracle baby Oliver Mills - born 15 weeks premature and a hole in the heart

THE moment I put my hand into my baby’s incubator and he grabbed one of my fingers, I knew he was a little fighter.Read

Solihull mum who was given three years to live proves doctors wrong ONE day I found I had two large lumps in my stomach – one the size of a melon and the other the size of a grapefruit.more

Halesowen model Christina Purnell and her amazing struggle with a memory of just TEN seconds

CHRISTINA got out of bed one morning and collapsed. She’d had a brain haemorrhage out of the blue.Read

Charity concert for James Lowe of Brierley Hill who died while playing football on a beach

JAMES Lowe proudly poses with his younger brother Thomas while enjoying a family holiday on a picturesque Devon beach.Read

Birmingham mum's eczema cream gave daughter a new lease of life

WE had to wrap Lula’s body in wet bandages every day and shave her head to help soothe her sore skin which was inflamed by eczema.Read

R UV Ugly? These frightening pictures show the real damage done by sunbeds

SUNBED worshipper Siobhan Rennicks used sunbeds three to four times a week for years.Read

Black Country dad saved his whole life for his retirement - then got cancer during cruise

Fred Essom made great plans for his retirement, saving up enough for the holiday of a lifetime before his twilight years. But within months he finds himself battling against cancer.Read

Real Life: Baby swimming has helped my little SWAN

AT THE age of four months, our baby Jessica stopped developing.Read

Real Life: My dad's determined to walk me down the aisle

I REALLY want my dad to walk me down the aisle at my wedding in June.Read

Real Life: I had three-quarters of my stomach removed to stop me over-eating

I’VE always struggled with my weight.Read

Real Life: I'm paralysed by strip lights in supermarkets, offices and hospitals

MY FACE dropped, I couldn’t move my arm and I lost my speech. I was scared to death.Read

Real Life: The boy who hated Christmas

AS a young boy, I was always miserable at Christmas.Read

Real Life: I went to doctors with swollen foot - and was diagnosed with cancer

KARLA first went to the doctor with a swollen foot – but within three weeks she had put on three stone.Read

Real Life: Midland mum risks frostbite when she goes shopping

Sandra Gordon has a rare condition which means she can suffer severe frostbite from just shopping at the supermarket. Read

Real Life: I was drinking up to 70 pints a day

THERE were lots of things that led to me becoming an alcoholic.Read

Real Life: At 48, the doctors said I'd never walk again - I'm proving them wrong

ONE day at work last July I found my left hand hovering over the keys of my computer.Read

Warwickshire boy becomes smallest in UK to have lung transplant

A four-year-old boy from Warwickshire has become the smallest person in the UK to have a successful lung transplant.Read

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