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'I went for a quick coffee with a friend – and ended up dead for 28 minutes'
Alan Curan, 54, from Glasgow, had been working as a courier and stopped by a sick colleague's house. He caught an illness - and died for 28 minutes before being brought back to life
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Boy, 10, dies after battle with rare form of dementia
Reece Mitchell, 10, was diagnosed with the CLN2 variant of Batten's disease - a form of childhood dementia - at just five years old. The incurable disorder left him unable to move, talk or see
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Knitting fan makes hobby cool again with stitch club boasting 2500 young members
A KNITTING fan has made her favourite hobby cool again after starting a 'Stitches and Bitches' club for young people - which already boasts 2,500 memb
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Loch Ness Monster gender row as new book portrays Nessie as male
The Loch Ness Monster has always been referred to as female - with even Visit Scotland and Visit Inverness Loch Ness both calling it 'she' in the past. But a new romantic novel has changed that
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Richard Osman certain he could commit the 'perfect murder' and get away with it
Crime author and TV presenter Richard Osman is no stranger to writing about murder - so much so that he's almost certain he could commit murder and get away with it scot free
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Grandad, 70, graduates from uni despite losing most of his sight
Paul Deal completed a Masters degree in history at the University of Bristol - after leaving school with just four O-levels.
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Man's incredible transformation after nose growth stopped him leaving the house
Veteran Ian Arthur, 64, stopped going outside during the day because of a huge growth which grew on the end of his nose making it balloon in size until he visited a private clinic
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Mum says disabled daughter has 'shut down' after flood left her without bed
Amy Kavanagh, 31, suffers from Rett Syndrome and was left without a bed at Glasgow’s Haydale Care Home after flooding caused water damage to her floor and ceiling
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Couple's warning as insulation 'scam' costs £11,000 and leaves home unsellable
The pair were urged to look into their home insulation by a cold caller in the midst of the cost of living crisis, but the project left them thousands of pounds out of pocket
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Bed bugs invade house leaving mum's entire body covered in blood blisters
Stacey Williams, 34, says her family are now 'hermits' as they try to avoid going outside to prevent the spread of bedbugs in Wales - both Stacey and her toddler have been viciously bitten by the bugs
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Bungling thief caught after sending photo of where he was staying to police
A thief stole a holidaymaker's camera - but sent the memory card back to the owner with a letter saying he was keeping the camera to pay for his own holiday
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Latest Loch Ness Monter sighting 'clearest yet' after first photo 90 years ago
This Sunday marks 90 years since the first official photo of the Loch Ness Monster, and decades later, people are still trying to snap the rumoured beast that lives in the murky water
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I got my wedding dress in charity shop, strangers were watching and told me to pick it
A SAVVY bride-to-be found her dream wedding dress in a charity shop - and has revealed she'll donate it back as soon as she's done with it.Daisy Welsh
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Thief steals couple's £2k camera - then writes them a letter calling it 'karma'
Greg Crawford was visiting the Outer Hebrides with his wife Julie when they left their camera unattended on a bench - and weeks the person who got it sent a letter
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'I live next to new £85m superjail - all I can hear is female inmates screaming'
Residents have reported being harassed by 'crazed animal' prisoners as they walk through the streets next to HMP & YOI Stirling as complaints over the ‘non-stop’ noise are lodged
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Disabled man forced to drag himself down stairs and fears he'll miss own wedding
Despite reporting the broken lift over a week ago and forking out £150 per month for property maintenance, wheelchair user Chris Purnell remains stuck in his fourth-floor flat
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Kayaker stunned after spotting four-metre shark circling around him off UK coast
Ally Connell, 38, was only a mile from shore on a fishing trip with a pal near Dunbar, when he saw the massive four-metre long Basking shark circling around him in his kayak
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Our street is infested with rats the size of CHIHUAHUAS - even binmen won't enter
A STREET has been declared a no-go area for refuse collectors - because of giant rats "the size of chihuahuas".Union bosses have ordered refuse remova