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Dad waits five years for dentist and spends weeks in agony before charity helps
Mark Thompson, 43, had been struggling to get an appointment and he was finding it 'difficult to pay for food, let alone a dentist'
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Woman who lived lying down to avoid being decapitated walks for first time
Melanie Hartshorn, 34, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which caused her skull to dislocate from her spine. She was forced to live with a halo brace 24/7 to keep her in a fixed position
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Shells from Captain Cook's last voyage on display after being rescued from skip
The remarkable collection was amassed before the explorer was killed by Hawaiian islanders in 1779. A passing marine biology lecturer, Dr John Buchanan, saved the seashells
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Two teens set fire to two listed buildings and causing £15m worth of damage
The boys, aged 17 and 16, were told they could have faced long prison sentences had they been adults after causing £15million-worth of damage to the Newcastle University-owned Henderson Hall in June last year
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Man Googled to check if Deliveroo pizza had nuts before taking fatal bite
Computer programmer James Atkinson, 23, failed to contact Dadyal restaurant in Newcastle to tell them about his peanut allergy before eating a pizza he had ordered from Deliveroo
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British student drowns in Florida swimming pool in 'inexplicable' mystery death
A coroner report pertaining to the mysterious death of Jack Chisholm, 21, who drowned in a Florida swimming pool has raised more question than answers as the officials concluded his death was "inexplicable"
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Seven simple life hacks from scientists that could help you slash cancer risk
A new scientific study of more than 90,000 British adults found that you can cut your risk of cancer significantly by following seven key healthy living guidelines
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Faces of tragic youngsters who left for university - then took their own lives
Parents of British students who died by suicide are demanding UK universities be given a legal duty of care. The mums of Oskar Carrick and Phoebe Grime spoke to The Mirror for Mental Health Awareness Week
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'Cot death message failing to reach deprived families, putting babies at risk'
Research from Oxford, Bristol and Newcastle universities into safer sleeping habits shows 42% of cases of sudden infant death syndrome occurred in the poorest areas, and Miriam Stoppard says change needs to come urgently to help all families