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'If I sit down too quickly, will I break my spine?' How Ian Puleston-Davies, the actor behind Coronation...
It is testimony to Ian Puleston-Davies's acting skills that he plays a tough, carefree builder in Coronation Street. For it is a character completely at odds with his own. Ian suffers such extreme anxiety he worries that if he picks up his children, he
I've had a hysterectomy... through my belly button: First British patient to undergo astonishing new op...
It is fortunate that Victoria Newlove has an excellent relationship with her surgeon. For just eight weeks before her scheduled hysterectomy, he revealed that she would be the first person in the UK to undergo a new technique: he was going to remove her
'If I sit down too quickly, will I break my spine?' How Ian Puleston-Davies, the actor behind Coronation...
It is testimony to Ian Puleston-Davies's acting skills that he plays a tough, carefree builder in Coronation Street. For it is a character completely at odds with his own. Ian suffers such extreme anxiety he worries that if he picks up his children, he
Hospitals to undergo Ofsted-style inspections
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt believes the current ‘tick-box’ system leads to poor care. Photograph: Getty Hospitals will regularly undergo tough two-week-long inspections and be given Ofsted-style ratings to revolutionise standards of care for patients,
She went in to have her appendix out, instead they removed an ovary... but that was just the start: A...
The inquest is over, but there is no peace, no moving on, for the family of Maria De Jesus. They wonder how they will ever come to terms with her death, for to do that there must be acceptance, some sort of understanding. But Maria's death, the manner of
She went in to have her appendix out, instead they removed an ovary... but that was just the start: A...
The inquest is over, but there is no peace, no moving on, for the family of Maria De Jesus. They wonder how they will ever come to terms with her death, for to do that there must be acceptance, some sort of understanding. But Maria's death, the manner of
She went in to have her appendix out, instead they removed an ovary... but that was just the start: A...
The inquest is over, but there is no peace, no moving on, for the family of Maria De Jesus. They wonder how they will ever come to terms with her death, for to do that there must be acceptance, some sort of understanding. But Maria's death, the manner of
Housing chiefs forced into closure plan U-turn
PLUCKY pensioners who vowed to defy housing bosses who threatened to kick them out of their homes have won an early victory in their fight against eviction. Dozens of residents in very sheltered accommodation run by Cairn Housing Association were left st
Up to half of all men given the all-clear by NHS prostate cancer tests could actually have the killer...
Tests for prostate cancer may be incorrectly giving the all-clear to up to 50 per cent of men who have the disease, according to a study. Experts believe thousands of patients with the disease could be missed every year because the standard biopsy techn
Care firm under investigation over treatment of 83-year-old
An elderly woman's hands. Footage showed Muriel Price becoming increasingly distressed as she waited for carers. Photograph: Jeffrey Coolidge/Getty Images A care services company has been suspended by its trade body after footage emerged showing what wer
Paul Morley: 'Why did my dad drive south to kill himself?'
Paul Morley: 'My father had driven away several times in the past. But he’d always come back in the end.' Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian One June morning in 1977, Leslie Morley got into his car and drove away from the family home in Stockport. Th
5:2 your life – the alcohol detox
My fast includes my girlfriend’s 40th birthday, which is no small deal. On the third day of celebrations, I manage a little restraint. Photograph: Aaron Tilley for the Guardian I've been drinking since I was 16, mostly to excess. My parents weren't big d
5:2 your life – the fitness plan
By week four, in the grip of a Nietzschean superiority complex, I leave the gym full of the vigour of the self-righteous hardbody. Photograph: Aaron Tilley for the Guardian Like most people who do no exercise, I hold the conflicting views that I am a) pr
5:2 your life – the worry diet
I can feel the anxiety begin to ease slightly. Then I reach into my bag and take out half a valium. Photograph: Aaron Tilley for the Guardian Dr Robert Leahy whistles doubtfully when I tell him about the 5:2 experiment. "Is it possible to stop,...
The Quarry: an extract from Iain Banks's final novel
"Right then," he says. He sits back in his seat and folds his arms. I wouldn't have thought you could fold your arms pugnaciously, but Guy manages it. "The standard fucking disclaimer. If you're watching this I must be dead. You lucky...
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