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A TEEN mum has shared the “heartbreaking” moment she watched her newborn die in her arms of a rare genetic disorder. Isabelle Stone’s son Oscar was born a few days before Christmas, but just hours later, it became obvious there was something wrong.3Isabelle and Joe with their baby boy, OscarCredit: YorkshireLive/MEN3Oscar died of a rare genetic disorderCredit: YorkshireLive/MEN”He was sleepy and floppy,” the 19-year-old mum said, “he had gone grey in the face and blue in the lips.”He sadly died just 15 days later. The little boy was born with an extremely rare genetic metabolic disorder called ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency…

ONE of Vladimir Putin’s allies claimed it would take “just two minutes to nuke Paris” in a fresh threat to France.The vice-president of the Duma, Pyotr Tolstoy, raised the possibility of sending a nuclear bomb to Paris if French troops rock up in Ukraine.6One of Vladimir Putin’s allies claim it would take just two minutes to nuke ParisCredit: TV Zvezda6The French capital could be reduced to rubble if France sends troops to UkraineCredit: Rex6Pyotr Tolstoy, deputy speaker of the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, issued the harrowing threatCredit: AFP6The president’s of France and Russia could be set to…

AN INCREDIBLE rail network could soon be established on the moon that would help humanity flourish on its surface.The proposed rail system, supported by the US Department of Defence, would be able to transport both humans and supplies.3The US Department of Defence is supporting the development of a ‘lunar railroad’ concept proposed by Northrop GrummanCredit: The Sun3The proposed train will transport humans and supplies across the lunar surfaceCredit: GettyDesigned by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, the “lunar railroad” is hoped to allow for serious and sustained economic development on the moon.Representatives of the company said: “The envisioned lunar railroad network could…

A MAN was declared brain dead and given a 4 per cent chance of survival after developing a deadly blood poisoning from an ingrown hair. Steven Spinale was diagnosed with sepsis after getting an infection from attempting to remove an ingrown hair in his groin area. 5Steven Spinale, 36, was given a 4 per cent chance of survival after battling sepsis caused by an infected ingrown hairCredit: gofundme5Steven was intubated and placed in a medically induced coma, with his family told he might be brain deadCredit: gofundme5Steven was able to emerge from the coma and is on the road to…

HAITI is on the brink of collapse as armed gangs lay siege to the capital – but a grisly group of vengeful locals are fighting back.Port-au-Prince, a city dubbed the “most dangerous on earth”, has just become even deadlier as vigilantes hunt down gangsters – burning and mutilating their victims.11Port-au-Prince residents watch as a body of a suspected gang member burns after vigilantes attackedCredit: Reuters11Several ‘gangsters’ were killed, dismembered, dragged through the streets and set on fire by citizens in Petion-Ville on WednesdayCredit: AFP11The Haitian vigilante justice movement, Bwa Kale, appears to be experiencing a resurgenceCredit: Reuters11A man runs past the…

SKY customers are racing to nab a tasty free treat on their accounts with limited vouchers available every day.The firm has already dished out a free movie to subscribers.1Claim yours before it’s too lateCredit: AlamyThat was 2018 musical romantic comedy Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and it’s still available now.And it comes as a new free channel launches on Sky today.The latest freebie is a bar of Cadbury chocolate to tuck into for a night in.It’s not the first time Sky has offered a chocolate freebie – and fortunately those with a sweet tooth can claim again this time…

COMPUTER geeks are more likely to be a flop in bed, a study found.Men who play with PCs in their free time have rates of erectile dysfunction around four times higher than average, it revealed.1Erectile dysfunction is common and becomes more so with age (stock image)Credit: AlamyMeanwhile, watching television or driving cars on the weekend does no harm to fellas’ sex lives.Scientists from the Naval Medical University in Shanghai, China, looked at data from 224,000 Europeans, including Brits.They found “leisure computer use”, including gaming, for at least one hour and 12 minutes per day was linked to a 3.57 times…

INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for the monumental 1,200ft hotel in the heart of Manhattan that would have changed the iconic NYC skyline forever. With a design that was way ahead of its time, Grand Hotel Attraction would have been the tallest building in the country, had it been built. 5The sketch of the futuristic hotel that was never builtCredit: Ephemeral New York5An artist’s creation of what the New York skyline would have looked like if the hotel was builtCredit: Never Was5The hotel would have made the tallest building in America in the early 20th centuryCredit: Ephemeral New YorkPlans were…

YOUR Facebook notifications are about the change forever (again). Facebook has announced it is bringing back the Poke button, one of the platforms founding features dating all the way back to 2004. 2Thanks to a slight design tweak, the number of Pokes exchanged on the platform have increased 13 times, according to FacebookCredit: The Sun / Alamy2Facebook made changes to the Poke button at the beginning of the yearCredit: FacebookThe feature hadn’t completely disappeared, though it had largely been retired since around 2014.The Poke button has been hiding deep inside your Facebook settings all this time. But it has recently…

FROM Ebola to rabies – history is full of terrifying viruses that have killed millions upon millions of people. Some have been eradicated with effective vaccines, but not all of these deadly illnesses are things of the past.14Some viruses we’ve managed to eradicate with effective vaccines14Many viruses have been circulating for as long as humans have walked the planetMany continue to lurk deep in our forests and below the Earth’s surface. Numerous factors are playing a part in their spread – from climate change and population growth, to humans encroaching into never-before-explored jungles. And they are infecting and killing thousands,…