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A HEARTBROKEN couple who lost their son to a deadly brain condition only got a diagnosis months after his death. Louise and Richard Taylor’s “wonderful” son Henry died of encephalitis – inflammation of the brain – on November 22 2019, just weeks before his ninth birthday. 7Richard and Louise Taylor with HenryCredit: Katrina Campbell Photography/PA Real Life 7The ‘beautiful, wonderful little boy’ passed away just days before his ninth birthday on November 22 2019Credit: Katrina Campbell Photography/PA Real Life 7Henry wasn’t officially diagnosed with encephalitis until months after he passed awayCredit: Katrina Campbell Photography/PA Real Life But doctors were baffled…

A timeline published by Gulagu.net, a human rights group, revealed: February 14: Several officers from the FSB, the Russian intelligence service, are said to have paid a visit to “Polar Wolf” prison — and proceeded to disconnect and dismantle some of the security cameras and listening devices there. February 16, 2.17pm local time: Navalny, 47, was officially reported to have died. February 16, 2.19pm: The prison service put out what appeared to be a prepared press release. It read: “On February 16, 2024, in correctional colony No. 3, convict Navalny A.A. felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness.”…

A MAN’S penis rotted from the inside after he shoved three batteries up his urethra, medics have revealed. The 73-year-old Australian waited a whole day before seeking medical attention because he couldn’t get the 1cm-wide button batteries back out. 1A man’s penis rotted from the inside after he shoved three batteries up his urethraCredit: WesternHealth.org.au He told doctors he had put them in there for “self-gratification purposes” and hadn’t suffered issues with the act in the past. But after 24 hours, the batteries were starting to cause him “moderate pain”, as well as making his foreskin severely tight and causing…

A MAN has been taken into custody after a TV presenter and his boyfriend disappeared in Sydney under suspicious circumstances. Detectives have “grave concerns” for missing men Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, whose belongings were found in a skip bin on Wednesday. 2The search for Luke Davies, 29, and Jesse Baird, 26, continuesCredit: Instagram 2Former Ten reporter JesseCredit: instagram/@jessebairddd/ On Friday morning, New South Wales (NSW) Police confirmed that a man had handed himself into a local police station. The force said in a statement: “As part of investigations into the disappearance of two men in Sydney’s Eastern…

AN “amazing” mum-of-three whose “face lit up every room” died just months after complaining of a stomach ache, which doctors initially blamed on endometriosis.  Laura Barlow was eventually diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer and passed away two weeks later. 4Laura Barlow, 33, passed away on February 5 leaving behind husband Mike and three young childrenCredit: Supplied 4Complaining of intense stomach pain, she was initially diagnosed with endometriosis but found out in January she had advanced bowel cancerCredit: Supplied The 33-year-old, from Lincolnshire, first went to her GP in October last year.  But after months of intense pain and repeated trips…

YOU have the eyes of a hawk and could even improve your memory if you spot all the animals in this optical illusion. Four beasts lurk in the mind-boggling shoreline scene. 2Four beasts lurk in this shoreline scene – but you’re among just a handful of Brits if you spot them all in under five secondsCredit: Playbuzz But there is a catch: you have just five seconds to find them all. This head-scratcher is considered so hard that just two percent of Brits can complete it in time. But if you are among the elite puzzlers who solve it in…

WHEN Chantelle Christain didn’t recognise her own parents, started scaling hospital walls and believed nurses were chasing her with knives, doctors thought she was mentally ill.  In fact, her psychological symptoms were a sign that a deadly virus was attacking her brain.  5Chantelle (left) in hospital with her mum Carole (right), who she mistook for Boris JohnsonCredit: Chantelle Christain 5Chantelle’s personality and behaviour changed drastically over just a couple of days (pictured: before encephalitis)Credit: Chantelle Christain The healthy and career-driven 24-year-old was working as a strategist at a Fintech company when she began to experience “erratic and irrational thoughts”.  “I…

THREE Brits were injured when a wild party involving seven Thai sex workers turned into a knife battle in a row over payment. One man, 23, was recovering in hospital in Phuket earlier today after being stabbed with a kitchen knife following the 4am clash in a rented villa. 3A British man, 23, recovers in hospital after being caught up in an altercation with sex workers in ThailandCredit: ViralPress It is thought it occurred after the sex workers — including three ladyboys — claimed to be short-changed. Damage worth £6,000 was caused in the rumpus. Neighbours filmed as a man…

THE junior doctors’ strike leader is no longer a junior doctor and cannot join the picket lines, The Sun can reveal. Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, was registered as a fully qualified GP this month. 1Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, is no longer a junior doctor and cannot join the picket linesCredit: PA It means he cannot join the strikes he calls for, so won’t have to lose cash in future walkouts — and can now earn at least £70,000 per year in the NHS. Trainee medics go on strike…

THESE are the brave Ukrainian children going to school underground – to stay safe from Russian bombardments. Thousands of kids aged six to 16 learn in converted metro stations protected from the carnage above ground. 4Thousands of kids aged six to 16 are learning in converted metro stations that protect them from the carnage aboveCredit: Peter Jordan – Commissioned by The Sun 4Teacher Olenna Volodomyr talks about her experience underground, and say that it is actually better than the kids having to learn online amid the threat posed to UkraineCredit: Peter Jordan Five underground schools have opened in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s…