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A SIZE 26 mum who people yelled “fatty” at in the street now confidently flaunts her “Kim Kardashian-like” curves. Jordanna Bell, who previously tipped the scales at 20st, dropped eight dress sizes and now feels better than ever. 13Jordanna Bell weighing 20st before her dramatic weight lossCredit: Kennedy News 13The 33-year-old, who now feels more confident than everCredit: Kennedy News The former junk food addict credits ditching her twice-weekly takeaways and a £15,000 gastric sleeve and tummy tuck. The 33-year-old said: “I was absolutely disgusted when I looked in the mirror. “I’m such a positive person and I always wanted…

A MAN has died after falling down a 130-ft hole he dug under his kitchen floor after dreaming he had gold buried under it. João Pimenta da Silva, 71, lost his balance and plunged down the equivalent of 12 stories into the shaft he excavated. 2Joao Pimenta da Silva plunged down this 130-ft hole on his kitchen floor after losing his balanceCredit: Corpo de Bombeiros 2The 71-year-old believed there was gold hidden under his home in BrazilCredit: Corpo de Bombeiros Neighbours said the pensioner had become obsessed with the idea there was gold buried in the area under his property…

THERE is a secret code Samsung owners can punch into their smartphone that instantly boosts their battery, according to a tech expert. Prince Tech Official on TikTok revealed the code, which he says can “save” a Samsung device’s battery life in seconds. 1Prolonged usage of any device can cause its battery to deteriorate, resulting in reduced capacity compared to when it was newCredit: Prince Tech Official / TikTok The ‘magic’ code Prince Tech describes is this: *#9900#. This code is to be dialled inside the app where you would input a phone number. Once dialled, you will be taken to…

PARENTS should vaccinate their kids and watch out for a back-to-school virus wave, health chiefs say. The UK Health Security Agency warns the new school term will be a breeding ground for cough and stomach bugs. 1Coughing and stomach bugs are rife at schools in the winter, top doctors warnCredit: Getty Mums and dads are urged to check young ones are up to date with flu jabs as well as routine vaccines like measles and whooping cough, which are all free on the NHS. They should also keep children home from school if they are ill and teach them good…

PABLO Novak might just be the world’s loneliest man. The 93-year-old is the sole inhabitant of a mysterious ghost town that disappeared underwater for 25 years. 8Pablo Novak grew up in the once-booming lakeside holiday town of EpecuenCredit: Alamy 8A rare weather pattern battered the area in 1985 and drowned EpecuenCredit: Alamy 8The town’s residents fled, most never to return againCredit: Alamy 8Some parts of the town re-emerged in 2009, some 25 years after the floodCredit: Alamy The desolated town of Epecuen re-emerged in 2009, some 300 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, when the water it was submerged…

FACEBOOK users have been encouraged to check their settings over a new pop-up requesting their ‘link history’. The feature allows users to keep track of all the link they visit via the social media platform – but why does Facebook want access to the data? 1The new link history feature is not enabled by defaultCredit: Getty – Contributor Well, after Apple cracked down on app tracking – the new feature gives Facebook a convenient way to improve its targeted advertising, as a report by Gizmodo points out. Meta makes most of its revenue from advertisements. So, it’s important for Meta…

A TEENAGE boy collapsed on his living room floor and died after complaining of a headache. Makhi Jackson, 16, made himself a snack of New Year’s Eve then passed out a short time later. 3Makhi Jackson (right) died after collapsing at home on New Year’s EveCredit: YouTube/11Alive 3The 16-year-old is understood to have died following a brain aneurysmCredit: YouTube/11Alive He was rushed to A&E but doctors couldn’t save him. They fear he suffered a brain aneurysm – a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall. “This has shaken my family and kids to…

AN ISRAELI soldier kneels at a memorial to those taken hostage or killed by Hamas at Supernova festival three months ago on October 7. One of the hostages taken but released, Itay Regev, 18, also came to pay respects. 2An Israeli soldier sits among pictures of people taken captive or killed by HamasCredit: AFP 2Hadas and Nassim Hamoy plant a tree at the site where their 26-year-old daughter Ella was killedCredit: AFP And Hadas and Nassim planted a tree for their daughter Ella Hamoy, 26, who was killed. Teenager Regev, who spent almost two months in captivity, told a memorial…

NASA has successfully tested a new type of rocket engine that could one day get us to Mars quicker. The engine, called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), uses a new way of burning fuel to produce thrust. 1Nasa has successfully tested a new type of rocket engineCredit: YouTube/NASAMarshall Instead of burning fuel in a continuous stream, the RDRE detonates it in a series of explosions, as shown in a new video. This is meant to create a more efficient and powerful burn, which could propel spacecraft to Mars in as little as four months. Typically, it takes current engines…

AMBULANCES are the busiest they have been all winter as hospitals battle a flu surge and doctors’ strikes. The NHS said 93,500 patients arrived by ambulance last week compared to 84,000 at the start of December, with one in seven waiting an hour or more to get into A&E. 1Ambulances waiting outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London on ThursdayCredit: Alamy Dr Tim Cooksley, of the Society of Acute Medicine, said: “The winter crisis is hitting hard.” Flu patient numbers increased last week to more than 1,300 each day, up more than a third from 942 per day the week before.…