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A ONE-year-old girl tragically lost her life due to gross neglect after doctors missed chances to save her while in hospital, a coroner has ruled. Eleanor Aldred-Owen was diagnosed with a rare condition known as bicoronal craniosynostosis when she was just 12 weeks old. It meant that her sutures – the fibrous tissue joints connecting the bones of the skull – had fused prematurely, preventing normal growth and requiring surgery to alleviate the risk of pressure on her brain.She was referred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Merseyside and placed under the care of staff there for 18 months. The decision was…

BAFFLED scientists have unearthed the world’s oldest human DNA in Europe – with a key part of our history and family tree unlocked.In a cave under a medieval castle, 13 bone fragments were unearthed that belonged to six individuals including a mum and a daughter, as well as distant cousins.4An illustration of ancient humans from Ranis, Germany and the Czech RepublicCredit: AP4The cave system in the heart of the limestone region known as Bohemian Karst in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech RepublicCredit: Wikipedia4An illustration of an ancient human whose skull was found in the Czech RepublicCredit: APThe fragments…

KAREN Louise Liesching-Schroder was the picture of health.The 52-year-old never smoked, didn’t drink much and was active, running three times a week.3Karen had an ulcer on her tongue that wouldn’t heal and eventually developed into a holeCredit: Karen Louise Liesching-Schroder3After having a biopsy she was diagnosed with tongue cancerCredit: Karen Louise Liesching-SchroderSo when she noticed a stubborn ulcer on the side of her tongue, she didn’t think too much of it.However, it didn’t heal and soon became an “extremely painful” hole in her tongue – and it was then she decided to get it checked out.Karen, from Rochford, Essex, then…

SKY customers have just hours left to claim two great Christmas freebies waiting on their accounts.Both offers will disappear at the end of the day tomorrow (Sunday).2Rent Scrooged for freeCredit: Alamy2Free chocolate up for grabs tooCredit: AlamyOne is a free bar of Cadbury chocolate.Customers can claim an instant £1.65 voucher that can be put towards any Cadbury chocolate product sold at Tesco.Although the promotion is ending tomorrow, you don’t have to use it right away this weekend.Once claimed, the vouchers are valid until December 29, so you have a bit of time left to use it still.Elsewhere, Sky has been…

USING home remedies to ease your coughs and sniffles? Polls show you’re part of nearly 80 per cent of Brits drinking down chicken soup and ginger tea, or eating garlic cloves to do away with their symptoms.1Sipping on hot honey and lemon drinks proved to be a popular way of easing colds this yearCredit: GettyHot honey and lemon, gargling salt water and taking a bath were the most tried and tested home remedies for colds this year. A poll of 2,000 adults found 79 per cent have resorted to using an old wives’ tale to cure a winter illness, already…

WITH just weeks to go before Christmas one free phone app has announced a jolly upgrade allowing users to speak directly to AI Santa.The clever tech savvy app is available for curious iPhone and Android users who are interested in chatting directly with Father Christmas this festive period.4A free phone app has announced a jolly upgrade allowing users to speak directly to AI Santa4ChatGPT’s new genius upgrade has been described as Santa ModeCredit: OpenAIChatGPT have managed to create an AI voice that is described as “merry and bright” and closely follows the speech patterns used by Hollywood depictions of old…

APPLE’S official list of 2024’s best iPhone apps and games is finally out – and the top pick is worth using every single day.A crack team of app-testing experts at Apple HQ picked out the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro downloads you can’t afford to miss.4Apple has revealed the winners of its 2024 App Store AwardsCredit: AppleExactly 17 apps and games were named in this year’s selection, and The Sun has got the full list.Apple said that the apps had to demonstrate “the highest levels of user experience, design, and innovation” to win one of the coveted…

A WOMAN who only felt confident having sex “in the dark” due to her “sagging breasts” was horrified when her new size-E boobs began ‘poisoning’ her from the inside.Danielle Watts forked out £5,000 for a boob job in 2020, after years of feeling insecure about their shape. 11Danielle Watts, 32, decided to get a boob job after feeling insecure about the shape of her breastsCredit: Kennedy News11Danielle two months after the procedureCredit: Kennedy News11She soon began experiencing bizarre symptoms, including rashes on her face and chestCredit: Kennedy NewsThe 32-year-old lost four-stone and said the weight loss had affected the pertness…

WHAT’S up with WhatsApp at the moment?The world’s most popular messaging service has billions of users but I’m on the verge of deleting it for good if tech giant Meta continues to add features no-one really wants.2Do we really need to know how many are online in a group?Credit: Jamie Harris / The Sun2If it ain’t broke, don’t fix itCredit: Millie Turner / The SunMy mum gleefully warned me this week that she could now see how many people are online in the often swamped family group chats.This latest disastrous test shows a counter at the top of group chats…

A WOMAN was left fighting for her life in intensive care after a botched Brazilian butt lift left her covered in rotting flesh.Layla, 23, travelled to Turkey and paid £6,600 for a cosmetic package that included breast implants and liposuction as well as the doomed BBL.4Investigative journalist Mary Mandelfield is on a mission to expose BBL practitioners who specifically target black and brown womenCredit: Channel 44Layla bravely shared the scars she was left with after her horrific ordealAfter the horror procedure, which involves moving fat from other parts of the body to the bottom, she spent a month in hospital…