Thousands of facial palsy patients left disfigured for life because doctors failed to spot it

As a trained Army sniper in peak physical condition, Marcus Horton was ready for action in a war zone at a moment’s notice.  But nothing could have prepared him for the agonising battle he faced after waking one morning in January 2017 to find the whole right side of his face had completely collapsed, leaving … Read more

Shop worker, 24, claims a stroke left her paralysed after taking the Pill

A shop worker claims she suffered a stroke that left her arm swinging ‘with a life of its own’ before she was left paralysed after taking the Pill.   Bobbie Jarvis, 24, was sent home from hospital in February after doctors told her she merely had a headache. But five days later, she had a stroke … Read more

Danish man reveals why he left the city to move to a remote island off Greenland 

Decked out in polar bear fur trousers and wearing animal claws on a string around his neck, Marti Suulutsun certainly makes for an impressive sight as I pull up towards the remote island of Uummannaq off west Greenland. It’s a fairly warm day – as the Arctic summer goes – with an air temperature of around … Read more