A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold. Denise Devoto, 52, was hospitalised in December 2022 with suspected flu symptoms, but was actually suffering from septic pneumonia and septic shock. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection, often causing organ failure and sometimes death. Denise was breathless, her lips had turned blue, and she experienced extreme diarrhoea. She spent five weeks in hospital, where she had to relearn how to use her lungs. Now, almost two years on from her traumatic ordeal, Denise is speaking out in light of Sepsis Awareness Month.
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .
She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .
AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .