A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy died after swallowing a ‘googly eye’ that got stuck in his body for 14 months. Hospital scans failed to pick up the plastic craft object inside little Kazarie Dwaah-Lyder and it fatally wounded him. Kazarie Dwaah-Lyder died
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Measles cases surged 249% in a month as outbreak grips UK – map reveals infections in your area
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‘I thought I was going insane’ says woman who kept smelling bacon despite being vegetarian then needed life-saving op
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Junior doctors announce NINE new days of strikes over Christmas and into New Year after pay talks fail
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