Teen who doctors thought had growing pains diagnosed with rare chronic illness

Loose Women star Gloria had revealed to Express.co.uk in unearthed quotes from 2020.Stephen had just left the Royal Variety Performance when he tried to hail a taxi - with ill-fated consequences."He was waiting for it to come over from the other side of the road but, in the meantime, another taxi came whizzing around the corner and it would have killed him had he not jumped out of the way," a traumatised Gloria revealed.She added that Stephen was in "agony", but initially refused to seek help."Because men are very macho we continued on to the hotel where the after-show party was being held and staff got him paracetamol," she explained.The next day, they attended the Pembury hospital together where the fracture that had almost left him incapable of movement was diagnosed.He was sent home and instructed to wait for it to "heal naturally".For the first 10 weeks, Stephen was totally unable to walk, but the hospital fortunately had confirmed that his condition would not be permanent.It could all have been very different - and Gloria has extended her gratitude to the NHS.Revealing that her husband had been rescued not once, but three times by the health service, she added: "I owe the NHS for my Stephen's life."The first close shave he'd had was in 2004 when he suffered a mild heart attack, which Loose Women star Gloria believes was induced by grief.Stephen has lost four of his siblings to heart issues, and his own attack kicked in after the grief of losing his "favourite brother"."Stephen is an emotional man and I think he was so distressed at losing George instantly that it sparked something," she elaborated sadly.Fortunately, despite his family history, he has been able to keep any further issues at bay by maintaining his

passed away on Monday at the age of 73 after waging a high-profile, 30-year battle against breast cancer. Her one-time lover, cameraman McDermott, infamously vanished without a trace during a fishing trip on June 30, 2005 off the California coast.The pair dated on and off for nine years after her divorce from Matt Lattanzi in 1995.“I don’t think I will ever really be at peace with it,” the Aussie native admitted to Australian Women’s Weekly magazine in 2009, years after the cameraman’s disappearance.

Sir Rod Stewart has paid tribute to his "great friend" Olivia Newton-John. The 73-year-old, who played Sandy in the hit movie, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday after a 30-year battle with breast cancer.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJane Lynch will leave the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” on Aug. 14, ending her run as Mrs. Brice about three weeks earlier than expected.Lynch was initially scheduled to leave the show on Sept.

Screen Australia, VicScreen, the Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, SBS, and Orange Entertainment, takes its bow at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. In the evasively-titled “Petrol,” the Russian-born filmmaker turns her gaze towards the city she calls home: the film ascribes a certain kind of decadent mystique to Melbourne, where Lodkina has lived for the last 10 years.

Ryan Giggs had “full-on relationships” with eight women during his time together with ex-girlfriend Kate Greville, a court has heard. Ms Greville, 36, said she made the discovery on his iPad shortly before she decided to leave him.

First Dates star Laura Tott is now officially a married woman after tying the knot to her long term partner in a glamorous ceremony over the weekend. The reality star who is best known for her role as a waitress on the hit Channel 4 dating show, swapped her life on screen to become a paramedic, and has now started a new chapter in her life as she said “I do” to her lucky husband at the luxury Tunnels Beaches resort on Sunday.

THE new cast of Celebs Go Dating were spotted arriving for filming today for the first time. The agency has opened its doors once again to some very familiar faces – who looked excited to get going.

Jordan Moreau Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion and one of the most iconic figures in modern sports, is planning her retirement.In her Vogue cover story Tuesday, Williams announced that she is planning to step away from tennis after participating in the U.S. Open in New York later this summer. Though she doesn’t call it a “retirement” from tennis, she is moving on to focus on her family and other business ventures.“I have never liked the word retirement,” she wrote for Vogue.

Johnny Vegas jokingly stormed off Tuesday's instalment This Morning following a savage comment made by host Josie Gibson.

A 33 year old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a number of incidents in the West Lothian area.

Former TOWIE star Billie Shepherd has confessed she hasn’t slept in days after hearing rustling under her bed and fearing her house is infested with either rats or mice. Talking to her sister Sam Faiers on the latest episode of their podcast The Sam & Billie Show, Billie retold how about a week ago she heard something under her bed at night and freaked out.

LOVE Island fans have spotted "proof" that Luca Bish was furious about Davide and Ekin-Su winning. In Sunday night's pre-filmed episode, all of this year's Love Island stars came together for the first time since leaving the villa.

Pupils across West Dunbartonshire are celebrating after receiving impressive results from the first year of formal examinations to take place since the pandemic.

Grease star Barry Pearl paid tribute to his beloved co-star Olivia Newton John on Tuesday's instalment of This Morning.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLamont Dozier, one-third of the legenday “Holland-Dozier-Holland” songwriting and production trio who wrote many of Motown Records’ biggest hits for the Supremes, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas and others, has died at the age of 81. The news was confirmed by his son Lamont Dozier Jr on social media; no cause of death has been released as yet.Hits written and produced by Dozier with siblings Brian and Eddie Holland read like a greatest-hits of Motown’s early years: “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “Stop! in the Name of Love,” “How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You),” “Baby Love,” “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “You Keep Me Hanging On” and many others.

Luca Bish's sister Claudia has jumped to her little brother's defence following the controversy that surfaced last night following fellow Love Island contestant Remi Lambert's accusations that he and Jacques O’Neill "bullied" him on the show. After Luca and Jacques, both 23, took part in a joint Instagram Live video last night - whereby the pair were seen mocking the former bombshell's rapping skills - Remi slammed their behaviour in a damning social media post. Manchester model Remi, 27, shared the mocking video on his own Instagram, accompanying it with a lengthy post that insisted the duo should have been kicked out of the villa - which was later commented on by Luca's sister Claudia insisting her brother "didn't say anything wrong".

First Dates waitress Laura Tott has married her beau, known only as Sean, in a magical ceremony in Devon - and the bride looked incredible in a stunning gown for her big day. The 27 year old made a name for herself on the hit Channel 4 show that follows people embarking on their first dates, hoping for romance to blossom, but it was Laura's own love life that was blossoming over the weekend as she said "I do".

LOVE Island star Faye Winter has opened up about the vile racist abuse she and her boyfriend Teddy Soares have experienced. The reality TV favourite - who rose to fame on the ITV2 dating show last summer alongside Teddy, 27 - revealed she has been struggling after a "tough time" with online trolling.

Tatiana Leite at Bubbles Project has unveiled a fulsome production slate which suggests a beginning of tentative film production renaissance in Brazil, driven by renewed state subsidy lines and the promise of regime change at October’s general elections.According to Leite, one of Brazil’s most energetic international co-producers, Bubbles has currently three feature films in post-production and seven in development. The titles in post are:*Horror film “A Herança” (“Birthright”), the feature debut of João Cândido Zacharias, in which Bubble teams as a majority producer with Sony Pictures International Production and Kromaki Filmes.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDirector Mary Harron’s “Dalíland,” a movie about influential surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, will have its world premiere as the closing night film for the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.The movie will debut on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.Ben Kingsley is playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” which tells the story of his strange and fascinating marriage with his wife Gala as their seemingly unshakeable bond begins to crack.