You’ve been meaning to start investing but are paralysed by choice? ADRIAN LOWERY’s five tips

You have decided savings rates are just too poor and you want to invest.  Whether you have taken financial advice or not, you have looked at your pension arrangements and your cash savings, you’ve considered the risks, you can lock your money away for at least five years and want to start an investing Isa.  … Read more

Coronavirus-infected man, 57, is left paralysed after the disease triggers a rare condition

A British man has been left paralysed after coronavirus triggered a rare condition that caused his body to attack his own nerves. The 57-year-old was rushed to A&E on April 13 after struggling to stand upright or move his arms, where a swab confirmed he was infected with Covid-19. By day three in hospital, his muscles … Read more

Three-year-old boy is left temporarily ‘paralysed’ after he was bitten by an ADDER

Three-year-old boy is left temporarily ‘paralysed’ after his leg swelled up when he was bitten by an ADDER in country park Lewis Wise was playing and ‘messing about’ in the grass when he was bitten The boy’s leg swelled up and he was in ‘excruciating pain’, according to father Images show Lewis lying in hospital bed, … Read more

Rugby League star Scott Bessant dies at 37, three years after a being paralysed in a horror accident

BREAKING NEWS: Welsh rugby league star Scott Bessant dies aged 37 with ‘complications with pneumonia’, three years after the horror accident that left him unable to walk Former rugby league star Scott Bessant died on Thursday morning aged 37  Bessant had been found seriously hurt near a bridge in Wales in August 2017  The incident … Read more

Father-of-three is left paralysed after food poisoning on holiday to the Dominican Republic

A father-of-three has been left paralysed after developing suspected food poisoning on a dream holiday to celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary. William Marsh, 57, was in a coma for 10 weeks and spent seven months in hospital after becoming ill on a holiday to the Dominican Republic with his wife Kathryn. He has been diagnosed … Read more

Michael Fatialofa’s walks unaided just TEN WEEKS after being ‘paralysed’ from serious neck injury

‘You’re witnessing a miracle that even medical professionals can’t explain’: Rugby Union star Michael Fatialofa’s wife revels after Worcester lock walks unaided just TEN WEEKS after being ‘paralysed’ from serious neck injury Michael Fatialofa suffered a serious neck injury when Worcester faced Saracens The injury occurred in January, when the 27-year-old had just come onto the … Read more

Paralysed father, 50, who is ‘locked in his own body’ uses his eyes to spell ‘take me home’

A father-of-three who has been left totally paralysed after developing locked-in syndrome has learnt to spell out words using his eyes. Darren Leith has been ‘buried alive’ ever since he suddenly suffered a brain-stem stroke on April 28 2017. The 50-year-old is able to think, see and feel but cannot eat, talk or move any … Read more

How the world was paralysed in 66 days: Over 153,000 reported infected as the EU goes into lockdown

How the world was paralysed in 66 days: In two months, the killer virus has swept the world at devastating speed with more than 153,000 reported infected as the EU goes into lockdown with France shutting the Eiffel Tower and Spain closing its borders Countries across Europe went into lockdown yesterday in an attempt to … 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

Woman, 24, was paralysed from the neck down hours after she woke with a sore neck

A woman who woke up with a sore neck and was paralysed from the neck down just hours later has had treatment in Oman. Helen Fincham thought she had just slept awkwardly when she woke with an ache in August 2016, aged 21. By midday, she was struggling to breathe.   Later that afternoon, Miss Fincham … Read more