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SWSMrecovery – By Izzy Hawksworth A young woman almost killed in an horrific skiing accident has returned to the slopes for the first time after making a miraculous recovery. Olivia Corbiere, 23, suffered a brain bleed, lung damage, a broken pelvis and three fractured vertebrae when she fell 15ft (4.5m) down a ravine in Bansko, Bulgaria, last year. Doctors told Olivia’s parents Linzi Corbiere, 47, and Sebastien Corbiere, 51, that she had just a five per cent chance of survival and might never talk again if she did. But after spending six weeks in hospital in both Bulgaria and England,…

SWSMtwins – by Ben Barry A woman who is one of the rarest types of twins in the world says she is grateful to be alive after doctors gave her and her sister a one per cent chance of survival. Hope and her sister, Faith Baxter, both 24, are Momo twins – monochorionic monoamniotic – identical twins who share a placenta and amniotic sac. Doctors told their parents that if they went to full term there was a chance one of the twins would not survive so they decided to induce them two months early. The twins spent six weeks…

A woman who is one of the rarest types of twins in the world says she is grateful to be alive after doctors gave her and her sister a one per cent chance of survival. Hope and her sister, Faith Baxter, both 24, are Momo twins – monochorionic monoamniotic – identical twins who share a placenta and amniotic sac. Doctors told their parents that if they went to full term there was a chance one of the twins would not survive so they decided to induce them two months early. The twins spent six weeks in the NICU and were…