The longer venous ulcers go untreated, the greater is the risk of developing dangerous complications such as gangrene.

"In a matter of an hour, her leg just started to swell up and a really bad smell came from it," Mr Brown said. "It seriously smelled like death." Ms Wardrope had contracted gas gangrene ...

Parveen Babi's ex-boyfriend Kabir Bedi had revealed the harrowing details surrounding her tragic demise on his autobiography.

A Leicestershire man had his leg "ripped apart" and amputated after falling from a motorised trike. Cameron Hassall had only bought the £2,5000 trike as a gift for his dad hours before the incident ...