SOMETHING getting under your skin is never a nice feeling – so spare a thought for this man who had a “monster” splinter hidden in his foot. This toe-curling clip shows the moment an enormous shard of ...

A mum says she's been amazed by the popularity of her tip for removing children's splinters after she shared it online. Claire Bullen-Jones has been using the trick for years with her own children, ...

A mother has revealed her ingenious and pain-free trick for removing splinters involving using a simple Calpol syringe. Claire Bullen-Jones, from Wigan, shared the tip on Facebook, having used it to ...

A 28-year-old man had his whole life "devastated" by a splinter in his hand. Dave Parkyn suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood splinter in his hand got ...

A carpenter ended up in a coma in intensive care after a splinter in his hand made him seriously ill. Dave Parkyn, 30, suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood ...