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| First one legged fireman in Europe. |
| AS Simon Hawkins bravely tackles fires, he just looks the same as every other firefighter on his watch. Its a hazardous occupation for anyone, but for Mr Hawkins, its an extra achievement as he only has one leg. He has just become the first firefighter in Europe to return to service with a prosthetic leg fitted. ( amputee ) |
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| The friends who saved each other from Anorexia. |
| As Laura’s weight plummeted to a lifethreatening four stone, in the grips of anorexia, Laura found an extraordinary way of making herself better.
After reading about Kelly Hill’s similar plight - 300 miles away in Northampton - she decided to write and ask Kelly for help.
Amazingly Kelly, who was in the process of beating anorexia herself, responded to Laura’s plight and the two struck up a friendship.
It was a friendship that was to save Laura’s life - and kept Kelly from slipping back into the grips of the terrible eating disorder.
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| A womans tale of heartache and strife to have a child. |
| Since the age of 21, Mrs Glew, now 32, had suffered five miscarriages, had undergone five unsuccessful attempts at IVF treatment at a personal cost of £30,000 ( €43,000 , $52,000 ) and had had several operations in an attempt to be a mother.
Now her patience has been rewarded after falling pregnant with her own miracle son George. ( birth , pregnant , baby )
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| Fifth day of mass protests took place across France . Exclusive photos from Paris. |
| Mass protests took place across France again today (April 4th 2006) along with a Nationwide strike. Thousands of CRS riot police were deployed In Paris where the largest demonstration took place against the CPE contracts which came into force this Sunday 2nd of April. ( riot , demonstration , police )
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| The woman who lost 50 stone ( 700 pounds , 318 kg ) in 50 years. |
| MOST women go on the occasional diet, but for Anna Radivan it has taken over her life.
She has dieted for 50 years - losing a total of a staggering 50 stone in the process.
She has attended numerous slimming groups, tried every diet possible, joined Overeaters Anonymous, and was even referred for electric shock therapy by a counsellor.
But now thanks to inspiration from her daughter Shelley, who has lost a staggering seven stone herself, Anna has finally found a diet that she is happy with. ( obese )
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| The woman who carried a 49 pound (22 kg) cyst for 10 years. |
| Melanie Taylor carried a 49 pound (22 kg) cyst for 10 years avoiding an operation so she could bring up her children as she feared the operation could lead to her death. After ten years the size of the cyst forced her to have an operation from which she has now recovered. |
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| I lost seven stone (44 kilograms) ( 98 pounds) to have a baby. |
| "I was nearly 17 stone, (108 kilograms) (238 pounds) but once I joined the club and changed what I was eating, the weight just dropped off me." The mother who shed seven stone (44 kilograms) ( 98 pounds) to have a baby. (heighway , diet , obese , slimming , baby , birth ) |
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| Mother and daughter fight cancer together and win after mother prays to swap places. |
| ‘If you make her better then you can give it to me.' Mother prayed when daughter had cancer then the shocking news.
‘I’m sorry but you have cancer in both your bowel and bladder,’ I was reeling from the shock. Heather had only just recovered from her cancer, and here I was with it to. Then I remembered my wish. Well Heather had got better, and now I’d got it instead. ( chamberlain , miracle )
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| From English village to bride in Africa. |
| Life is so different here. I lived in a quaint little village in the Cotswolds and now the wild noises of the Kenyan bush are all around me. When I go to bed at night I hear the calls of the hyena and leopard. We have warthogs roaming around the garden, and leopards regularly come to drink out of our swimming pool. The amazing romantic tale of an English rose finding love in Africa. (wedding , mouray) |
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| The woman who hasn't smiled for 48 years. |
| As I looked up at my husband Clive on our wedding day, I longed to be able to smile. As the photographer snapped away, capturing our special day, he couldn’t call out at me ‘give us a smile love’ It’s not difficult for most brides to smile on what is meant to be the happiest day of their lives. But it was for me. I haven’t been able to smile for 48 years. ( arnold , moebius , wedding ) |
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