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| Archie is only eight years old and is the youngest person to have a black belt in Shorai of karate |
| WHEN Archie Chapman qualified for his black belt in karate his instructors were amazed.
For Archie is only eight years old and is the youngest person to have a black belt in the Shorai Association of karate in the UK.
He is already training to be an instructor and when he qualifies in two years time, will be teaching pupils who are years older than him. |
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| 100 year old christening robe worn by 35 babies. |
| WHEN Ethan Storey’s christening was planned, his mother had no doubt about what he would wear.
She dressed her three month old son in the family christening robe that had been in the family for generations.
Amazingly the broderie anglaise gown was handmade over a hundred years ago in 1903 by Ethan’s great great grandmother and has been worn by 35 members of the family.
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| Tragic tale of friendship cut short. |
| CAROLYNE AND KATHERINE HAD BEEN FRIENDS SINCE EIGHT YEARS OLD BUT A TRAGIC ILLNESS SAW THIS FRIENDSHIP CUT SHORT.CAROLYNE GIVES A HEARTRENDING ACCOUNT OF LIFE AND UNTIMELY DEATH OF HER SOUL MATE FROM LEUKAEMIA. |
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| THE WORLD RENOWNED MALABAR HOUSE HOTEL ON THE MALABAR COAST OF INDIA. |
| THE MALABAR COAST OF INDIA WAS ONCE THE CENTRE OF THE ‘SPICE ROUTE’ AND SHIPS FROM FAR AND WIDE WOULD BRAVE THE HIGH SEAS TO TRADE THERE.
NOW PEOPLE TRAVEL TO THE REGION FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS BUT THE HEADY PERFUME OF CINNAMON, PEPPERS, CARDOMON AND COFFEE STILL BEWITCH VISITORS TODAY. |
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| Amazing discovery of a childhood book , hundreds of miles away, by sister of original owner. |
| WHEN Marian Cooper browsed in a secondhand book shop she could never imagine what she was about to find.
Out of hundreds of books to choose from, Mrs Cooper, 57, picked up the nearest book - a copy of Robinson Crusoe.
When she opened the front cover, she discovered the signature of her brother Barry Hopkins, who had signed the page forty years previously at the age of ten.
‘To have discovered a childhood book in a second hand book stores, hundreds of miles away from where we lived as children, is just such an amazing coincidence. |
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| THREE SISTERS LOSE 33 STONE. (210 kg) |
| THREE SISTERS FROM CALIFORNIA GO FROM FAT TO GLAM LOSING 33 STONES (210 KG, 462 POUNDS) AFTER DRASTIC STOMACH STAPLING.LOPEZ , SLIMMING , WEIGHT LOSS . |
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| William has been fitted with two artificial legs and experts fitted him with a new left arm. |
| WHEN William Hardy lost both his legs and his left arm after a terrible battle with meningitis his parents were devastated.
They had been told that William, then 23 months old, was unlikely to survive the deadly disease.
He battled through an 18 day coma, but the infection then claimed both of his legs and part of his left arm.
Doctors had to amputate all three limbs to stop them poisoning his tiny body.
Now brave William has been fitted with two artificial legs and last summer experts fitted him with a new left arm. |
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| PHANTOM BABY ORDEAL WITH A HAPPY ENDING. |
| Diana Brocklebank Scott couldn’t believe what she was hearing as she lay on the scanning table having her first pregnancy scan.
But as the scan was taken, doctors had some unbelieveable news for her. ‘I’m afraid Mrs Brocklebank Scott, that you are pregnant, but there is no baby actually there,’ said the doctor. |
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| Katie Haigh has got a spring in her step thanks to a revolutionary new foot. |
| Katie Haigh has got a spring in her step that most athletes would be proud of.
She bounces on her trampoline and runs around the garden with her younger sister - thanks to a revolutionary carbon spring in her right foot. |
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| 20 YEARS AT RISK OF CHOKING TO DEATH .OESPHAGUS HAD GROWN TO EIGHT TIMES ITS ORIGINAL SIZE |
| LINDA HAS SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS AT RISK OF CHOKING TO DEATH ON HER OWN FOOD. SURGEONS OPERATED AND DISCOVERED HER OESPHAGUS HAD GROWN TO EIGHT TIMES ITS ORIGINAL SIZE. LINDA HAD AN OPERATION WHERE SHE PROVIDED HER OWN TRANSPLANT AND SURGEONS CREATED A NEW OESPHAGUS OUT OF HER OWN COLON. |
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