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My Story – Parents were told I would never speak…now i’m an ambassador for a children’s communication charity
Elizabeth Ainge has been an ambassador and local champion for I CAN for over 15 years and is an alumna of I CAN’s Dawn House School in Nottinghamshire. I CAN is the children's communication charity. She shares her inspiring story. When I was six months old we moved as a family to Stafford. While we were there my mum took me to the health visitor because she could see that I was struggling to talk. The health visitor said, “No,...
My Story – I went from Jail for robbery…to Cambridge University
Leslie Abrokwaa, 26, served three and half years in prison for robbery as a young man before turning his life around with the help of Salmon Youth Centre. Now Leslie, who lives in Wood Green, is set to start his Youth Work and Theology degree at Cambridge University from September 2017 – a fate he describes as “a dream come true” and “nothing short of a miracle”. Speaking of his criminal past, Leslie said: “A lot of my friends were making...
White glove video reveals the cocktail of germs we come in contact with on the tube
Scientists have discovered the cocktail of germs and bacteria being picked up by people on Britain's public transport every day. Millions could be leaving themselves open to skin infections, respiratory infections and even food poisoning. A test of surfaces touched daily by commuters and tourists on London’s tube system was commissioned by Coldzyme to highlight the number of germs and bacteria we come into contact with every day. A commuter used the Tube wearing a white glove and touched surfaces...
We need to teach young people to be unique, not perfect
We should be teaching young people to be unique rather than perfect, a leading psychologist has claimed. The comments come after new research revealed Brits spend an hour and 40 minutes of every day striving for perfection, with three-quarters dreaming of having the perfect life, dedicating an average of 12 hours a week to trying to improve their looks, career or love life. This amounts to the equivalent of almost 26 days a year or four-and-a-half years of their lives spent photo-shopping...
My Story – From cancer suffer…to full time advocate at Leukaemia CARE
Nick York tells his story of suffering with cancer to becoming a full time advocate at Leukaemia CARE September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), a month dedicated to raising awareness of these relatively rare cancers and increasing the profile of issues faced by patients across the globe. This BCAM holds particular importance to me as I find myself reflecting on the journey that I have been on over the past eight years, from diagnosis to full-time patient advocate at Leukaemia CARE....
Pet lovers: Enough is enough
They say that a dog is a man's best friend, but if I ever saw my best friend lick his own poop and then tongue my face I can't imagine he'd be my best friend for much longer. A new survey has today revealed the lengths we go to to keep our pets happy, with kissing the dog goodbye before leaving home and sharing a bath with our pets among the top things animal lovers fess up to. Although faecal-to-facial activity...
Happiest cities in the UK revealed
It’s official, Brighton is the happiness capital of the UK. The popular coastal city beat competition from Leicester and Portsmouth to take the top spot. Oxford, Norwich and Bristol also appeared in the top ten happiest cities to live in, while Manchester, Belfast and Cardiff all took high positions. More than a third of Brighton's population chose the word ‘happy’ to describe their lives. But at the other end of the scale, just 16 per cent of Edinburgh residents described...
Man vows to remove son from school if he isn’t allowed to wear Nike air shoes
A father has vowed to withdraw his son from school until teachers stop giving him a daily detention - for wearing the wrong SHOES. Noah Stott, 12, has been given a detention three days in a row for wearing what teachers at Treviglas College said were trainers. His father Phil insists the black pair of Nike Air Force 1s, which retail at £74.95, were shoes as described on the brand's website. Noah Stott's Nike trainers. But the school said otherwise,...
Ginger-haired men are getting more sex thanks to the “Ed Sheeran effect”
Ginger-haired men are getting more sex - thanks to the ‘Ed Sheeran effect’, a study has revealed. Red-headed males have been ridiculed since the dawn of time due to their pale skin and inability to tan and were even once considered to be a genetic mutation, Throughout history even a string of notable Royals including King Henry and Queen Elizabeth I have fallen victim to the 'Ginger curse' But busker-turned platinum-selling pop artist Sheeran, 26, has finally made ginger cool,...