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Sanctuary uses IKEA bags to rescue its swans
Swans are being rescued using big blue IKEA bags after hundreds were donated to a refuge for suffering animals. The Secret World Wildlife Rescue centre appealed for the trademark Frakta bags on Facebook to help them carry the majestic birds. Swans rescued by Secret World in Somerset - with the help of some Ikea bags. Staff at the IKEA Reading store spotted their post and sent over 300, attaching a heart-warming letter. "It's been talked about, made into dog-ponchos, used...
Teenager who can only paint using eye movements has artwork placed in exhibit
A wheelchair-bound teenage girl, who struggles to use her arms and hands and can only paint using eye movements, has had her artwork exhibited. Greta McMillan, 13, spent years trapped in a quiet world with communication limited to a sequence of blinks - for yes and no - tiny facial expressions and small sounds. The teenager was limited by her Cerebral Palsy but is now able to communicate after the local community rallied round to fund an "eye tracker" computer...
Watch -Mum’s ecstatic reaction as quadruple amputee daughter takes first steps on prosthetic legs
This heartwarming video captures a mum's ecstatic reaction as her quadruple amputee daughter takes her first steps on prosthetic legs. Harmonie-Rose Allen was just 11 months old when she was struck down with a rare strain of meningitis which nearly killed her. She was given a 10 per cent chance of survival but pulled through after having all her limbs amputated in order to save her life. This heartwarming video captures a mum's ecstatic reaction as her quadruple amputee daughter...
Is this the luckiest pub in the UK?
A pub known as the luckiest in the UK after three separate million-pound lottery wins in the last four years is sporting a new lucky sign. Cashing in on the unlikeliest of winning streaks, the Mallard's brand new sign welcomes visitors to 'The Lucky Duck'. Pub regular, Dave Long, smashed odds of more than 283 billion to one when he scooped two separate million pound prizes on the Euromillions in two years. But then, to top off the streak, the...
Barber cuts OAPs hair OUTSIDE as mobility scooter won’t fit inside
A devoted barber chose to give his one-legged client a fresh trim OUTSIDE - because his mobility scooter wouldn't fit inside the shop. Kieran Worthington, 28, moved his clippers and scissors outside to give Billy, whose in his 70s, a short back and sides in the reflection of the shop window. The barber realised that poor Billy didn't have crutches and his mobility scooter only had 'one speed' fast setting. It meant that the scooter couldn't be navigated inside...
Twin girls have defied the odds and are due to start their first day of school after being born at 26 weeks
Twin girls have defied the odds and are due to start their first day of school after being born at 26 weeks weighing a tiny 1lb 14oz - as much as just half a bag of sugar. Little Grace and Olivia Oman both arrived three months premature in July 2013 and were smaller than the palm of their mother's hand. Doctors told parents Vicki, 32 and Mark Oman, 30, there was very little chance the identical tots would even survive...
Watch – Hero litter picker collects 42 tonnes of rubbish to keep Britain tidy
A litter picker who is walking across the UK on a five-year mission to Keep Britain Tidy has collected around 42 TONNES of rubbish - in 6,000 BAGS. Wayne Dixon's remarkable quest has taken him through outlying parts of Scotland and along the coast of Wales with his dog. The 45-year-old has clocked over 2,000 miles - walking between counties carrying a 60lb kit bag and living off £50 a week, He carries a tent, sleeping bag, waterproofs, a stove...
East End to Eton – amazing student wins scholarship
FROM THE EAST END TO ETON - The brainy son of a Bangladeshi immigrant is to follow in the footsteps of Prime Ministers and Princes after 13 A grade GCSEs earned him a sixth form scholarship at Eton College. The brainy son of a Bangladeshi immigrant is to follow in the footsteps of Prime Ministers and Princes after 13 A grade GCSEs earned him a sixth form scholarship at Eton. Straight A student Kaashif Kamaly, 16, says he can't wait...
WWll VET wins battle with bullying landlord
A WWII veteran who lived in the same house for 89 years has won his battle with a bullying landlord ... over a skip. Frail and nearly blind Lewis Banfield, 91, was traumatised after being torpedoed off Normandy during D-Day and lived a quiet life in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. But the ex-Royal Navy sailor found himself at the centre of a dispute for £500 after finally left his lifelong house and moved into a care home last year. His family...