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Pint-sized female cop praised for catching hulking burglar by rugby tackling him
PC Ali Smith leapt into action when she spotted crook Christopher Arnold running from a house
PLOUGH DEEP IS YOUR LOVE – Husband and wife team both work as gritter drivers
Karen Smith-Storer and her husband Neil work for Highways England as gritter drivers in Worcestershire.
WWII vet with no surviving relatives has surprise of his life for 100th birthday
Bob Whent, who served in the Royal Artillery and was part of the first wave of Normandy Landings in 1944, had already celebrated his milestone birthday with a low key party at his care home last year
Mum & daughter’s lives transformed by beautiful dog they helped save from hellhole
A mum and daughter say their lives have been transformed by a stray dog they helped save from an appalling death in Eastern Europe. Jill Hamilton, 43, is currently receiving radiotherapy treatment for cervical cancer while Robyn, 14, has high-functioning autism. After going through an incredibly difficult period they have had an amazing boost with the arrival of Hope, a Shar Pei which was facing an ominous ending alongside her seven puppies in a Romanian ‘kill shelter’. The sweet-natured pooch...
Mother and son fighting crime together after joining same police force
Ethan Lang is following in his mum Lara's footsteps as he patrols the beat in Leicester
Father-of-two given just two months to live now cancer free following ‘world’s first’ operation
Ivan Dagg, 53, is now celebrating the end of a rollercoaster five years which at one point saw him given a six per cent chance of surviving with chemotherapy treatment.
Deaf DJ proves his disability is no obstacle by playing sets in Ibiza
John McDevitt cannot hear but uses vibrations to help him mix tracks
Mystery Good Samaritan pays for 70 homeless people to stay in hotel as temperatures plummet
A mystery Good Samaritan in Chicago paid for 70 homeless people to stay in a hotel as temperatures dropped as low as -32C. The offer came after the Chicago Fire Department confiscated nearly 100 propane tanks given to a homeless community to keep them warm. The department acted after one of the donated tanks exploded. The Salvation Army were preparing to move rough sleepers from the tent city when the generous offer to put them up came through and they were all...
Father & two sons have become the fastest ever trio to row across the Atlantic
James Trafford, 59, and sons Hugo, 22, and Joe, 19, were gobsmacked when they crossed the finish line of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge - breaking the speed record for a trio by eight days.