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Brave dad is given bionic hand that can do everything and says: “I feel complete again”

BRAVE dad Nigel Ackland says he feels like a whole person again - after being given a bionic hand to replace a limb that he lost in an industrial accident. Nigel,...
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Meet the amazing dog that can drive a car after being specially trained to take to the wheel

YOU'D be forgiven for thinking that the driver looks a little wuff! Meet Monty, one of three dogs that are the first in the world to have been specially trained...
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Brave teenager beats anorexia: Natasha was just five stone but is now fit and healthy

BRAVE teenager Natasha Cox has a great job and a bright future after conquering anorexia that once made her suicidal. Natasha was aged just 16 and had recently started college when...
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Is this the world’s funniest football team? Meet the footie stars with outrageous names

THESE footballers have all got the sort of names that would make even the most seasoned commentator splutter over his words. In fact, could this starting eleven compiled by The Cheerful...
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OMG! Did he really say that? Prince Philip’s funniest pearls of wisdom

PRINCE Philip’s controversial one-liners have been immortalised in a list of 15 of his all-time classic quotes. Newsreel organisation British Pathe scoured through 60 years of Royal footage in its archives...
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Brave dad is given bionic hand that can do everything and says: “I feel complete again”