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Leah Richardson dreamt of taking art classes when she was younger but couldn’t afford them. So, at 14, she taught herself. “I was homeschooled and the lessons I wanted were quite expensive,” she said. “I watched a few YouTube videos about painting, b...

That turmeric in your pantry just might save you from breast cancer. It’s a theory scientist Saraswati Sukumar hopes will gain traction. Two years ago she began testing to see if curcumin, a substance in the Indian spice, had any impact on tumours in...

Ellen Kelly’s favourite saying as a teacher was time waits for no man. She’s often reminded of that when she meets former students. “Some of them are 50 years old now,” said the 70-year-old. “I don’t feel old, I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I wonder if...

At 32, Michael Pitcher was jailed for life. High on cocaine, he and another man broke into a senior citizen’s home and beat her with a stick. Days later, she died from her injuries in hospital. When the verdict came in, he thought his life was over. ...

Something changed inside CaVon Raynor when he turned 13. Suddenly, he “just didn’t feel comfortable being a guy”. CaVon tried to push the feelings away but they grew stronger. “Up and out of the blue I just wasn’t comfortable in my body any more,” th...

Nell Johnston didn’t always appreciate her grandmother’s natural remedies. She still has traumatic memories of Anna Harvey making her drink castor oil at the start of every school year. “It was to clean you out so you wouldn’t get sick,” she said. “S...

Jose Medeiros bought some goats a decade ago, thinking three would be plenty. He'd just got rid of his cows as they were so expensive, but still wanted a grazing animal. Goats fit the bill. In the rural village he came from in the Azores, nearly eve...

School was a nightmare for Malaysia DeRosa. A hearing impairment made learning difficult, and she was constantly bullied. In Motion School of Dance became her safe haven. “At the end of the day I couldn’t wait to get to dance class,” said the 18-year...

Becca Hall is expecting tomorrow’s race will be a long, hard slog. Despite that, she has pledged to finish the Appleby Bermuda Half Marathon Derby even if it’s “on my hands and knees”. Charity is what’s fuelling her. She’s hoping to raise enough cash...

Life was looking great for Nadia Aguiar. She’d signed with British publishers Puffin Books and was working her way through the children’s series she’d outlined in her head. And then tragedy struck. Her husband, Tim Hasselbring, was diagnosed with met...