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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...

Roger Steffens calls himself a “reggae Mormon”. Wherever he goes, he tries to convert people to Bob Marley’s music. In Bermuda, he’s found he’s preaching to the converted. “Since I got here two days ago, I’ve been asking everyone I meet if they’re ...

If you can imagine the position, Kaliq James can probably shape his body into it. Except he shouldn’t. The 11-year-old has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare genetic disorder caused by faulty collagen that makes a person’s ligaments and joints overly fle...

Elton Richardson can’t imagine life without music. The 67-year-old hasn’t stopped performing since he started singing in church at the age of five. He’s now an elder caregiver, who loves singing to his clients. “I come from a musical family,” said M...