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When it comes to helping boys Pete Saunders is always willing to go the extra mile.This month he signed up for 500.He and his wife Annesa are now on a pilgrimage across Europe to raise $25,000 for Impact Mentoring Academy.Mr Saunders is a volunteer a...

Vivlyn Cooper didn’t expect to spend her time battling drug addicts as principal of Dellwood Primary School. But in the 1980s, a nearby empty warehouse was a hangout for users. “Imagine teaching a class, and looking out the window and seeing someone ...

Tyasha Kandassamy was knocked for a loop when her parents divorced. She was 19 and living in Barcelona, studying Spanish. An art workshop helped her to sort out her emotions. “I fell in love with art therapy,” the 30-year-old said. “Physical art can ...

None of the bike riders expected Alyssa Rowse would leave them in the dust. She was a teenager racing against 20 adults, most of whom were men. None of that mattered to the 16-year-old. She blew through the course and was the second across the finish...

Is it going to rain tomorrow? Tourists constantly ask Alfred Wright that question. His standard response is to stick his finger up as if testing the air, before pronouncing solemnly: there’s a probability. People usually take his word for it. “For t...

Kiana Madeiros jumped at the chance to sing at Berkeley’s Summer Jazz Jam. An audience of fellow jazz lovers sounded like heaven to the 18-year-old. Not many of her peers share her passion. “I’ve always loved old music,” said the songwriter, who grad...

Kerri Seymour got blank looks when she told her Canadian friends the food tasted “well”. When she “axed” a question they corrected her pronunciation. When she said she was “vaxed” they were at a complete loss. “I was surprised as I thought I spoke...

Some people wonder how they will fill their days once they have retired. Not Leon Simmons. The former accountant has always loved photography. “It’s not unusual for me to pull the car over suddenly because I saw something interesting to photograph,”...

Portuguese man-of-wars have a way of slipping their tentacles into Katherine Summerville’s art. The 37-year-old painter loves the siphonophore’s delicacy and beauty. One of her pieces will go up for auction on Wednesday at a fundraiser for the Adult...

Zoe Lopes never expected to take the top prize in the BSoA student art competition. She’d actually created the winning portrait, of a young woman in watercolour, pen and ink, for her GCSE last year. Her former art teacher at Berkeley Institute, Chr...