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The 2007 Chicago Marathon coincided with a heat spell that sent 315 runners to the hospital, and killed at least one. When the deadly race was cancelled halfway through, Bermudian runner Clinton Curtis decided to keep going. He was 57 at the time. “P...

Tina and Mark Nash climbed more than 30,000 feet of the English Lake District’s toughest mountain peaks, but they still need donations to raise enough money for a new pony for Windreach

Kath Davis had never lived abroad by herself until 1979, when her mother dropped her off at college in England. She was 17. Her dormitory mates at Chelsea College of Physical Education got her through her homesickness. “It was great because everyone...

As a child, Dianne Carlson thought she had found paradise. She was living on Agar’s Island in the Great Sound, where her grandfather, James DeSilva, was the caretaker. “We went swimming every day and there were caves to explore,” she said. Television...

Sometime around the age of 40, Armando Moniz was told that if he didn’t get his health on track he would be dead in six months. His older brothers had all “died young” and he was a heavy smoker. Mr Moniz took his doctor’s advice and gave up cigarette...

Students. There is a very important part of any veterinarian’s work which involves passing on knowledge to the next generation. The way the training works to become a vet is that you spend a lot of time at university, and in the holidays you go to “s...

Inspired by a class trip to Nasa’s tracking station on Cooper’s Island, Donna Mizell set her sights on becoming an astronaut. It was the 1970s. A boy who shared her dream called her “stupid” for thinking a girl could accomplish such a feat. Meanwhile...

There is no single best way to be confident and a leader, Phoenix Palacio has discovered. What matters is to be true to yourself and authentic, according to the home school student. Ms Palacio took part in the She Leads programme with 24 other fema...

The adjective seedy would normally denote an area of an unpleasant appearance, but not so the case in the garden. There, it denotes the appearance of seed as a positive attribute. Seed is the outcome of flowering, which indicates that the scourge of ...

Youngsters who went on an educational voyage returned to Bermuda yesterday after sailing to and from the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Spirit of Bermuda, which set sail from Grand Turk on Monday, took a group of teenagers to the Turks and Caicos Isla...