indian slum kids deliver their own tabloid newspaper
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a newspaper is giving a voice to children from indias slums - by employing them as reporters translated asvoice of childrenbalaknamais run and edited by street children many of whom are former drug addicts despite their tender agethe newspaper focuses on children living and working on the streets who report on the conditions experienced by them and theiracquaintances in day-to-day life - and has carried exposes of child labour and policemalpracticethe newspaper is closely associated with local centres that provide rehabilitation education and essentials to children with no one else to turn to run by ngos such asthe federation for street and working children and childhood enhancement through training and action videographer director: shams qari producer: haziq qadri ellie winstanley editor: ian phillips

one-armed climber is conquering new heights
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meet the one-armed rock climber taking her competition by storm born with no collarbone shoulder blade or left arm sianagh gallagher hasnt let her disability hold her back the 19-year-old from york is not only one of the youngest members in great britains paraclimbing team she is also its captain scaling heights of 23m and travelling to austria italy france and spain to compete last year sianagh won her first gold medal coming number one overall in the british competition series sianagh who first joined team gb aged just 16 is the only paraclimber in europe with one arm and has used her disability to prove doubters wrong videographer director: alexander james miller producer: charley sutton nick johnson editor: sonia estal kyle waters

same but different part 2 - my new face - born different
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identical twins who were born looking very different are finally looking similar thanks to groundbreaking surgery gabriel cooper was born with pierre robin syndrome meaning his jaw did not fully form in the womb - leading to a facial disfigurement after 19 years of looking different from his identical twin brother hadin gabriel has undergone plastic surgery and had his jaw expanded - dramatically altering his face videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: dan howlett ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas

lolita or loki comic book artist identifies as both female and male
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dressed from head to toe in frills and pretty bows lolita fahr sindram looks a picture of femininity but on days when she isnt wearing cutesy dresses and dolly shoes fahr dresses as a male comic book charactergender neutral fahr who is genetically female splits every day between being dressed as marvel super-villain loki and a sweet lolita princess the 34-year-old says the two personas allow her to explore life as both a masculine male and a feminine female in the most extreme ways and she has spent almost 20000 on her two looks videographer director: thomas white rory dunning producer: emma pearson nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

hot diggity lava lake forms in nicaragua
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a team of volcano hunters are hoping to discover why a recently formed lava lake has formed the boiling lava lake situated in the santiago crater of the masaya volcano in nicaragua is one of eight similar active lakes around the world and only started to appear in early december last year videographer director: marc szeglat producer: mark hodge nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

topsy turvy bus: the mutant brothers build wacky upside-down vehicle
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quirky mechanics have created a topsy turvy vehicle - by fusing two american school buses on top of each other brit steve braithwaite 55 and his business partner tom brown 56 from kalamazoo michigan took inspiration from a famous ice-cream maker for the wacky bus the mammoth build took more than six months and required the pair to design their own machinery that would allow them to flip one bus on top of the other videographer director: todd lewis producer: john balson nick johnson editor: jack stevens

aqua-batic: underwater pole dancing reveals the elegance of the sport
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pole dancers show off theiraqua-batic skills as they run through their routines underwater professional photographerbrett stanley 40 set out to capture the grace ofthe dancers039 moves whentaken out of the context ofa strip club the elegant images feature a mixture of amateur pole dancers andnovices keen on grappling with thelogistical challenges of pole dancing underwater shot over a few months brett worked with the dancers to create the series teaching them how to hold their breath under the water and collaborating on which poses worked bestto see more of bretts incredible photography visit his website at:wwwunderwater-photographercom videographer director: brett stanley producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: sonia estal

tinder grandma is loving the single life
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glam gran gaynor evans estimates shes dated over 100 toy boys in the last five years having the best sex of her life with men half her age 56-year-old gaynor says dating toy boys makes her feel sexy and empowered the grandmother of three has gone out with men 30 years her junior and says the benefits of dating younger men are obvious she said: its fairly simple really - theyre young fit and fun younger men have got stamina drive enthusiasm and are able to repeat perform after two failed marriages gaynor from enfield says she has a renewed vigour courtesy of her baby-faced beaus and makes no apologies for her behaviour videographer director: baharehhosseini producer: nathalie bonney nick johnson editor:sonia estal ian phillips

cute hedgehog finds puppy love with dachshunds
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meet the unconventional and miniature family who will melt your heartdachshunds maya peanut and minnie the hedgehog are one very happy family whose antics are supervised by adoring owner natasha fernandesminnie is the oldest at four years and seven months she is an african pygmy hedgehog which are bred as pets because they must be kept at a constant temperature to live and cannot survive in the wildmaya joined the family in 2015 and peanut the baby of the family was born on valentines day 2016 the trio have been delighting the internet with their antics since 2015 and they now have over 28000 followers on their instagram account mayathesausage videographer director: natasha fernandes producer: hannah stevens ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas

hidden camera-trap captures rare pictures of elusive african animals
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a british wildlife photographer has captured close-up images of some of the worlds most elusive carnivoreswith a combination of camera traps - and a lot of patience and planning - will burrard-lucas managed to capture hyenas lions and leopards in the namibia region of the kavango zambezi transfrontier conservation area kazawill undertook the three month assignment in the summer of 2015 for world wildlife federation wwf with an aim to obtain high-quality images of elusive animals some of which having only ever been photographed on research cameras videographer director: will burrard-lucas producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

best of btv 2015: incredible bodies
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a bodybuilder who modelled himself on the incredible hulk nearly died injecting oil into his muscles a woman claiming to have three breasts had her doubters and a world-record limbo dancer shimmied under a car - all of these feature on btv039s 2015 round-up of incredible bodies over in detroit patricia washington hoped her surgically-enhanced 50inch butt would help her to launch a modelling career while transgender kim kardashian lookalike thalia almodovarstunned people on the streets of new york city producer: nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

chill seekers: freediving in antarctica
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a group of uk adventurers have made history as the first brits believed to have freedived in antarctica will glendinning 40 made the treacherous journey to the planet039s most southerly continent with friend dave crump and four other crew membersfreediving involves going underwater without breathing equipment and relies on the divers ability to hold their breath for minutes at a timeclassed as an extreme sport it is especially dangerous in the southern ocean with icebergs the size of small countries threatening to collapse and crush divers beneath their weightas a result only around 10 people are known to have gone freediving in antarctica videographer director: freedive antarctica producer: mark hodge nick johnson editor: ian phillips

free-range kids: no medicine no school routine no bed-time
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parents adele and matt allen believe in an all-natural approach to bringing up their children - so much so they refuse modern medicine traditional schooling and encourage full-term breastfeeding adele 32 and matt 33 from brighton call their parenting style off-grid parenting and their children ulysses five and ostara one are therefore both still breastfed have never visited a doctor and will not attend a mainstream school when adele a writer fell pregnant with her son the couples controversial methods felt completely natural to themadele gave birth to both her children completely unassisted and with no medical intervention with only her husband matt by her side videographer director: jon dean producer: charley sutton ellie winstanley editor: marcus cooper

wonder woman: body artist brings comic book characters to life
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watch your favourite superhero characters brought to life by artist kay pike - just usingmake up and body paint kay pike from calgary canada creates stunning artwork on her body and transforms herself into superheroes and villains from comic franchises by marvel and dc as well as transforming into characters such asbatman superman deadpool and poison ivy theartist also recreates manga and video game charactersthe 28-year-old artist and cosplay model now dedicates her time to live-streaming the transformations to her fans and posting the creations on youtube videographer director: kay pike producer: bunmi adigun nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

goldrush rally: americas hottest supercars drive coast to coast
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an adventurous petrolhead competes in a race across america in his customised ford gt in may 2015 youtuber steve feldman 45 took part in the annual goldrush rally - which features around 100 cars driving from san diego california to miami florida bronx native steve was competing in the event for the first time in his wide body 2005 ford gt videographer director: steves pov producer: mark hodge nick johnson editor: jack stevens