cute cub kindergarten: tigers unusual friends
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a playful group of baby animals enjoy a spot of rough and tumble at a florida zoo kangaroos tigers and gibbons would never form friendships with one another in the wild but at dade city039s wild things the baby animals are encouraged to interact from feeding to changing nappies zoo director kathy stearns and her team are kept busy looking after their adopted fur children like all babies the animals demand a lot of affection but as well as competing for kathys attention they are equally happy playing with each otherunlike animals raised in the wild animals born in captivity dont have the same survival instinct that turns them into dangerous hunters videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: john balson nick johnson editor: ian phillips

our unbreakable bond: mum and daughter both have brittle bone disease
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a single mother has no regrets about keeping her daughter despite passing on a rare debilitating illness dorothy hohl was told there was a 5050 chance that she would pass on herosteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bones to her daughter savannah but decided to carry on her pregnancy savannahs father refused to be a part of her life and dorothy was shunned by her family - but has never regretted the decision the disorder comes from a defective gene and means the body does not produce enough collagen leading bones to break and fracture more easily as a result of breaks and fractures throughout their lives both mother and daughter are wheelchair bound and stand at 42 videographer director: brian henderson producer: dan howlett nick johnson editor: marcus cooper

having sex outside of my marriage makes me a fabulous mother
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a mum-of-two has said that having sex outside of her marriage makes her a better mother gracie x is part of an ethical non-monogamy community where members openly indulge in extramarital sex with the full knowledge of their spouse the pilates teacher and writer is mum to 16-year-old tallulah and 11-year-old merlin and believes her open and positive attitude to sex makes her a better parent rather than hide her sexual exploits from her children gracie prefers to be open and says she would be supportive if her daughter decided to follow in her footsteps and the 48-year-old believes her sexual freedom creates a happier home and family to learn more about gracie visit her website at http:graciexcom videographer director: elie khadra producer: emma pearson ellie winstanley editor: sonia estal ian phillips

a year in space 2015
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this is the spectacular view afforded to astronauts onboard theinternational space stationthe stunningimagestaken from the iss over the course of 2015 offer the ultimatebirds-eye viewperspective of our planettheastronautscaptured everything from the beauty of new york at night to the northern lights shining above scandinaviathey also recorded dramatic weather eventsincludingtyphoons cyclone bansi illuminated bylightningandstorms swirling over the gobi desert videographer director: spl nasa producer: tom midlane nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

sm-art cars: designer039s spectacular custom vehicles
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britain039s most offbeat car designer has opened the doors to his workshop - where he puts a unique spin on his customisations andy saunders blends automation and innovation to create quirky vehicles that wouldn039t look out of place in an art gallery the 52-year-old from poole in dorset has created an exhaustive list of customisations in his glittering career - including a flat car that stands at just 21ins high and a hyundai which splits apart and opens out in two andy has also created 039picasso039s citroen039- an abstract and aysemtrical 2cv model which is his tribute to picasso039s three musicians videographer director: nick cunard producer: emma pearson editor: kyle waters pictures - http:wwwsuper2cvcom

womans beard makes her feel sexy
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a woman with excess facial hair has ditched her razors and grown a full beard and claims shes never felt sexier rose geil 39 first noticed her excess hair when she was just 13 and started shaving immediately the devastated teenager from oregon america quickly realised she would have to shave every day to keep the stubble at bay but after years of shaving plucking and expensive laser removal procedures rose has now decided to accept her whiskers and couldnt be happier videographer director: ivan gwynn producer: emma pearson nick johnson editor: sonia estal ian phillips

unhealthy competition: driven to anorexia by sibling rivalry
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a teen anorexic starved herself to just five stone in a lethal weight loss competition with her sister courtney grimshaw now 24 was just 12 when she started to restrict her eating to be thinner than her popular older sister rebecca then 14 rebecca would often tease courtney about her weight calling her fat ass and a fat pig - but the consequences were devastating courtney lost three and a half stone 56lbs in the space of a year and by the age of 15 she was skeletal the sisters initially competed to be the slimmest eating just 350 calories each a day and exercising compulsively for hours but it wasnt long before courtney was pushing her body to its limits videographer director: patrick fallon producer: emma pearson nick johnson editor: marcus cooper

worlds shortest couple: size doesnt matter in love
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tiny paulogabriel da silva barrosandkatyucia hoshino are the worlds shortest couple - each measuring less than three feet tall the tiny pair from brazil both have forms of dwarfism and stand at 348in and 352in respectively but their height has no limits on their lifestyle or their love - and they are hoping to enter the guinness book of world records for their size paulo 30 who has diastrophic dysplasia dwarfism drives a specially adapted car and works as a legal secretary he even has ambitions to run for mayor in his home town of itapeva brazil meanwhile katyucia 26 who has achondroplasia dwarfism owns her own successful beauty salon that has been specially adapted for her height videographer director: bruno diniz producer: john balson nick johnson editor: sonia estal

sensei-tional grandpa: 92-year-old jack is britains oldest judo teacher
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martial arts master jack hearn is the oldest judo sensei in the uk - and at 92-years-old he has no plans of bowing out the great-great-grandfather aims to complete his 10thdan the highest possible accolade after his 100thbirthday and the plucky pensioner says that 64 years of grappling and body slams has kept him young in body and in mind jack from cramlington northumberland is one of the countrys highest graded players and has practiced the sport for 64 years videographer director: paddy hughes producer: jack fletcher nick johnson editor: kyle waters

quoti dont want to look perfect i just want to look normal
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a mother has to have balloons placed under her skin because of a rare condition that could kill her at any timejennifer hiles suffers from avm or arterial venous malformation which leads to abnormal connections between the arteries and veins in her facethe painful condition has nearly killed her on numerous occasions but she is hoping that an upcoming surgery will remove it forever videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: dan howlett nick johnson editor: sonia estal ian phillips

snapped: african rock python swallows young impala whole
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a helpless mother could do nothing more than watch as an african rock python devoured her lamb whole wildlife guide michelle sole captured the incredible footage at the marakele national park in south africa last month she was alerted to the presence of a predator by a herd of impalas cries and came across the rare sight of the python enjoying its meal the acid in the pythons stomach will break everything from this impala down including hooves and horns digestion of such a big meal may take weeks during which the snake will be more vulnerable to predators but after such a meal this snake might not need to feed again for up to a year videographer director: michelle sole producer: dan howlett nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

by invitation only: inside the 3 million lamborghini
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at a whopping 3 million the lamborghini sesto elemento brings a new meaning to luxury driving only 20 models were ever made when it went on sale in 2011 with loyal lamborghini customers the only people to receive an exclusive invite from the company to purchase the vehicle this rare footage of the car in action was filmed by british car enthusiast david jeffrey who documents car culture in qatar the sesto elemento meaning the sixth element in english gets its name due to the fact that it is mainly made from carbon which has an atomic number of 6 with the chassis body drive shaft and suspension components all made from carbon fibre the car can accelerate from 0 to 60 in just 25 seconds videographer director: dlightswitch producer: bunmi adigun nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

race to save baby elephant
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a baby elephant in vietnam is being nurtured back to health with human milk formula after it became separated from its mother and the rest of its herd british wildlife expert dr jake veasey tried to reintroduce three-month-old gold to his elephant family by pushing the baby towards them and at first it seemed like his attempt had been a success but the teams joy turned to devastation when gold was found alone less than twelve hours later some distance from the area where he had appeared to join the other elephants now gold is living in temporary accommodation while animals asia build a sanctuary to care for him and other elephants donate towards animals asias work with elephants and to improve animal welfare in china and vietnam: http:wwwanimalsasiaorg videographer director: jake veasey producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: joshua douglas ian phillips

solar boys: mystery condition paralyses brothers when sun sets born different
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two brothers in pakistan are suffering from a mysterious condition that leaves them paralysed each time the sun setsdubbedsolar boys by local mediamohammad shoaib 13 and abdul rasheed 9 are full of energy during the daytimebut once the sun goes down they both collapse and are not able to talk or move until the sun rises thefollowing daythe boys condition has baffled the medical community in pakistan with doctors left desperately trying to diagnosetheir condition videographer director: kamran bashir producer: haziq qadri ellie winstanley editor: ian phillips sonia estal

the girl who lives in a bowl: born different
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a teenage girl born without limbs lives her life in a plastic bowl rahma haruna is a bright happy girl despite suffering from a mystery condition that stopped her arms and legs developing properly - leaving her practically limbless and in constant painthe 19-year-old from kano nigeria was born a healthy baby but when she turned six months old her growth came to a sudden halt and she stopped hitting key development milestonesrahmas family do their best to provide her with a fulfilling life and transport her around the village in a plastic bowldoctors have been baffled by rahmas condition and some have even put it down to the teenager being struck down by jinns - a supernatural being in islam mythology videographer director: ibrahim ayyuba isah producer: charley sutton ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas marcus cooper