Daily Diamond - Teenager Feeds the Hungry of America

All it takes is one little seedling to feed a whole lot of people, something that one green-thumbed teenager found out and built on to feed the hungry of America.
Katie Stagliano, 16 from South Carolina, was nine when her teacher gave her a cabbage seedling as part of a school project. She......
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Daily Diamond - "Forrest Gump" Runs 42 Back-to-Back Marathons

Have you ever taken part in something sponsored for charity – something you have had to really push yourself for, to raise as much money as possible?
Most of us have thought about it at least, but it’s really heartening to see those people who put their bodies on the line and show us......
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Daily Diamond - Legal Protection for Apprenticeships!

Apprenticeships are a way of coaching people in a trade or profession with on-the-job training, combined with work in the classroom. But where apprenticeships differ from other courses, aside from the training, is they enable the apprentice to build their career as they learn, and gain a licence......
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Daily Diamond - Virtual Reality Helps Stroke Patients Regain Movement

People who have suffered a stroke can experience a range of complications after, such as depression and anxiety. But what of the physical repercussions? Having a stroke can result in weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, called hemiparesis.
Paralysis of any kind can take a lot of work......
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Daily Diamond - 102-Year-Old is Oldest Person to Receive Doctorate

Dr Ingeborg Rapoport from Germany has become the oldest person in the world to have received her doctorate, at the grand old age of 102.
This, in itself, is amazing news, but how this story came to be might be even more incredible.
Ingeborg should have received her PhD almost 80 years ago......
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Daily Diamond - For the Love of Laundry - and Helping Others

If you’ve ever been through hard times – which most of us have, at some point – you might have considered helping people who are in that same situation you managed to survive.
That’s what Melissa Power from Ontario in Canada wanted to do, and she came up with a wonderful way......
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Daily Diamond - All Wishes Come True for Boy Born Without Ears

It’s not very common, but some babies are born with only one ear because of a condition called microtia, or bilateral microtia when it affects both ears. In the UK, microtia affects around 100 children every year.
Nine-year-old Kieran Sorkin from Hertfordshire in England was one of these......
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