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It’s a complete honour – Sam Thompson to deliver match ball for Soccer Aid

It’s a complete honour – Sam Thompson to deliver match ball for Soccer Aid

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Teenager’s cookbook championing her family’s ‘special’ recipes goes viral

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Veterans mark VE Day with swimathon covering 80 lengths weekly over two months

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Artist paints out of this world Star Wars inspired scenes on used tea bags

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Woman ‘thrilled’ after being crowned first Flatpack world champion

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FurnitureKevin McCloudLondonUplifting

Dogs pose outside polling stations as owners urge voters to do ‘civic duty’

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Quilts created during Covid pandemic to be celebrated in new exhibition

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BermondseycoronavirusCovid-19LockdownLondonUplifting

Most finishers and fastest traffic cone among confirmed London Marathon records

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UK ‘icons’ depicted in biscuit form to mark 100 years of chocolate digestive

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YouTuber celebrates his 30th with woman born on same day in same hospital as him

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From a slinky dog to a firefighter – the 87 London Marathon record attempts

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‘I am the organiser of the most inclusive, supportive marathon in the world’

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Pixar fans scramble to create ‘The Increggibles’ and ‘Eggside Out 2’ for Easter

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Man reviews hundreds of pounds worth of Easter eggs to raise awareness about cost of living

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Age not a barrier to exercise says octogenarian running his 28th London Marathon

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Widower gearing up for six running events in six months in cricket attire

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Elephants circling young after earthquake ‘rare and special’ – London zookeeper

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Artist celebrating beauty of Edinburgh’s pubs by recreating them in miniature

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Picture pawfect: Veterinary nurse’s pet rats providing joy with mini paintings

England
EnglandPaintingRatsSomersetUplifting

Man’s 26-item supermarket receipt goes viral for perfect alphabetical order

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Chocolate makers create UK’s ‘biggest and heaviest’ Easter egg

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ChocolateEaster EggEnglandKentUplifting

LeBron James ‘honoured’ to be first male athlete with Ken doll in his likeness

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Artist draws Bristol’s pubs to celebrate ‘one of the best things’ about Britain

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Onlookers say they ‘struck gold’ after seeing Ed Sheeran perform at King’s Cross

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Runner aims to break record for fastest London Marathon run in traffic cone suit

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Wigan fan to cycle to 92 football league clubs in memory of late uncle

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Man describes 24-hour treadmill fundraiser as ‘torture’ but ‘incredible’

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Ukrainian refugee’s boxing academy provides joy and confidence for UK youngsters

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BoxingEnglandSheffieldSportUplifting

Girl, 11, pens book with main character who has vitiligo to champion inclusivity

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Triple amputee begins world-first solo and unsupported sail across Pacific

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Celebrity photographer captures ‘milestone’ school day photo for Gosh children

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Tea time alarm trend demonstrates ‘quintessential’ British sense of humour

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Irish sisters on a mission to provide 1,500 Easter eggs to children in hospital

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Strike a pose: Vinted user goes viral for modelling clothes on Ikea bear

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Laurence Olivier’s former voice coach now considered UK’s ‘oldest’ podcaster

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Delivery driver inspired by ‘Hardest Geezer’ quits job to run length of UK

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Hardest GeezerRuss CookUplifting

Paralympian doing year-long running challenge completes original London marathon

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Dog walker uses lifesize Gordon Ramsay cardboard cutout to sell items on Vinted

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Blind trans woman doing London Marathon to be ‘example I didn’t have growing up’

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‘Bosh’: Viral TikToker Big John lists lengthy Chinese order at Brits

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