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Fatima Whitbread: from abandoned baby to world champion
The British athlete found both a mother and a coach in one person, and went on to win gold

One suitcase, three kids: a broke scientist pursues a dream
Once a homeless single mum, Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is now a nanomedicine pioneer

I broke the most important rule: don't get attached
Youth worker Nicolas Lunabba let troubled teenager Elijah make a home on his sofa

Tulisa: I wanted fame, but it almost destroyed me
Tulisa Contostavlos survived betrayal and a tabloid sting

The ragtag boy who was taken in by a football icon
The incredible story of how Brian Clough’s kindness changed a young kid’s life forever

My private trauma was leaked to the press – so I fought back
Jenny helped expose a national scandal after her police testimony appeared in a newspaper

How Paramore’s singer revived her grandad’s lost album
Grandpa Rusty nurtured Hayley Williams’ musical dreams – now, she’s returning the favour

Miriam Toews: A loud voice in a town once ruled by silence
How the author used her strict Mennonite upbringing to tell its unspoken stories

Trapped underground: my 54-hour cave rescue
When George Linnane fell in a cave, it was the start of the UK's longest rescue

Stabbed as a boy – and becoming a poet for a lost generation
‘The Gen Z poet’ Dan Whitlam survived a violent attack aged 16, he now writes about love