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World Service,06 Dec 2011,28 mins

06/12/2011

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Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. Today, British teenager Hayley Okines has just celebrated her fourteenth birthday but because of a rare medical condition she has the body of a 105 year old woman. Matthew Bannister speaks to Hayley and her mum Kerry who has helped her to write a book about her experiences. Also, Swiss climber Ueli Steck who's known as "the fastest man on the mountain" and has free-climbed the North Face of the Eiger in under three hours. And Canadian grandmothers Loris and Flo, who regularly brave the frozen streets of Ottawa to hand out food and clothing to the city's homeless.

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