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It’s Jess business
Somehow it seemed appropriate for Jesse Lingard to score the last goal of Manchester United’s 2019-20 season and for it to be the goal that confirmed their win over Leicester City, the achievement of a third place finish – the best since the days... read more »
Black in blue?
With our news bulletins so often being dominated by street violence, one person you often hear being interviewed as an expert is Leroy Logan, who now runs his own security consultancy. But for thirty years, he was a policeman at the heart of the... read more »
World Cup winner
Phil Vickery played rugby for England more than seventy times yet the reason for this feature and for most of the interviews he does is that he played in one particular game – the 2003 World Cup Final. He is one of that select... read more »
Hero’s battle
Former Welsh Guard Simon Weston is a veteran of the Falklands War. He suffered serious burns to almost 50% of his body when his ship was bombed. Incredibly, he has since become friends with Carlos Cachon, the Argentine pilot responsible for the bombing. This... read more »
Race against the clock
Explorer Reza Pakravan set off from the northernmost point in Europe to cycle to the other end of the planet, Cape Town, in record time. With his partner, Steven Pawley, they were attempting to set a world record of just 100 days to do... read more »
Arnie: Power and poise
Arnold Schwarzenegger has never been nervous of talking about his faith, and faith is now a hot word in Hollywood, from the enduring dedication of the Jonas Brothers, to the occasionally wily but always redeemed Justin Bieber. In recent months, Covid and Black Lives Matter... read more »
The punching preacher
How can a ‘man of God’ make a living hurting people? Stuart Weir checks out the boxing pastor Derrick Osaze. Derrick Osaze has two jobs. He is a professional boxer and an ordained pastor in his church in Nottingham. The ‘Punching Preacher’ has won all... read more »
Still in the fast lane
Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button is still in the fast lane. Stuart Weir reveals all. Jenson Button is a member of an exclusive club, one of only 13 men to have been Formula 1 World Champion. In a career lasting 17 years he has... read more »
Agents of change
The Black Lives Matter campaign exploded into life in Britain on 7 June, after the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was hurled into the harbour in Bristol by a furious group of protestors. Watching events unfold that day was Marvin Rees, a member... read more »
Fear has lost its grip
When Michael Bushby was first told that his cancer treatment hadn’t worked, and he would need stronger chemotherapy for theincurable stage four cancer in his chest, spleen, neck, bone marrow and stomach, he panicked. After drinking a lot of alcohol, he locked himself in... read more »