36 h. ago Kindness of strangers: a woman laid down on the road beside me, holding my hand until the ambulance came

After I was hit by a car, Sophia seemed to understand that I needed the safety of someone being right there at eye levelRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI could see the car and knew I was going to hit it. People ask: did your life flash before your eyes? It didn’t. The only thing I remember thinking was: “oh well”. In an instant all those things I’d been worrying about until that point didn’t matter, because I was about to die. Oh well!There was nothing I could do. I was on my motorbike on a dark and rainy night in rush hour traffic when a car pulled across into my lane without looking. I couldn’t avoid hitting it, I couldn’t break, I was going to hit the car and I was going to die. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Kindness of strangers: a woman lay on the road beside me, holding my hand until the ambulance came

After I was hit by a car, Sophia seemed to understand that I needed the safety of someone being right there at eye levelRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI could see the car and knew I was going to hit it. People ask: did your life flash before your eyes? It didn’t. The only thing I remember thinking was: “Oh well”. In an instant all those things I’d been worrying about until that point didn’t matter, because I was about to die. Oh well!There was nothing I could do. I was on my motorbike on a dark and rainy night in rush hour traffic when a car pulled across into my lane without looking. I couldn’t avoid hitting it, I couldn’t brake, I was going to hit the car and I was going to die. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Paramedics 'watching people die' as ambulances cannot hand them over to A&E wards quick enough

A survey of ambulance staff across the UK revealed a "grim picture" of patients waiting hours in the back of ambulances.

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6 d. ago Kind strangers pay for wedding for Glasgow mum, 26, diagnosed with aggressive brain tumour while pregnant

Bethany Wright, 26, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour when she was 34-weeks pregnant - on hearing her story a stranger reached out with an incredible act of kindness.

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1 week ago I don't think my elderly mum would've survived, if it wasn't for the Peebles delivery driver

She was saved by the kindness of a stranger

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2 w. ago Kindness of strangers: I was crying at the airport carousel, then a couple offered a simple solution

I stood there with my baby on my chest as I watched the suitcase go round and round. An older woman saw me, walked over and said ‘What’s the matter?’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesI remember the exact date it happened – 28 October 1994. My husband and I were living in Perth with our newborn baby, James, when my husband had to go back to the UK for work. The plan was for the baby and me to follow him six weeks later.I’d decided to make the journey as leisurely as possible, so I booked a stopover in Hong Kong. I was very proud of myself setting out because I’d made a homemade baby sling to carry James on my chest during the flight. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The kindness of strangers: I thought I’d lost my flute for ever, then a chance to play Greensleeves returned it to me

I had no ID to show the station guards. Desperate and scrambling, I said: ‘What if I play you a tune?’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesI was 21, living in Sydney, working as a glassie at a local pub and feeling a bit lost. I didn’t know what to do in life – the one thing I had going for me was playing the flute.I’d saved for two years to buy my flute when I was 16 and earning $2.35 an hour at the supermarket. Every day I would come home and play it. It would help me process my emotions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Influencer sparks backlash after taking baby wombat from mother for a photo

Hunting influencer Sam Jones can be seen running across a road holding a young wombat to get a photo while its mother chases after her baby who is clearly in distress

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