On a trip abroad, a chance meeting helped Sylvia Holder transform an entire community and her own purpose in life...

MEET the Ukrainian refugee who was spotted hitting a tennis ball against the wall of a car park in a Glasgow hotel - and went all the way to Wimbledon. Now Illia Snaksarov is determined to “work for n

In a prisoner-of-war camp in western Ukraine, a former miner from the east is being interviewed about how he ended up fighting for Russia. His speech is slurred and one arm paralysed: the results not

It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be,” says Liza Raby, who threw herself out a plane, completed a gruelling assault course and took part in a swimming relay as part of a year-long cha

Olena Petrychenko managed to rescue her dog, Taffy, after fleeing Ukraine. But when she couldn’t afford the veterinary surgery she needed, Woodgreen Pets Charity stepped in…

L AURA phoned her mother, trying to keep her voice light. “Hello, Mum, I’ve got a bit of news,” she said. “Hannah’s moving in with her boyfriend. “I need to either get a new flatmate, or try to find s