My dad jokes about my first period

Gary Meikle is a single dad and when his daughter got her first period he's the person she turned to. Now he's a comedian and uses the story in his routine.

20 September 2017

From the BBC vault: Dan Quayle's image troubles

The BBC's Charles Wheeler profiles US vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle's image problems as he campaigned.

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Helping coal miners to save the planet

Sharan Burrow wants to find alternative livelihoods for coal miners and therefore help protect our climate.

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Bloomberg to BBC: 'I'd like to make a difference'

Michael Bloomberg spoke to the BBC's Katty Kay in September 2018 on whether he would run for president.

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Killed for Christ in the Amazon

In 1956, five US Christian missionaries flew into the Amazon hoping to convert the remote Huaorani tribesmen to Christianity. Days later they were murdered in a brutal attack.

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Can a cooker help save the rainforest?

The solar-powered cooker that uses an alternative to charcoal.

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The musician who taught three-year-olds to master the violin

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How my mother's death inspired a love of butterflies

When Romy McCloskey's mother died from cancer, she left her with a love of butterflies.

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'My heart could have killed me'

Frank has a heart condition that means a sudden rush of adrenaline could kill him.

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Thirty years helping the Met Office from my garden

For decades the UK's amateur weather watchers have played a pivotal part in accurate forecasting.

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Calvin Payne, convicted campaigner, standing in front of trees

Prepared to go to prison to save the trees

The man prepared to go to prison to save Sheffield's trees

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How to deradicalise a Nazi

A former Nazi leader in Germany has developed a system to fight extremism.

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Dog foster carers helping abuse victims keep their pets

Gemma was trapped in a violent relationship and feared her partner would kill her beloved dog Dusty if she left.

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One woman's simple recipe for a happy street

How one woman championed a way to bring community spirit back to city streets and keep children fit.

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Sixties Soho's dancing nudes

In an era of censorship, the Windmill Theatre was one of the only places where UK audiences could watch naked women on stage.

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Starting a new life in a foreign country at 13

Israa lives in Germany where she has rebuilt her life after fleeing her home in Syria.

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Close up on world map with one country deleted and question mark in its place.

The country that keeps getting left off maps

It's tiny and is usually on the edge of the screen - but that's no excuse to cut out the country.

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Malawi Red Cross volunteers point on a hand-drawn map with a pen

The volunteers putting forgotten villages on the map

Poor communities are often missing from maps. When disaster hits, it's hard to get them help.

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The dog that orbited the Earth

The first living creature to be sent into orbit around the Earth was a Soviet stray dog called Laika. She was a pioneer of the space race.

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‘Poetry touched the still alive part of me’

Alex helps overcome his past by putting his experiences with homelessness into poetry.

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Oscar Niemeyer's forgotten masterpiece

Construction began on Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's architectural project in Lebanon in 1967.

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