‘Homeless man changed my life’
A YOUNG woman who became stranded and turned to a homeless man for help says his response “completely changed (her) perception” on those living rough.
A YOUNG woman who became stranded and turned to a homeless man for help says his response “completely changed (her) perception” on those living rough.
AFTER 12 years of unimaginable agony, the Morcombe family finally has something to celebrate.
A TEEN who was declared ‘brain dead’ and was moments away from having her organs harvested after being shot by an Uber driver has left hospital.
PENSIONER Joao Pereira de Souza rescued the bird from death. Dindim the penguin now swims over 8000km to see him each year.
WHEN you get an email in your junk folder telling you you’ve won $AU200,000 you ignore it, right? One Aussie almost made this terrible mistake.
AT 106 years of age, Virginia McLaurin has seen a lot, but we’re not sure the Obamas have encountered anyone quite like the spritely centenarian.
TONY ‘Top Hat’ Moroney looks like a scary bloke. He’s a bikie and he’s covered in tatts — even on his face. But he’s asking for your help to save sick kids.
HE WAS just on his normal morning round but a postie is being hailed a hero after his actions saved a father and daughter.
INSTEAD of buying a yacht, one man has promised to give his money to this entire class of kindergarten kids.
JAKE Bailey made headlines with his inspiring school captain’s speech while battling cancer. Now he is in remission and passed his Year 12 exams.
TRUE love never dies, and American war veteran Norwood Thomas is living proof of that, after travelling to Australia to reunite with his long lost love.
ASH London has just become the queen of YOLO. The radio star quit everything in December to move to a tiny tropical island. And she hasn’t looked back.
WRAPPED in bandages to cover his painful burns, this little joey is melting hearts around the world.
ALMOST four years ago, Katy’s fiance walked out on her just weeks before their wedding. Her response? She booked a one-way ticket and never looked back.
Bella found Valerie Parrott and has not left her side since, including when Valerie walked down the aisle.
FRECKLES. You either love them or hate them. Now an award-winning photographer is taking the term freckle face and turning it into a compliment.
TWO window washers were at the top of a 75-storey tower when their cleaning rig malfunctioned, leaving them dangling at a 45-degree angle.
IT’S been the year of Waleed Aly, Donald Trump and Caitlyn Jenner. Look into our crystal ball and find out who we’ll be talking about in 2016.
ON CHRISTMAS day, the photographer behind Humans of New York started something ambitious. Four days and $750,000 later, he’s succeeded.
AUSSIE actress Isla Fisher and her husband Sacha Baron Cohen have opened their hearts — and chequebooks — this holiday season.
OPINION: FOR many people, Christmas isn’t awesome — in fact it can be really s***. We need to talk about it.
A COUPLE have raised enough money to buy a high school cleaner a car after they spotted him walking home after a long day’s work.
GONE are the days when banks tell customers that mortgage interest payments can be cut. But two calls has saved me thousands of dollars.
MANY people send loved ones and friends an instant scratchie ticket for Christmas and birthdays. If the ticket won the top prize, would you let on?
THIS little boy told Santa he had autism, because he was worried he’d end up on the “naughty” list. The response he got will restore your faith in humanity.
HE lost his business, went through a divorce and became homeless. Then he bought a $10 scratchie ticket.
AUSSIES have given retail giant Target the thumbs-up for featuring women of all shapes, ages and sizes in its Christmas catalogue.
A COUPLE stunned Salvation Army bellringers after quietly slipping a generous cheque into the donation bucket.
A GIRL, 11, casually helped her mother deliver a baby, then went off to school as usual.
AUDREY Martin has been doing it tough. The single mum didn’t know how she would afford Christmas presents for her three kids, before one pizza delivery changed her life.
WANT to sound smarter? All you have to do is drop these 15 words from your conversations. Yep, it’s really that simple.
IT’S home to ridiculously good looking people, who also happen to be really, really nice. There must be something we can learn from this place.
A LITTLE boy has come to the rescue of a woman after she was verbally attacked by a stranger on the street.
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy in Texas has donated all of his life savings (in this case, 20 bucks) to a local mosque, vandalised in the wake of the Paris attacks.
TODAY is World Kindness Day, so in honour of this day let us tell you the story of little Harry the Builder and his new friends.
ON THE eve of World Kindness Day, here’s a story to break your heart and then warm it right back up again.
THIS story is almost beyond belief. After being found in a rubbish dump, this book is at the centre of a remarkable coincidence.
IN 2002, a 5-year-old boy vanished after his father dropped him off at preschool. Thirteen years later, something amazing happened.
A POLICE officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a park by challenging one of them to a dance-off to the Nae Nae song.
A MOTORCYCLIST has saved a kitten’s life after it fell from a moving car in a busy intersection. Watch the heart-stopping rescue.
UNITED by food. An Israeli restaurant is offering 50 per cent off each plate of hummus if Jews and Arabs dine together.
A TRAIN guard was filmed busting out some Michael Jackson moves on a Sydney platform as he celebrated the fact he was about to clock-off and go on holiday.
A COUPLE, who wed in 2013, finally got the chance to share their first dance after the groom, who was paralysed in a 2009 car accident, stood up for the first time.
WHEN an intruder broke into a woman’s home he met more than he bargained for — a combat fighter and roller girl, who pummelled him into submission.
THIS man has been hailed an “inspiration” after holding hands and comforting a stranger with cerebral palsy on a bus in Canada.
HARVARD University’s elite debate team was riding high after being crowned 2014 world champions. Until they faced three maximum-security prisoners.
A GOFUNDME page for the army veteran who was shot seven times while trying to protect fellow students during Thursday’s shooting in Oregon has raised more than $850,000.
A HUNTER stranded in the wild with a broken leg was poised to kill himself after writing farewell letters to family. Somehow he made it out alive.
A MAN was shocked when he opened up his chicken wings from Domino’s and found $1300. Now, he is set to dine out on the story — for at least a year.
NINE-year-old Ethan Flint is a local hero, after he donated his birthday money to potentially save the lives of two police dogs.
THE mystery of Benjaman Kyle, who was found beaten and without memory outside a Burger King in 2004, has been solved. But some say his story is a hoax.
HER heart stopped beating for 12 minutes after she was found lifeless in a swimming pool. Even doctors say her survival is a miracle.
HERE’S a beautiful story to warm your Friday afternoon. Colleagues of a slain policeman helped his daughter in the sweetest way.
THIS former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader is now a successful paediatric surgeon — and she credits her time on the squad for her success.
POLICE officers in the US have been getting a bad rap lately, but this sergeant’s actions have gone viral for a completely different reason.
MAXENCE was born without a right hand, but thanks to new 3D printing technology he now has a superhero-themed prosthetic hand.
WHEN an exhausted mum came out of hospital with her baby and found a parking ticket on her car, she thought she’d break down. But then she saw the other note.
WHEN Alistair Campbell’s six-year-old daughter got her second cochlear implant put in, he decided he’d get a tattoo to match. Now the heartwarming image is breaking the internet.
IT IS the happiest day of their young lives. So why not make it a heartwarming occasion for 4000 starving strangers too?
WHEN a local postman saw a young boy rummaging through the junk mail bin looking for something to read he had to do something.
A girl from New York has written a clever poem, that spread like wildfire online after it was posted on a wall in London.
Opposition leader to boost female representation, vowing at least half of all Labor MPs would be women by 2025, in a bid to embarrass the Abbott government.
LOSING her dad to cancer gave Georgia Harley the idea of creating care packages for others
MELBOURNE teenager Feliks Zemdegs has taken out the Rubik’s Cube world title for the second straight time at the 2015 World Championship finals.
AN incredible video has emerged of a US woman giving birth in a car while her husband was driving them to hospital. WARNING: Graphic content
THIS police officer could have made an easy arrest when he busted a struggling mum shoplifting items. What he did instead was heartwarming.
A BAG containing a staggering $3000 lying in a street was picked up by a man who had been struggling with drug addiction for 25 years. What he did next will surprise you.
EX-AFL hardman Campbell Brown had to be pulled out of the sea in his attempt to swim the English Channel and raise more than $100,000.
A HOMELESS boy, 9, who was pictured studying on a makeshift desk under the light of a McDonald’s will achieve his dreams after his photo went viral.
MADELINE Stuart is an 18-year-old Brisbane girl with Down syndrome who is on a mission to help change how the world sees beauty. Now she’s finally achieved her goal.
AN Australian mother who fell pregnant from a one-night stand has been reunited with the father of her child after she placed an ad on Gumtree.
HE’S BEEN in the headlines lately for all the wrong reasons, but Johnny Depp stepped it up yesterday and warmed the hearts of some sick children.
WHEN Peter Bilello was handed his change after buying a sandwich, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
SHE woke in a US hospital with memories of Australia and nothing else. Now this mystery woman with amnesia has finally reconnected with family.
SHE started out at the local Coles. Now Emily Smith is hanging out with the Queen and David Beckham, with plans to change the school curriculum forever.
MEET the baby girl who was saved from a life-threatening condition by a Mr Men book.
THIS heartwarming story will make your day. A young waitress from Texas has touched the lives of a couple grieving the loss of their baby.
SHE’S a seasoned operator who is not afraid of speaking in public, but even the First Lady teared up after being asked a question by this girl.
IN A world first, a woman has given birth after surgeons implanted ovarian tissue that had been removed when she was a child when she was diagnosed with acute anaemia.
IN 1938, the Nazis banned Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport from getting her PhD because she was Jewish. Nearly 80 years later, justice has been served.
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