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Mar 2025
27m 10s

The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the ...

Bbc World Service
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We hear how an off-road wheelchair Zack built for Cambry when they started dating reopened her world and changed hundreds of lives. Also: life lessons from a singing grandad and a young climber; and King Charles turns DJ.

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