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Have A Go At Being A Hero
Ivor Sholder-Chipp, Columnist

Everyone dreams of their moment in the spotlight, and what better way to gain it than becoming a hero - winning the adulation of the mass media and the admiration of friends and family.

Here at News42 we have our finger on the pulse of what the media is looking for in a hero, and after literally minutes of research I can bring you our top five ways:

1. Join the armed forces and die a bloody battlefield death on foreign soil while trying to save your buddy from an enemy ambush.

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"Estate Agents Sans Frontieres" Greases Refugee Property Ladder
Kay Tanner, Foreign Correspondent

To the residents of this UN refugee camp near Kimbouda in north Africa, today is like any other in the three months since their village was destroyed by rebel fighters. But for Gareth Higgins it's as different as could be.

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Blind Dogs for the Guides
Miss Stern, Education Correspondent

For years highly-trained dogs have been used to give new freedom to visually-impaired people - but what happens if they themselves become unable to move around in the same way?

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