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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A new policy in a German city means "nice toilets" can be found everywhere.