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           <title>Two and a half years that taught me lots</title>
           
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  IDECIDED to become a journalist because I liked writing and I liked people. It was that simple.
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           <title>Essentials for new visitors</title>
           
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  TO PREPARE for my mammoth India trip I was told to search online for packing lists.
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           <title>It takes time to meet people</title>
           
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  JUST be glad you don’t go shopping last minute on Christmas Eve,” Aaron told me.
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           <title>Learning from a friend</title>
           
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  ‘THIS is the life,’ she told me. She was right. Life could surely not get any better than this.
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           <title>Butty scandal scarred me</title>
           
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  ACCORDING to a report released this week we should all be taking photos of our food.
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           <title>What is it about pets?</title>
           
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  ON THE way to pick me up from school, my mother tried to make my little sister understand.
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           <title>A day when everything was bright and new</title>
           
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  A PLAGUE has hit our office. The symptoms are along the lines of: a cough, a headache, vague feelings of nausea and the sensation of a small but vicious imp stamping on your neocortex.
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           <title>Blackpool illuminations get my vote</title>
           
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  I AM planning my travels through India. It is like trying to get a child to plan its way around a sweet shop.
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           <title>Who dares to try our quiz?</title>
           
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  EACH week one of our reporters conducts the world’s weirdest interview.
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           <title>I don't want to be a kid again</title>
           
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  "OIF got a bruce," I said to Carrie.
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           <title>The romance of a train journey</title>
           
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  SOMETHING about train travel makes people drop their inhibitions. Passengers become crazy romantics.
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           <title>I bet I looked good on the dance floor</title>
           
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  IHAVE two fictional role models when it comes to journalism – and I fail to match up to either of them.
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           <title>The trouble with minor fear</title>
           
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  YOU can only marvel at the scale of Kendal’s Climbing Wall. The 25m wall – the tallest in England – is towering. I got neck ache from staring at the top.
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           <title>Reality told me to go home</title>
           
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  Oh dear I thought as I drove into the water-logged Solfest grounds.
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           <title>I don't envy Jordan's assets</title>
           
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  A FRIEND asked what part of me I would change if I could alter my physical appearance.
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           <title>Education is key to demise of smoking</title>
           
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  IT SEEMS like centuries since people smoked in bars and pubs. Hard to believe it was only five years ago.
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           <title>What is it with the calming coast?</title>
           
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  EVERYONE is on holiday except us,” I told Carrie. “The landlord is away, the neighbours have gone to Penzance, Sarah is in Spain, Anna is in Lyon and my parents are off to Prague. I’m so jealous I
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           <title>Lipstick made me an artist</title>
           
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  I THINK my artistic streak first revealed itself when I was a child and found my mum’s lipstick.
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           <title>Now I'm just like Bradley</title>
           
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  THERE were two great cycling achievements in Europe this week.
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           <title>My home town fetes weren't as snazzy as Staveley's</title>
           
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  I ROCKED up to Staveley Carnival, on Sunday, straight from my swim at Torver.
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