Something mysterious, plagues County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, and its legendary Gaelic football team.

Sometimes I think there's something sinister going on.

I believe in the curse. I think it's real.

Listen to the curious tale of the Mayo Curse on Amazing Sports Stories from the BBC World Service.

Search for Amazing Sports Stories wherever you get your BBC podcasts. This week in Italy what's known as the world's largest

Christmas tree that isn't technically a tree is unveiled.

Hello I'm Harry Bly, and in this edition, hear the story of Katie Taylor, the Irish boxing champion fighting from an early age.

Girls weren't allowed to box, so she would get dressed in a dad's car.

She'd put her headguard on.

She'd put a gown on with a hood and she'd walk to the ring.

The clinic in Borneo helping to reduce deforestation.

It's really closer to being a small hospital.

If we do inpatient care, we have until very recently been doing

24 hour emergency care as well. And you would say, oh he's got real ris.

Susie Dent joins us to discuss this year's Oxford Word of the Year.

Hi, I'm CZ Dent and I am going to be attempting to

whiz up the Happy Pod.

That's right, this is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

For one whole month from December the 7th,

the Italian town of Gubbio displays the world's largest Christmas tree,

although it's not just one massive tree, it's a Christmas tree shape made from lighting up trees

on the slope of Mount Injino. This was the moment the lights were switched on. The tree is an impressive site.

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