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🗓️ 3 May 2025
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A group of lions rescued from Ukraine are roaring again. Their new homes were built with money donated globally. Also: the paralysed man who's completed a marathon; a teenage cricket star; and a 103-year-old influencer.
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0:00.0 | This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. |
0:07.8 | I'm Nick Miles, and in this edition, from a war zone to a new sanctuary. |
0:12.8 | Literally the world came together to give these lions a better life. |
0:16.1 | So thank you, because without that, they wouldn't be in beautiful areas where they're able to run on grass for the first time. |
0:22.5 | The lions rescued from Ukraine settle into their new home. |
0:26.7 | Also, the man who's completed a marathon after being told he'd never walk again. |
0:31.5 | Just keep going, you know, even though we had limitations, you can really get through it if you want to. |
0:36.9 | You've got to keep turning up for your life every single day. |
0:39.6 | Just keep showing up for yourself. |
0:41.3 | The youngest ever player to score a century in T20 cricket |
0:45.3 | and a centenarian who's become TikTok's latest influencer. |
0:50.1 | I'm so proud of her. |
0:51.4 | She's amazing. |
0:52.4 | I'm ministered. |
0:53.7 | Oh, I think there was nearly 200,000. |
0:56.6 | I've got nothing better to do. |
0:59.0 | Nan, you're beautiful. |
1:06.7 | Five lions that were rescued from Ukraine |
1:09.4 | have been settling into their forever home, |
1:12.5 | with some of them touching grass for the first time. |
1:15.6 | One abandoned lioness was found by chance by people looking for survivors of a bombing, |
1:21.3 | trapped in a cage and suffering from shell shock. |
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