Sam Smith, a call handler with East Midlands Ambulance Service, takes 999 calls using specialist software despite losing central vision to an inherited eye condition. His guide dog Arnold sleeps under his desk during shifts and is a much-loved presence in the control room.
A bride whose father was in hospital with heart problems just before her wedding went to visit him in her wedding dress so they could share a father-daughter dance. Hospital staff helped make the visit special, and her father has since been discharged and is recovering at home.
A fundraiser has been launched for a well-known poppy seller in Witney after he suffered a stroke.
Hall & Woodhouse plans to donate 70 per cent of its food sales to charity on Charity Day.
