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World Service,11 Oct 2025,26 mins

The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother

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The international football star who cycles to work, uses public transport and wears second hand clothes. Héctor Bellerín, who plays for Real Betis in Spain, uses his profile to champion greener choices -- arguing that with power comes responsibility. Green turtles have recovered from the brink of extinction, in what scientists are describing as a major conservation victory. They have been classed as endangered since the 1980s but their numbers are bouncing back. The winner of one of the world's most prestigious prizes describes how he initially thought his wife was playing a joke on him. Fred Ramsdell missed the official announcement that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine because he was on a hiking trip. Plus, the cafe that is providing work as well as food for the homeless, and a kind stranger who drove hundreds of miles just to return someone's lost bag. Presenter: Celia Hatton Music: Iona Hampson (Photo: Credit Lenore Lindsey)

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