Feeling hot and bothered? Diane Southam suggests a few ways to cool down

A 14-year-old girl in Sierra Leone is taking on all-comers in her struggle to better the lives of her country's children.

'We go to street children and we go out to centres that help girls that have been raped. We ask them how they feel and they tell us - so we go back to our network and sit as a group and make plans on what should be done, present them and take them to the leaders and make sure that there is something being done.'

Buddhism is well-known as a religion that rejects the idea of gods and supernatural beings.  So what is its attitude to Jesus Christ and the resurrection?  A personal interpretation by Greg Martin

About two years ago, I was sitting at home minding my own business on a Saturday night and I got a call from a member [of the Buddhist group SGI] in California who is a producer of a TV show by Reverend Lawson, who is a Baptist minister in Los Angeles. His guest cancelled for the next day, it's on the Christian channel, and would I fill in?

Even if you can't understand the maths, you can still enjoy the pretty pictures,  says Phil Becque.

Life coach Deborah Trenchard healed her heart from the inside out

As I stood, my feet sinking into the beautiful white powdery sand, on this beautiful Barbados beach, I couldn’t help but notice the absence of bodies. Walking on the scorching hot sand reminded me of the fire-walk I had done the previous year as a part of my 'spiritual quest'.