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I'm Harry Bly.
And I'm Holly Gibbs.
And for our last edition of 2025,
we're looking back at some of our favourite stories from the past year, including...
I was just doing it to help a mother out.
You know, I thought, what if the shoes were on the other foot?
And I thought, you know, I can help this one person out, make their life a little bit easier.
The man who created a video rental corner in his convenience store for his most loyal customer.
You don't know where the story is going to take you and it's always surprising and it's always beautiful and this project has been really about like just untapping that extraordinary story that everyone has.
We spoke to Will who went around asking strangers if they would like a cup of tea.
Also, the survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb told us why we should strive for peace.
The woman who climbed up Table Mountain 64 times after she nearly died falling from it.
and Logie, the litter-picking Labrador who's taken the internet by storm.
Let's start in the small American town of Pocatello in Idaho, with a story about kindness.
Dave Craning ran the last video rental store in town,
and almost every day for decades was visited by Christina, who has Down syndrome.
He knew it was an important part of Christina's routine.