At slightest touch other sick children
Officers risk all against terrorists Campaigner changed face of UK Beauty helps women beat abuse
PECKS FACTOR Cheeky kiss “ONE of a kind” Moin Younis got a peck on the cheek from X Factor star Nicole Scherzinger as his bravery was recognised last night.
Moin was diagnosed with epidermolysis bullosa as a baby.
The life-limiting condition means his skin often tears, but he has defied the expectations of doctors to reach the age of 17.
He says: “Imagine cutting yourself or burning yourself – now just think for a second how much it would sting. That’s pretty much how I feel everywhere.”
Yet the Aston Villa fan inspires all he meets, especially as an ambassador for Acorns Children’s Hospice, Birmingham.
He gives tours to visitors and flies the flag for the hospice through social media. His input will help improve the lives of sick children for years. Hospice boss Chris Reed says: “Once you’ve met Moin, you don’t forget him.” WHEN terrorists struck in the heart of London, police officers rushed to protect the public, regardless of risk to themselves.
PC Keith Palmer, right, paid the ultimate price, losing his life at Westminster as he confronted the knifeman. At London Bridge, BTP’s Wayne Marques, top left. suffered serious head injuries and off-duty Charlie Guenigault, 25, was stabbed tackling terrorists. PAUL’S fight against racism was to change the entire face of Britain. It began in 1962 when he led a 60-day boycott against a Bristol bus firm that refused to employ black or Asian people. The company yielded and revoked the ban.
Later, Paul’s arrest and trial for refusing to leave a pub with a “no blacks” policy led to the first Race Relations Act in 1965. He went on to work at the Commission for Racial Equality. He says “every generation” must fight racism. KATIE’S partner beat her so savagely that he broke every bone in her face.
He went to jail, but she shut herself off, suffering depression until she got help from the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme to open a beauty salon in Liverpool.
Now she teaches hair and beauty techniques to women suffering from abuse. Katie, 32, says: “I wanted to use the salon for something more than hair and beauty.”