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Kim Hughes is the British Army's most highly decorated bomb disposal expert. In 2009 the greatest threat to British soldiers in Afghanistan was IEDs - Improvised Explosive Devices, which killed and injured thousands of troops and civilians. Kim was awarded the George Cross after defusing an unprecedented 119 bombs in just 6 months in Afghanistan.

For thousands of years, children the world over have entertained themselves by standing inside a ring of willow, vines, grasses - or these days usually plastic - and twirling it around their waists. It's come to be known as a hula-hoop and Marawa Ibrahim takes it slightly more seriously than most. She's from Australia and has set up a world record breaking troupe of hula-hoopers in London called Marawa's Majorettes. They perform all round the globe and Outlook's Emily Webb went to a rehearsal to meet them.

If you are a fan of techno music, the name Richie Hawtin will mean a lot to you. Also known as Plastikman, he's a really big deal in the business as a DJ, label owner and promoter. He cut his DJ-ing teeth in Detroit, the birthplace of techno, in the early '90s, but lived across the bridge in Canada, where he'd landed at the age of nine, fresh from England.

(Picture courtesy of Kim Hughes.)