Kourtney Kardashian hides her curves under VERY baggy overalls and proves she's Travis Barker's No. 'I want to be remembered as the Queen of Rock'n'Roll': Tina Turner's final interview just six weeks before she died aged 83ĭame Joan Collins looks glamorous in an off-the-shoulder white top at her 90th birthday party with her kilt-wearing husband Percy Gibson, 58ĭiscover Turkey (Türkiye): Why those in the know are jetting to this beach and cultural holiday hotspot Meghan Markle SKIPS prestigious 'women in media' awards gala in LA - despite gushing about her Archetypes podcast being honored 'I’m worried about my health but I’m happy that I’m doing everything that I want to with my life.' 'Lots of people are surprised I have got this far but I am very determined,' he said. He has also set up a group featuring lots of sporty musicians who plan to play to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. He plans to move to London and continue working on his composition of an opera set in a hospital, before possibly going to music college in the future. Now he has graduated he will spend several weeks in hospital re-gaining his strength before taking a gap year. Years of steroids have left him with brittle bone disease and he has had to use a small electric scooter to travel around the university campus.Īlex, who eventually hopes to become a conductor, is also becoming increasingly deaf because of the mucus build-up.Īlthough his lungs are getting worse he is keen to avoid a lung transplant for as long as possible. He first came to public attention after featuring in a Channel 4 documentary called 'A Boy Called Alex' in 2007 (right) On one occasion his lung capacity went down to a critical 20 per cent and he had to spend three weeks in hospital.īut after six months recuperating he managed to return to the university last October for his final year.Īlex (pictured today left) hopes to become a conductor. 'It was really important to me that I got a degree I was happy with so I worked as hard as I could.'Īlex, who comes from Kent, was due to take his finals at King’s College last May but his health deteriorated and he was finally forced to leave the prestigious university after four lengthy hospital stays. 'I knew if I went into hospital and even took just a week out I may not ever get my degree so I just ploughed on. 'My health has been bad and I should have gone into hospital several times since January but I couldn’t justify taking the time out from studying. 'It has been an extremely tiring and stressful five months and I’ve been in the library most days but I’ve had great support from my family and friends and it has paid off in the end. 'I’m very pleased and proud to have got my degree,' Alex said. His lung capacity is just 38 per cent - a level at which doctors usually recommend a lung transplant - and he has to take 50 tablets a day and oxygen at night to survive.īut against all the odds Alex managed to complete his music degree and has now graduated with an impressive 2:1. Music prodigy Alex Stobbs, 22, suffers from a virulent form of cystic fibrosis and became dangerously ill during his exams - even losing one-and-a-half stone. He now plans to have a gap yearĪ brave music student battling a terminal disease has achieved his dream of graduating from Cambridge University today - after refusing to be treated in hospital during his finals. We are a year-round program and operate during after school hours as well as during the summer.Alex said he was 'pleased and proud' to get his Cambridge degree. We also operate the Prodigy Teen Advisory Board (P-TAB), a board of PRODIGY teens who dedicate their time to beatifying the Tampa Bay area with public art. Our current course schedule includes hip-hop dance, keyboard, guitar, studio art, media art, comic book design, and drum line. We offer a variety of visual and performing arts classes free of charge to the community. The Tampa I Prodigy site is located at the University Area Community Center Complex (UACCC). Offered in seven counties, Prodigy has one of the highest success rates at one of the lowest costs of any program in the state of Florida. The program is a collaboration between the University Area Community Development Corporation (UACDC), Bay Area Youth Services, Inc., and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Prodigy is an early prevention, intervention and diversion community program designed to improve the life chances of at-risk children ages 7-17 by providing a safe arena where they learn communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills through visual and performing arts.
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