"I was quite teary talking to the counsellor and when I hung up the phone I pretty much just wanted to go back home to bed rather than to my afternoon lecture." But then something wonderful happened.

“I pretty much burst into tears” Anxiety sufferer receives touching note from anonymous student

Stranger tracks down obscure book after spotting Twitter appeal

Teens invite elderly woman to join night out

Diner pays for cancer sufferer's meal

Students take shelter dogs for a run

Supermarket pays for old lady’s shopping – and police drive her home

Stranger hides £5 notes in Waterstones books

Restaurant donates Valentine's funds to charity

Café opens its doors for stray dogs to sleep in during the cold winter

Footballers let homeless squatters stay in their hotel for winter

Woman pays parking ticket for mum of sick baby

100 Londoners lift bus to save a trapped cyclist

Sheffield widow sent thousands of cards and gifts to celebrate 100th birthday

Café owner invites homeless person raiding her bins for free meals inside

Bartender by day, charitable Spider-Man by night

Strangers save the day at six-year-old's birthday party

Single dad who took daughter out for Valentine's Day receives heartwarming note and free meal

Thousands of strangers donate to man who walks 21 miles to work every day

Woman raises over £320,000 for mugged disabled man

Couple gives $100 tip to overworked waiter

London Underground sign cheers up commuters

Man offers to drive drunk people home for free

Man gives barefoot bus passenger his shoes

JK Rowling comforts shooting survivor with 'Dumbledore' letter

Nurse turns her home into a sanctuary for sick cats

Restaurant pays for a widow's meal

Teenager collects hundreds of coupons to buy £600 worth of shopping for charity