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Dad and disabled three-year-old son's terror after high rise tower block fire
Dad Russell Farrell recalled the terrifying ordeal of being caught up in a tower block fire with his three-year-old disabled son in Birmingham, after he went to investigate someone "kicking the door" of where the fire was
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'Too adult' panto cancelled after 'unprecedented number of complaints'
The amateur production, titled Bewdley and The Beast 3 and put on by the Bewdley Town Criers, was supposed to run for three nights at the Civic Centre in Stourport.
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Ghost hunters left 'sick' after encounter at one of UK's most haunted buildings
A team of ghost hunters were left 'shocked' after a ghost allegedly swore at them during a visit to one of the UK's most haunted buildings at a nunnery in the Midlands
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‘Eerie’ Christmas market in UK's 'most haunted' prison where Fred West was held
Gloucester Prison, where 123 people were executed within its walls, is opening its door again for an alternative Christmas market on Saturday with 18+ content and dead animals galore
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British mini-moto champion killed on road where he fell in love with girlfriend
Ryan Leigh Hastings, known as Titch, was killed in a collision on the A456 in Bewdley, Worcestershire - the same road on which his girlfriend Chloe said "they’d fallen in love"
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Woman who mistook her cancer symptoms for menopause is 'lucky to be alive'
Amanda Price dismissed being tired and having heavy and irregular bleeding for 10 months as symptoms of "the change" - but when she finally saw a GP they pushed for tests
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Gran, 100, claims secret to long life is drinking 24 cans of Coke every week
The busy great-gran goes out socialising around four times a week, has been enjoying the drink for around 23 years and walks quicker than some 20 years her junior
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Mum's dramatic 7 stone weight loss after dream holiday ruined because of weight
Jeanette Painting, 44, spoke about struggling to lose weight after giving birth to Taion, 12, and Tarlia, nine and said she got "stuck in a rut", hiding her size 24 figure in tracksuits
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Restaurant's sassy reply to diner who called it 'pretentious' in one-star review
The Bun & Barrel burger restaurant in Birmingham was quick to respond when an angry diner claimed that staff were 'aggressively rude' in a disgruntled one-star review