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Comedy: Duchess of Dudley Lizzie Wiggins has cured her husband of heart disease and lung cancer - by making him laugh.

COMEDY star Lizzie Wiggins grabs hold of Richard Williams in a bear hug and tickles his ribs.Read

Lucy Fellows - the inspirational girl carrying the torch for her mum and her community

I STRUGGLED for years to find a diagnosis for my condition, seeing more than 30 different consultants, doctors, physiotherapists and osteopaths and having lots of tests and scans.Read

Real Life: The school that gave my daughter a future

MY DAUGHTER Halle started having seizures at the age of two and had to be rushed to hospital.Read

Hovis helping hand for farmers

In a boost for farmers Britain’s most famous baker, Hovis, will be backing British and moving to flour milled from 100% British Wheat across its entire range – the first major British bread brand to do so. Read

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Comedy: Duchess of Dudley Lizzie Wiggins has cured her husband of heart disease and lung cancer - by making him laugh.

Moving my elderly mum and dad was so traumatic I made it into a business

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Lucy Fellows - the inspirational girl carrying the torch for her mum and her community

Debbie Murphy went from British roller skating champion to over 21st - then shrank to nearly half her size

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Real Life: The school that gave my daughter a future

Funding cuts for Midland universities

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Hovis helping hand for farmers

River Trent fish stocks wiped out by cyanide

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