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Real Life: The woman who escaped an abusive marriage - and went onto help thousands of women

WHEN I married for the second time, I thought my husband was wonderful. We would be together forever.Read

Real Life: Being a mistress broadened my outlook on life

I HAD my first affair when I was 21 years old.Read

The boy who is allergic to Christmas

WHERE would Christmas be without the cake, mince pies and chocolate?Read

Christmas dinner for less than a fiver!

FEELING the pinch this Christmas?Read

Midland couple who swapped four-bed country home for narrowboat

ONE minute we were living the high life, the next we were selling everything we owned on eBay.Read

Real Life: How our family dog helped to calm our daughter down

I AM glad my mum lives near our home – because she was able to phone me to warn Shannon was up on our ROOF.Read

A 'bumpalicious' way to beat the baby blues!

AMANDA Rees had visions of herself as an ‘earth mother’ after her first child arrived.Read

I want to be a 'supermummy' says supernanny Jo Frost

SUPERNANNY Jo Frost could soon become a super mummy after revealing she is trying for her first baby.Read

Real Life: I lost my mum to breast cancer then my sister and I got it at the same time

I WAS only nine when my Mum died. She was just 42 and had breast cancer.Read

Real Life: The day my son delivered his baby brother

I WAS just getting ready to take Connor to school when my labour pains started.Read

Britain's Got Talent stars Twist and Pulse open Ben 10: Ultimate Mission rollercoaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park

Drayton Manor Theme Park yesterday opened its newest ride at the park, which was unveiled at a special VIP event by Twist and Pulse, the sensational street dance duo who were runners up on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent 2010.Read

Real Life: My brother has to inject himself four times a day

IT ALL started in March last year.Read

Parents of tragic Birmingham girl call for swine flu vaccinations for children

The parents of a three-year-old Birmingham girl believed to have died from swine flu are calling on the Government to vaccinate children against the virus.Read

Europe’s first Ben 10 roller coaster coming to Drayton Manor Theme Park along with new Cartoon Network Street

Ben 10, the smash-hit cartoon hero, is set to make the award-winning Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, his new home. Read

2,500 people celebrate 65th Anniversary of Thomas & Friends at Drayton Manor Theme Park

Extravaganza for 65th Anniversary of Thomas & Friends™ at Thomas Land™, Drayton Manor Theme ParkRead

Real Life: Meet the Midland's answer to The Waltons

WHEN our first child Martin was born 28 years ago, we had no reason to think anything was wrong.Read

End of an era as Drayton Manor Theme Park says adios to Sombrero ride

Drayton Manor Theme Park says adios to Sombrero rideRead

Real Life: I know my daughter won't live through her teens

I FIRST noticed something wrong when Faye was just three and a half years old. I would call her name and she looked like she was in another world.Read

Solihull family's amazing around the world gap year

MY dad died of lung cancer in 2008 and my mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer months later before passing away last year.Read

Families wanted for JDRF diabetes charity walk at Drayton Manor Theme Park

Families in the midlands are being encouraged to register now to take place in the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes and help raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).Read

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