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Real Life: Baby swimming has helped my little SWAN

AT THE age of four months, our baby Jessica stopped developing.Read

Real Life: My dad's determined to walk me down the aisle

I REALLY want my dad to walk me down the aisle at my wedding in June.Read

Real Life: I had three-quarters of my stomach removed to stop me over-eating

I’VE always struggled with my weight.Read

Real Life: I'm paralysed by strip lights in supermarkets, offices and hospitals

MY FACE dropped, I couldn’t move my arm and I lost my speech. I was scared to death.Read

Real Life: The boy who hated Christmas

AS a young boy, I was always miserable at Christmas.Read

Real Life: I went to doctors with swollen foot - and was diagnosed with cancer

KARLA first went to the doctor with a swollen foot – but within three weeks she had put on three stone.Read

Real Life: Midland mum risks frostbite when she goes shopping

Sandra Gordon has a rare condition which means she can suffer severe frostbite from just shopping at the supermarket. Read

Real Life: I was drinking up to 70 pints a day

THERE were lots of things that led to me becoming an alcoholic.Read

Real Life: At 48, the doctors said I'd never walk again - I'm proving them wrong

ONE day at work last July I found my left hand hovering over the keys of my computer.Read

Warwickshire boy becomes smallest in UK to have lung transplant

A four-year-old boy from Warwickshire has become the smallest person in the UK to have a successful lung transplant.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

Swine Flu deaths reported by health chiefs

HEALTH chiefs warned people to take up flu vaccines after it emerged that swine flu has killed 10 people in the past six weeks.Read

Hollyoaks babes urge drinkers to stay safe and get 'watered not slaughtered'

Over half of young adults in the West Midlands (56%) spend at least half a day recovering when they have a hangover, according to new research by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware*.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

Birmingham chef's Indian diet that could keep you slim!

HE’S the chef who wants people to spice up their lives – for a healthier future.Read

Boy speaks after six months of whispering

MOST children chat to their mums from the back of the car, but when Tom Connelly started talking to his mother Karen, she burst into tears.Read

Former Birmingham City star to give away free footballs to help keep fans fit this summer

On Thursday 10th June, football fans in Birmingham are being invited down to Powerleague Birmingham, Salford Stadium at 6pm to meet football legend Steve Claridge as part of Drinkaware’s Hoof it! campaign. As football fever sweeps the nation, the alcohol awareness charity is giving away 10,000 free footballs to help fans be ‘match fit’ this summer.Read

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