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Beryl, 48, still bears the scars

BERYL Smart is nearly 50, but her life has been shaped by her torment at the hands of playground bullies more than 30 years ago. Read

Funeral go-ahead for tragic teenager

THE family of tragic Anna Marie Averill told of their devastation as they were given the go-ahead to start planning her funeral. Read

Bullying forced my girl out of school

A TEENAGER whose parents say she has been bullied for two years has been withdrawn from school weeks before her vital GCSE exams. Read

Riddle of fight for freedom

A CAMPAIGN to free the killer of teenager Nicola Dixon appeared to have ground to a halt today. Read

Killed by bullies

ANOTHER Birmingham schoolgirl has killed herself after being driven to desperation by school bullies. Read

Blighted by burglars

THEY are Birmingham's house burglary blackspots - and they can be revealed by the Evening Mail tonight. Read

Could your unborn tot be dead

BLUNDERING benefits bosses left a mum-to-be in tears by wrongly suggesting her unborn child was dead. Read

Sharing the celebration

THE sun shone on up to 70,000 revellers who packed a city park for Birmingham's huge Vaisakhi celebrations. Read

Intimidation claim over child's gran

THE father of a toddler allegedly murdered by her mother has been locked up. Read

Fiend caged for nine years

A BRUTAL subway rapist who terrorised a teenager at knifepoint and treated her "like a lump of meat" was today starting a nine-year jail sentence. Read

Families fury at cut line

Almost a dozen families are suffering from crossed lines after bungling phone bosses left them cut off for more than three weeks. Read

Sick tot family at war

Battling baby Charlotte Wyatt has won the hearts of millions with her courageous fight for life. Read

Mums-to-be scan shock

Thousands of mums-to-be have been forced to pay £150 for crucial pregnancy scans because of staff shortages at hospitals in Birmingham and Solihull. Read

Vintage bike survives second blaze

An irreplaceable motorbike has escaped the scrapheap for a second time after a blaze tore through a restorer's workshop. Read

Welcome to rat central

A city street was today dubbed Rat Central by furious families after bags of festering rubbish remained uncollected by the council for ten days. Read

Anger after man's death

A furious row erupted today over claims a vulnerable tenant lay dead in his home for up to six weeks. Read

Ambulance bosses fear court action

Ambulance services across the country could be prosecuted after council chiefs won two pioneering test cases against city hospital transport firms. Read