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I love Jacob to pieces. If I could swap places with him I would do it in a heartbeat'
DOCTORS said he would never be born. But they were wrong. Then they gave him just a three per cent chance of survival. But they were wrong again. Jacob Luke Reed has continued to defy them and the
The Packington farming family who are passionate about pork and chickens
Ninety years of success in any industry is an achieve - ment but nine decades traversing the highs and lows of the farming world is worth more than a passing mention. Packington Free Range, which
A year on how new scanner has revolutionised care
IT resembles a giant Polo mint or white doughnut, cost £500,000, takes great pictures and is one-year-old this month. The object is Burton's Queen's Hospital's computerised tomography (CT) scanner, a
'I didn't cope very well. We had only been married for two weeks'
AS the country marked the 30th anniversary of the start of the Falklands War, a national remembrance centre near Burton became the focus of the commemoration. The National Memorial Arboretum, in
Hitting the right note and learning to play a tune in just 20 minutes
Today is National Learn to Play an Instrument Day which encourages people across the UK to do exactly that and one music shop in Burton is taking on the challenge to create a band with those who
Bringing back the former glory to a landmark brewery building
ONE of Burton's most prominent landmarks is in the process of being restored to former glories and given a new lease of life. The building, 107, Station Street, was once the home of the Allsopp's, and
Tony is a web wonder - against all the odds
THE launch of Burton IT business, Webb2b, is being celebrated today by businessmen Ian Page and Tony Harvey- Bacon. But two years ago this launch seemed an impossible dream when Tony was diagnosed
Eight decades of doing it the M&S way in Burton
TODAY Burton's Marks & Spencer store celebrates 80 years of serving customers in Burton. The shop first opened its doors in 1932 and has been an instantly recognisable part of the town's landscape
'We don't want any other family to suffer . . .'
'CONSEQUENCE Car' is a fitting name for a new vehicle designed to help save the lives of young drivers across Burton, as schools and youth clubs get a stark warning about the devastating aftermath of
