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A three-year-old boy went for a 10mph joyride in his parents' car, said The Sun. Andrew Mcdowell escaped unscathed, although he bumped into his dad, who was clinging onto the wing mirror, and crashed into two other vehicles. A rubber band saved the life of a baby girl born with a 'back-to-front' heart, said The Scotsman. Jamie-Lee Reat was just three months old when the rubber band was fitted around an artery to slow down the flow of blood round her body.

A rubber band saved the life of a baby girl born with a 'back-to-front' heart, said The Scotsman. Jamie-Lee Reat was just three months old when the rubber band was fitted around an artery to slow down the flow of blood round her body.

Blue Peter badge privileges have been suspended following the controversy over the sale of badges on eBay, said BBCNews. Fake badges that were being auctioned online have been removed from the site and debate continues over whether the real badges should also be removed.

Education secretary Ruth Kelly has ordered a village primary school near Carlisle to take on a violent seven-year-old, said the Daily Mail. The boy insulted and assaulted both staff and pupils at his previous school before being expelled. He allegedly hit another boy in the back because 'he said he was the boss of the Lego'.

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