A PAEDOPHILE nursery worker has admitted raping a toddler in his care and grooming more than 20 other girls online.

BIRMINGHAM’S police chief defended his decision to evacuate 20,000 people from the city centre on Saturday night, insisting there had been a “real and significant” threat to lives.

Birmingham’s police chief today defended his decision to evacuate some 20,000 people from the city centre last night, insisting there had been a “real and significant” threat to lives.

The mother of one of two teenagers gunned down outside a New Year party today pleaded with the public to help catch her daughter’s killer and for rival gangs not to seek revenge for the death.