BULLY BURNS CANCER GIRL'S NEW HAIR OFF; Terror of Bianca, 12.Byline: Richard Smith A PLAYGROUND bully set fire to the hair of schoolgirl who has spent years battling cancer. It had taken Bianca Powell, who celebrates her 12th birthday today, four years to regrow Re`grow´ v. i. & t. 1. To grow again. The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.] - A. B. Buckley. Verb 1. her shoulder-length hair after losing it as she endured years of chemotherapy. But now she has lost a large section of hair on the back of her head after a 14-year-old boy set it on fire with a lighter. Bianca ran screaming to a teacher, who put out the flames with her hands. The terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. girl suffered shock and mild burns in the attack, which left her clothes charred and blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. . Police arrested the boy, who is believed to have been excluded from lessons. Bianca's dad Jason, 38, was yesterday keeping her at home. He said:'Bianca can't get over this.She just keeps on asking, 'How could anybody do this to me'. 'We're told the boy has been expelled but he is still hanging around and she is frightened.We've pulled her out of school because they cannot guarantee her safety. 'Bianca is blind in her left eye and the left side of her face is paralysed. She's only been back in school since September after many, many months off. 'She'd loved being at school with her friends until this happened. 'She's told us she was waiting to go into a lesson when this boy attacked her. He was messing around with a cigarette lighter. Then one of her friends screamed: 'Bianca, he's set your hair on fire.' Bianca was diagnosed with a brain tumour Noun 1. brain tumour - a tumor in the brain brain tumor neoplasm, tumor, tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose glioblastoma, spongioblastoma - a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always when she was three and has spent most of her life battling cancer. Jason added: 'It's dreadful someone could do this after all she's been through. 'It took a lot of courage for her to return to school. She really wants to go back. 'But we've been through hell and back as a family and we love her so much.We want her to be safe and happy.' Bianca's school, a comprehensive in south Wales South Wales south n → sud m du Pays de Galles which can't be identified for legal reasons, was described as 'very good ... with many strengths' in a recent report by inspectors. It also won an award for an anti-bullying scheme. The head teacher said: 'There was an incident which was of a serious nature. It is being dealt with by the school using appropriate procedures.' A police spokesman said: 'A 14--year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed pending further inquiries.' Bianca, who has two younger sisters, will celebrate her birthday today at the family home in Morriston, Swansea. CAPTION(S): FIRE HORROR: Bianca 
That nasty boy should at the very least be thrown out of school PERMANENTLY! He should be deprived of his right to a free public education. If he has to work at some greasy burger joint the rest of his life for lack of an education, tough beans! He should be publicly FLOGGED for burning a poor little girl who had to suffer through the hell of cancer! He will go to a devil's hell if he doesn't repent and accept Christ as Savior. God hates rotten, cruel, unrepentant bullies!
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