Birmingham Mail

SOME stories restore our faith in human nature.

The tale of Manchester United fans Tony Bugby and his young son Daniel, stranded near Villa Park after their car tyres were slashed during the recent FA Cup match, fits that category.

Shame on the idiots who derived some form of perverted pleasure from vandalising the Bugbys' car.

Shame, too, on the three national breakdown companies that said they could not help because it was impossible to obtain tyres on a Saturday night.

But let us concentrate instead on Great Barr firm Beeches Recovery for stepping into the breach.

The Good Samaritans took just an hour to get Tony and Daniel back on the road after finding replacement tyres at a local breaker's yard.

Apart from the cost of the recovery, the firm refused any further payment.

Recovery technician Bryan Penney summed it up neatly: "I followed the company motto - go that extra mile with a minimum of fuss."

It is not hard to imagine who felt a warm glow of satisfaction after this incident.

Not the numbskulls who slashed the tyres, nor the jobs worths who could not be bothered to help, but the shining knights who rode to the rescue.

Well done Beeches.