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Peak climb nets £500
A 61-year-old who last year had a heart by-pass has climbed the highest mountain in England and Wales to raise more than £500 for Operation Covert. Malcolm Timmis, who has been involved in Scouting in Wyre Forest since he was a child, tackled the mighty
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Bargains at table top fair
Bargain hunters are being invited to a table top fair in aid of Operation Covert on Saturday. The fair will be held at the John Stretton Hall in New Road, next to Bed City, in Kidderminster. The event - organised by the KD9 Spennells Scout group - will
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Operation Covert - Teenage DJ Richard to host own fund-raiser
A TEENAGE DJ is to host a night of classic tunes in aid of Operation Covert. Richard Oakley, 16, will play music from the 60s to the 80s at the Coopers Arms in Canterbury Road, Kidderminster on Saturday. All proceeds from the event, which features
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Money is pouring in
SEVERN Water Products in Kidderminster is the latest company to pledge its support for Operation Covert. The Baldwin Road firm has donated £30 to our appeal. The family business, which specalises in filtration equipment and water audits, was pleased
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Donations flood in
A TOTAL of £400 has been pledged to Operation Covert by kind Wyre Forest residents since its launch seven days ago. Donations to our appeal have flooded in to the Shuttle/Times and News offices in Blackwell Street and to Kidderminster & District Scout
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Sally's delight as firm donates bike
A KIDDERMINSTER theft victim is "over the moon" after receiving a donated mountain bike to replace one which was stolen. Sally Hitchen, 13, of Sutton Park, was left devastated when her "pride and joy" - a red and black Apollo mountain bike - was snatched
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CRIME: Police seize bikes and cars in blitz
SIX people were arrested in a police crackdown on illegal riding of motorbikes and car driving on footpaths and roads in Kidderminster. The two-day blitz - named Operation Acoustics - was carried out in Spennells, Hoobrook and Aggborough on Wednesday
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Cleaning boss dumped waste
A CLEANING company boss was given a conditional discharge for two years and ordered to pay £6,645 in costs after admitting dumping chemical drums in the Wyre Forest area. Mark Attwood, 32, formerly of Lodge Road, Stourport and now of Chetwin Road,
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STOURPORT: Fear for town's traders
A LONG-STANDING Stour-port councillor has dem-anded residents and traders be given the chance to voice their opinions on whether they want a supermarket giant to move into town. Conservative, David Little, a town councillor for more than 20 years,
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Fears over single lane A456 plan
WYRE Forest Liberal councillors fear drivers could face lengthy delays if proposals to change the make-up of a busy Kidderminster road are enforced. The Highways Agency is planning alterations to the A456 Birmingham Road in a bid to improve safety and
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First round to firm in oil case
WORKERS at the Stourport plant of a company embroiled in a survival struggle with the Environment Agency have had their jobs reprieved by a High Court judge. Merseyside-based company OSS Group Ltd, which employs 50 people at its plant on the Sandy Lane
