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Decorated in glory
CATSHILL’S Phil Rutter scooped second prize in a top fishing contest. Rutter caught a 77lbs 9oz fish to finish runner-up in the Dulux Decorator Centres annual competition at Woodland View near Droitwich. The event was exclusively for DDC account customers
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A season ending in disappointment
Droitwich Spa cricketer Paul Bryan reflects on what proved to be an up and down season for his club. DROITWICH Spa Cricket Club had a mixed season in 2008. While the second team won the Saturday league for the third consecutive season
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Taking a second look
CABINET members on Bromsgrove District Council have agreed to look again at the disabled parking issue prior to the budget meeting for next year. At a meeting last Wednesday, the councillors endorsed a request by the scrutiny committee to look again
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Row over work rate
FEATHERS have been ruffled at County Hall after the new chief executive said some councillors, including two from Bromsgrove, weren’t on enough committees. A row broke out when 15 councillors were named and shamed, but the chief, Trish Haines, claimed
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In the pink
STAFF at a Bromsgrove shop were in the pink when they held a charity event. Peacocks, in High Street, held a pink pyjama party in aid of Cancer Research UK. Staff came to work dressed in their nightwear, a collecting bucket was placed near the tills
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Pushed teenager off a balcony
A violent man, who pushed a teenager off a balcony, is at risk of being given an extended jail sentence for public protection. Jimmy Barrett, aged 18, fell two stories onto concrete from a flat in Lyttleton Avenue, Bromsgrove. The fall shattered one
