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Electrician in horror plunge through shop roof
A MAN has been seriously injured after falling nearly 40 feet through the roof of the Primark store in the Kingfisher Shopping Centre. The 23-year-old electrician who had been working in a lift shaft, fell through two plasterboard ceilings and became
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Children aired views at PACT
YOUNGSTERS at Matchborough First School got the chance to have their say at a recent Youth PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting. The meeting, which was a combined Youth PACT and school council meeting, follows on from earlier meetings held
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DVD - Black Snake Moan (15)
THE film starts with Lazarus (Samuel L Jackson) feeling embittered when his wife of 12 years, leaves him for his best friend. He then finds young scantily dressed nymphomaniac Rae, (Christina Ricci) who has been beaten and left near-dead on a country
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DVD - Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (12)
AT the end of the Fullmetal Alchemist television series, Edward Elric sacrifices himself to restore his younger brother Alphonse and is ripped from his own world, Shamballa, into ours. The two find themselves in Germany in 1923 and uncover a plot to
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CD - The Simpsons Testify: A Whole Lot More Original Music from the Television Series - Various
HANDS up who remembers The Simpsons' Halloween special where the family wishes that they were rich and famous on a cursed monkey paw. After the wish, the family learn that having their own image strewn across the land on every consumer product conceivable
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Book - The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
THIS is a wonderful first novel, it tells a story of love, mystery, family rebellion and a woman with an enviable adventure-filled life and an extraordinary memory. The story centres around two sisters, Hannah And Emmeline, who come from a wealthy and
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CD - The State Of Things - Reverend And The Makers
THE State Of Things is the debut album from Jon "Reverend" McClure and his Makers. With one part Arctic Monkeys, a generous portion of Depeche Mode and a pinch of Hard-Fi, the album has northern funk written all over it. On the surface the band don't
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Villages honoured
THE winning villages in the 2007 Calor Worcestershire Village of the Year competition, including Inkberrow, have been honoured at a presentation event at the Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway. The competition is organised by Community First and sponsored
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Zak’s off to Oxford
A SUPER student from Kingsley College has been chosen to be an Oxford University Ambassador, an honour awarded to only 100 young people aged 13-14 nationwide. After writing about the challenges facing young people and the way they are misunderstood,
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Station surprise!
VISITORS to Redditch Police Station this weekend are in for a surprise. As well as vintage cars, uniforms and equipment, people will be able to see the Mayor of Redditch, Councillor David Hunt, locked up in a cell. Other attractions at this year's open
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Lecture lunches
COUGHTON Court is running a series of lecture lunches each Friday during October. The historic property is inviting speakers from a whole range of backgrounds to give talks on their speciality, followed by a lunch. On October 12, Say Cheese with David
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School cash
WOOTTON Wawen Primary School has received a grant through Warwickshire County Council to tackle congestion. The school is among 33 to pick up grants from the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Transport. The grant will
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Pupils wax lyrical in poetry slam
DINGLESIDE Middle School played host to Birmingham's former Poet Laureate when it held a two-day poetry slam. Children completed workshops with Giovanni Esposito - otherwise known as "Spoz" - writing their own poetry and song lyrics. The slam was organised
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Road repairs to get cash boost
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council could be spending £15 million repairing roads across the whole county. The county council's cabinet has recommended borrowing the cash to fill in potholes in residential roads when it met on Friday, September 28. These
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Hourly service
REDDITCH residents now have an hourly bus link to Stratford via Alcester and Studley. The move comes after bus company Stagecoach in Warwickshire made amendments to route 26. Previously there were two routes, the 25/26 from Stratford to Redditch, but
