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Alcester suffer big loss at Birmingham - Redditch Advertiser

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:09:46 GMT


Alcester suffer big loss at Birmingham
Redditch Advertiser
ALCESTER are still searching for their first win of 2012 after being comprehensively beaten by Birmingham Civil Service in Midlands Four West (South). The opening exchanges were tightly contested with both teams having chances despite neither being ...

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Alcester RFC juniors latest reports - Redditch Standard

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:41 GMT


Alcester RFC juniors latest reports
Redditch Standard
By Liam Moakes 02/02 Updated: 02/02 11:28 ALCESTER U15s claimed their first away win of the season as they won 12-0 at Harbury on Sunday despite not being at their best. The victory completed a season double over their opponents from Waterloo Fields, ...

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Council tax increase for Alcester residents - Redditch Standard

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:51:44 GMT


Council tax increase for Alcester residents
Redditch Standard
By Ian Dipple 03/02 Updated: 03/02 10:49 ALCESTER residents will pay around £6 extra a year to the town council after it approved a rise in its portion of the council tax. The increase of on average 11p a week will come into effect from April and ...

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2 arrested in string of burglaries in Alcester - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:55:56 GMT


2 arrested in string of burglaries in Alcester
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Two males, one a juvenile, were arrested recently in Union County accused of multiple burglaries and attempted break-ins in the Alcester area, according to a news release by the Union County Sheriff's Office. Aaron Lappegard, 19, of Alcester and a ...
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Firefighter Liam blazing for Ledbury against Old Wheatleyans - Hereford Times

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:55:54 GMT


Firefighter Liam blazing for Ledbury against Old Wheatleyans
Hereford Times
Paul Rudland's men have seven league matches remaining, starting with a trip to eighth-placed Alcester this Saturday. Ledbury hammered Alcester 73-6 when the teams met in October. Old Wheatleyans had arrived at Ross Road last weekend as the leaders but ...

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Alcester U15s show their fighting spirit - Redditch Standard

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:11:13 GMT


Alcester U15s show their fighting spirit
Redditch Standard
By Liam Moakes 26/01 Updated: 26/01 11:43 ALCESTER U15s staged an excellent recovery at a windy Kings Coughton on Sunday but could not prevent Keresley emerging with a 32-19 victory. A physical Keresley side powered into a 22-0 half time lead, ...

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Valiant Alcester lose to leaders - Redditch Standard

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:01:00 GMT


Valiant Alcester lose to leaders
Redditch Standard
By Liam Moakes 25/01 Updated: 25/01 12:50 ALCESTER slipped to a 35-5 defeat in Saturday's rearranged Midlands Four West (South) encounter at leaders Old Wheatleyans, although the scoreline does not do justice to an impressive performance from the ...

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Exiles sent packing by relentless Adders - This is Tamworth

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:07:34 GMT


Exiles sent packing by relentless Adders
This is Tamworth
WITH five league fixtures remaining, Atherstone's bonus point win over Birmingham Exiles puts them nine points clear of their nearest rivals Alcester and within six points of sixth-place Harbury. Exiles had no response to the power of the home side's ...

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Council pleads guilty over fire deaths - Redditch Standard

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:21:18 GMT


Council pleads guilty over fire deaths
Redditch Standard
Alcester firefighters Ashley Stephens, 20, and Darren Yates-Badley, 24, were found dead in the burnt building after a major fire at the vegetable packing plant, in November 2007. Colleagues John Averis, 27, and Ian Reid, 44, both also perished in the ...

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Residents unite to fight houses plan - Redditch Standard

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:23:46 GMT


Redditch Standard

Residents unite to fight houses plan
Redditch Standard
0512033MMR WORRIED residents have formed a campaign group to halt proposals to build over 350 houses in Alcester. Members of Eclipse Road Residents Group are concerned the two planning applications will have a major impact on the town including issues ...

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