WORLD flyweight karate champion Howard Brown was to visit Catshill Middle School every Wednesday to coach youngsters in the martial art. He had won his crown in 1979.
BROMSGROVE'S housing programme for next year was to be cut by over £500,000 due to the government's clampdown on local council spending. It would lead to cuts in new house building and £8,000 being axed from the budget, which provided grants to residents for loft insulation.
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