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Handgun found near kids' school
by Scott McClymont   
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UNCOVERED: The handgun
 A HANDGUN, heroin and stolen goods were seized by police in a series of dramatic drug raids across the Wee County last week.
 
Officers  swooped on homes in Tullibody and Tillicoultry in an operation that combined Clackmannanshire’s 14 community constables alongside  CID and community wardens as they aimed to reassure the local community of their commitment to disrupt the illegal activities of a small network of low level dealers.

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Football louts banned for years
by Scott McClymont   
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CAUGHT: Elliot MacRae in Osasuna
 THREE vicious Wee County football hooligans were hit with lengthy football banning orders last week after rampaging through Alloa.
 
Mindless Tullibody thugs Elliot MacRae and Lee McKellican, along with Leigh Wheater from Alva, were convicted after attacking supporters outside Recreation Park after Alloa’s glamour Scottish Cup tie against Aberdeen last January

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Man pleads guilty too axe attack
by Alison McCallum   
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AXE MAN: David Dewar
 A MAN has admitted carrying out an axe attack in the Wee County after people threw bricks at his house.
 
David Dewar’s victim needed two internal stitches after being struck on the hip with an axe.

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Alva pupils go made for Fairtrade fun day
by Scott McClymont   
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Fairtrade Fun: Natalie Campbell and Ciara Barker
 ALVA Academy pupils and staff joined together last week to celebrate Fairtrade fortnight as they continued their bid to help third world producers get a better deal.
 
Members of the school’s charity committee held a Mad Hatters Tea Party during the morning interval with all teachers displaying their most outrageous head gear.

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A point saved but Alloa need more to be champs
by Scott McClymont   
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JUBILATION: David McClune celebrates
 ALLOA boss Allan Maitland hailed his side’s never-say-die attitude but warned his stars they would need to do better to claim the Second Division title.
 
The Wasps were outplayed for the majority of Saturday’s clash with bottom of the table Clyde and had to rely on a late wonder strike from David McClune to claim a point.

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Tilly climber cheats death in the mountains
by Alison McCallum   
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GREAT ESCAPE: Sam Burns
 A WEE County man cheated death on one of Scotland’s top mountain ranges after falling down the cliff-face, being held only by security ropes writes Alison McCallum.
 
Tillicoultry man Sam Burns had been climbing the Cairngorms with his 32-year-old friend Paul Manson when disaster struck.

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Farmhouse damaged in huge hillside blaze
by Martin Little   
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BLAZE: The fire rages
 FIRE swept across the Ochils on Monday night – burning dangerously close to nearby homes in Alva.
 
Rhodder’s Farmhouse, just outside the town, suffered slight damage when it was set alight by sparks caught in the loft of the home.

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