Following a burglary in May, Middleton Cheney Scout Group faced repairs of £1,181, but when the group tried to claim on its Norwich Union insurance policy, it was told it wasn’t not covered.
Group executive Chris Palmer checked directly with the company and was told to go ahead with repairs.
But his information turned out to be false, leaving the group threatened with closure as it could not cover the costs that Norwich Union were not prepared to pay. After the Banbury Guardian took up the case, Norwich Union agreed to cover the repairs, admitting it had handed out the false information.
The idea was to plant new woodland to mark the 75th anniversary of the park’s opening.
Citizen editor Alec Stuttard said: “It was particularly pleasing to learn that a lot of our readers responded. We were only too happy as a company to support the scheme ourselves.”
The firm that supplied to skip refused to move it until the asbestos was removed – but the contractor failed to act.
In the end the Chronicle got in touch with the builders and the skip was finally taken away.
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