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A woman who helped set up a charity to provide toiletries to those in need has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Karen Harvey from Upwell has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the honours announced on Saturday for services to people living in hygiene poverty, to considerate consumption, and to the environment. She founded Toiletries Amnesty (TA) in 2014 for one homeless shelter in Cambridge, using spare, unwanted, or unused toiletry products, and the project has grown to provide more than 800 charitable organisations in the UK and worldwide. She has b…