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Clubs will find way round law
It is a pity that most people in Swindon seem to have been completely unaware that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of Swindon's creation as a borough. Our town has lived through a century of ups and downs, disappointments and triumphs. And its achievements
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Keep it clean
ANDY King will reshuffle his defensive pack tomorrow (Saturday, November 11), confident he will find the recipe for his first clean sheet. The new Town boss had hoped to bring in extra cover for the back five as he faces up to life without the suspended
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Town cruise into next round
Chippenham Town 2 Warminster Town 0 CHIPPENHAM Town strolled to an easy victory over Warminster Town in the preliminary round of the Les Phillips Cup on Saturday. Chippenham manager Tommy Saunders, who was named Screwfix Premier Division manager of the
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Assembly Hall takeover plans win support
THE FUTURE of the Assembly Hall in Warminster is one step nearer safety after transfer plans received vital support last week. The transfer of the hall from West Wiltshire District Council to Warminster Town Council next April looks set to go ahead, after
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Jewellery snatched from shop
STAFF at a jewellery store in Warminster were left reeling when a thief snatched a gold chain worth more than £500. Sales staff at Gem Box Jewellers, in High Street, chased a woman into the street on Wednesday after she stole the nine carat gold chain
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Bus driverattacked
By Craig Evry A BUS DRIVER was beaten and robbed of his takings in a vicious attack, which he describes as the worst incident in his 10-year career. Gordon Cargill, 33, of Warminster, was beaten around the head and punched several times in the face by
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£12m Army road 'money well spent'
I FOR one did not agree with your editorial knocking the Army for spending so much money on a new road (Wiltshire Times, October 20). The Southern Range Road will benefit other road users by taking military vehicles off civilian roads and lead to less
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A question of morals
CLLR Adrian Fox referred again to the invitation he extended to some of us to join the party visiting Daventry to see how they deal with their refuse disposal problem (Wiltshire Times, October 27). I do not wish to do so because I feel that I would lose
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Armistice Day reminderof pilgrimage tours
AS Armistice Day approaches may I remind your readers of the work of the War Research Society, the Battlefield Pilgrimage Tour Organisation. Since it was originally formed by a group of retired and serving police officers, the society has grown rapidly
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Tributes to Trowbridge footballer who made it big
FORMER Trowbridge Town player and Arsenal's current reserve team manager George Armstrong, left, has died at the age of 56. The former Gunners double winner suffered a brain haemorrhage and died last Tuesday at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital. Armstrong
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Corsham let lead slip
SCREWFIX LEAGUE Corsham Town 1, Torrington 2 CORSHAM Town came out second best in a First Division game that revolved around penalties. The home side went ahead through a James Griffin penalty in the first half and took the lead into the break. Corsham
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Cup action hots up after Bonfire Night
INDOOR FOOTBALL WESTBURY-based Castle Inn made it a Bonfire Night to remember by starting and finishing the first seven weeks of the West Wilts Five-a-Side League at the top of the table. No rain stopped play for the five-a-side league which is played
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BMX track well behind schedule
By Sara Oliver PLANS for a £24,000 BMX track in Trowbridge have been delayed by red tape. The scheme to build a track on Studley Green recreation ground sparked protests from people in Tower Close which just yards away from the site. Now Trowbridge Town
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Work on nursery starts next week
WORK starts next week on a children's nursery in Trowbridge that will cost almost £1m. Building firm David McLean is due to move on site in Paxcroft Mead to start work on the purpose-built nursery which will have about 100 new places. The nursery is being
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Drinking in street could be banned
By Sara Oliver DRINKING on the streets in Trowbridge could be outlawed in a bid to wipe out late-night crime in the town centre. The stringent action would ban drinking alcohol in the open air anywhere in the town. The move has provoked mixed reactions
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Touching letter from Thomas
KINDHEARTED Trowbridge pupil Thomas Carpenter had a very special reason for wanting to switch on the town's Christmas lights display. Thomas, who lives in Chepston Place, was chosen this week from 85 entries to flick the switch that lights up the town's
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Scrapped pigeon cull court action
By Sara Oliver A PIGEON expert is taking court action over £1,991 he claims he is owed for Trowbridge's scrapped cull. Glyn Davis claims his Gloucestershire-based firm Tecton is owed the money by Trowbridge Town Council for the work it did on the proposed
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Praise from A350 crash victims
FOLLOWING our car accident which happened last Saturday on the A350 Westbury to Yarnbrook Road, we would just like to say a big thank you to the kind and helpful people who stopped and rang the emergency services for us and waited with us until the emergency
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Stalls move location to boost trade
THE Melksham Farmers' Market is at a different location today in a bid to encourage trade. The farmers' market was launched last spring and was a popular event. In recent months attendance dropped to the point where many of the farm producers were not
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Widen the debate
THE local District Plan is again up for discussion and the debate about rural buffers has grown in importance. In the latest proposal it is suggested that an extended rural buffer be created between Paxcroft Mead and the conservation area of Hilperton
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One-sided view
Mr Gledhill's letter in last week's issue of the Wiltshire Times offers a one-sided view of the Hilperton Gap proposed new road. That same writer also issued a news sheet, a copy of which was placed in a prominent position in the window of a St Thomas's
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Callard hits out at team
JON CALLARD summed up his feelings after Saturday's defeat against Gloucester by saying: "I can't give you any words that you can print." That sentence just about summed up the thoughts of a majority of the 6,200 crowd packed into Bath's homely ground
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Thundering lorries
Does the editor of the Wiltshire Times have something against the inhabitants of Hilperton ? Last week's letters page contained not one, but two letters which sought to perpetuate the awful traffic situation that we currently have to endure. The first
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Battle is on over road plan
BATTLE lines are being drawn up over the controversial Hilperton bypass which will cut the protected Gap in two. Environmentalists are stepping up their campaign to stop the road being built, and land alongside its route being sacrificed for housing to
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Cricket club wins lottery handout
BEANACRE Cricket Club has been awarded £105,774 by the National Lottery to finish its pavilion. The pavilion, in the King George playing field, Melksham, will cost £162,729, and Sport England, a group charged with distributing lottery money, has awarded
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Artist draws hospice crowd
The Wiltshire Times appeal to help the Dorothy House Hospice at Winsley is being helped by a number of events in the run-up to Christmas. We have joined forces with Latona Leisure, owners of the Leigh Park Hotel in Bradford on Avon, Tesco and Wiltshire
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Stabbing victim is 'lucky to be alive'
By Holly Robinson FILM student Ben Chancellor says he is lucky to be alive after being stabbed in the face and neck while on a backpacking tour of Australia. Mr Chancellor, 22, of Bradford on Avon, was attacked by two teenagers as he walked home to his
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Team gets a winning look
MFI Homeworks in Swindon have donated £50 towards the purchase of training bibs for Wootton Bassett under-8s football club. Store manager Bob Goode presented the bibs to the club's manager Fred Doherty. Mr Goode said: "This donation expresses our appreciation
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Happy 100th
It was a momentous day in the history of Swindon yesterday but you would never have known it. The day marked the centenary of Swindon winning borough status. But there were no marching bands, church services, or gala dinners to celebrate 100 years of
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Poppy appeal tins are taken
Thieves have stolen two Poppy Appeal collection tins just days before the Remembrance Sunday services which will honour the town's war dead. They were taken from Boots the Chemist in Wood Street, Old Town, and the HSBC Bank in Regent Street on Tuesday
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Brewing plant is off to Korea
By Trevor Porter Specialist brewing vessels from Ushers are this week being dismantled ready to be shipped to the other side of the world. Millions of pounds worth of high tech brewery equipment is being taken out piece by piece to be shipped to North
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Drunk youth smashed shopwindow
A TEENAGER who threw a concrete slab through a glass window during a drunken rampage appeared in court charged with being drunk and disorderly behaviour. Andrew Duckett, 18, of Westfield Close, Trowbridge pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared
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Discovery in skip puts man in court
By Craig Evry A MAN questioned by police in connection with the Trowbridge drive-by shooting pleaded guilty to stealing a saw from a scrapyard skip. Robert Cook, of Carders Corner, Trowbridge, appeared before North West Wiltshire Magistrates' Court last
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Floods hit hospital
SEVEN patients were evacuated from a hospital ward as flood water swept through. Water poured off the fields at the back of Westbury Hospital on Sunday night, forcing staff to evacuate the patients in Catherine ward. Patients spent the night in the day
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Father Christmas is our kinda skyguy!
A giant inflatable Santa and his friends will take to the sky like rockets as part of the town's yuletide countdown. The Evening Advertiser has sponsored the six inflatable characters, or 'skyguys' a soldier, snowman, doll, clown and spaceman as part
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Mamma Maria's love story
Good living, hard work and a splash of Italian passion turned out to be a recipe for true love according to golden wedding couple Maria and Giovanni Maddalena. The fiery pair, who have lived in Swindon for more than 40 years, will celebrate their special
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Rats are on the increase
Swindon's rat population is on the increase because colonies are finding rich pickings among discarded fast food containers and bin bags in the town. Pest control officers are warning people to take more care over disposing of their waste in a bid to
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And the winner is
Unsung heroes from Swindon's voluntary sector have been recognised in a special award service. Voluntary organisations and individual volunteers received certificates of merit for their vital contributions within the community. The third annual award
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Accountant is facing jail term
Disgraced accountant Anthony Seymour is facing the prospect of a lengthy prison term after embezzling hundreds of thousands of pounds from a local company. Over a two and a half year period, the 39-year-old stole about £350,000 from Bonar Automation,
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Author Freely walks on the Parent Trap
Hundreds of Swindonians turned out for the second lecture of the University of Bath in Swindon's open programme. Author and writer for the Guardian, Maureen Freely gave families a lesson in what problems they face in modern life with her lecture 'the
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Tuck in to puddings and help a good cause
Pudding lovers can eat as much as they want and raise money for charity at the same time. A posh frocks and puddings do has been organised in Wootton Bassett for much-needed pre-school funds. For just £5, guests can enjoy as many puddings as they can
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Darts team scores £1,000 for charity
A ladies darts team has hit the bulls eye for Princess Margaret Hospital's coronary care unit. The courage Indepen-dent ladies Darts League raised £1000 for the unit and a further £400 for a hospice in Oxford. Managing director of Arkell's Brewery, James
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Fry's boys lacking consistency
BARRY Fry's side have yet to find any consistency as they adjust to life in a higher division. The euphoria of a Wembley play -off triumph has not been enough to propel the London Road outfit towards the top of Division Two. Town's hosts crashed 2-1 at
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Circles hoaxer lands in court
MATTHEW Williams's attempt to debunk the theory that crop circles are anything but human in origin landed him in court this week. The first-ever prosecution for making crop circles has uncovered a vicious rivalry between the different factions in crop
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Graz expecting 'warm welcome'
GIULIANO Grazioli is not expecting a standing ovation from the Peterborough faithful tomorrow afternoon. The Town striker is likely to have to settle for a place on the bench against his former club but has no doubt some fans will still ensure he receives
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Bin men say jobs bid will be unfair
By Sara Oliver REFUSE collectors in west Wiltshire claim they are being given no chance to bid fairly for their own jobs. The bin men claim the service has been under-funded by West Wiltshire District Council for so many years that they are operating
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Fundraisers gear up for Children in Need
PEOPLE in Wiltshire are preparing to do their bit for Children In Need next Friday. Dominic Arnold, from Chippenham, is shaving his head at 9pm on the night of the televised appeal. Richard and Paula Young are organising a 12-hour class of non-stop kickboxing
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Knee-deep in our rubbish
While walking around Swindon recently, I have noticed a huge rise in the amount of rubbish in the streets. Most of this urban flotsam appears to be snack food and soft drink containers, carelessly discarded. Unfortunately the biggest culprits would seem
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Howe boost
BOBBY Howe has been told to ignore the boo boys and keep on playing the game his way. Manager Andy King says he has no problems with the form of the midfielder and does not want him to feel downhearted. Howe has been the target of fans' abuse in recent
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Road costs package is welcomed
ROAD hauliers in west Wiltshire have cautiously welcomed Chancellor Gordon Brown's package of measures which will cut road costs. In his mini-budget, Mr Brown surprised many with his £6 billion package, which includes a freeze on fuel duty, cuts in the
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Give credit where it is due
As a supporter and admirer of the Cellular Operations building, I would like to congratulate them on winning the Best Large Office Award. During my time as a borough councillor, I heard criticism from some of the local residents and from Conservative
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Keep it clean
ANDY King will reshuffle his defensive pack tomorrow (Saturday, November 11), confident he will find the recipe for his first clean sheet. The new Town boss had hoped to bring in extra cover for the back five as he faces up to life without the suspended
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Repairs mean more delays for commuters
RAIL commuters are being warned to expect further delays because of flooding and repairs. Trains from Westbury to London will travel via Swindon, adding at least half an hour onto the journey. The delays are due to repairs to the line between Westbury
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Own up and be named
You recently wrote an excellent article on retired engine driver Norman Wiltshire, a man of honesty and integrity, and 46 years of experience on GWR and British Rail. Who better to pass an opinion on the railways since privatisation? With 30 people losing
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Fuel rumours prompt more panic buying
RUMOURS of fuel shortages swept west Wiltshire, with panic buyers forcing some petrol stations to close. Garages were overwhelmed by panic-stricken motorists who did not want to be caught out with no fuel. Many also filled up petrol cans. Petrol pump
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Get BSE facts straight
John Utting (November 3) would do well to study the Phillips report and the scientific evidence with a little more care before making misguided accusations. Neither of the main political parties are known for pulling their punches in House of Commons
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History all over again!
With all the hype and speculation the current bad weather has produced it would appear that most people have overlooked the most obvious explanation. We are told that the world was once in the grip of an Ice Age, which means that global warming has been
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Winning streak continues
RUGBY Tetley Bitter Vase Westbury 1st XV 30, North Dorset 1st XV 7 Westbury continued their recent good run with their seventh successive win, beating North Dorset to progress to the forth round of the Tetley Bitter vase. They started strongly and pressurised
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It has been a century of successes
It is a pity that most people in Swindon seem to have been completely unaware that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of Swindon's creation as a borough. Our town has lived through a century of ups and downs, disappointments and triumphs. And its achievements
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Town aim for more cup success
Well here it is folks, the FA Vase. Hands up who thinks tomorrow's game will be easy? Talking to some people and by the reaction of the local bookmakers, you would think we only had to turn up to go through to the next round. What utter rubbish. Tomorrow
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Estate drug fearsafter heroin arrest
By Craig Evry A MAN was rushed to hospital suffering from a suspected drug overdose after emergency services were alerted to an incident on a Warminster estate. Police and paramedics attended the address in Portway Lane last Wednesday evening and treated
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Howling success
A WOLF expert who has been working with the pack at Longleat for the last 18 months believes howling sessions could help reintroduce wolves into this country. Shaun Ellis started the wolf howling sessions last year in a bid to reorganise the pack's hierarchy
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Peer's book on love, life and politics
A BOOK detailing Lord Bath's thoughts on religion, marriage and politics is being launched this month. The book, The New World Order of Alexander Thynn, compiles a series of Lord Bath's essays, including one on the meaning of life. His controversial views
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Drivers escape injury in collision
TWO drivers escaped serious injury on Tuesday afternoon when a builder's trailer laden with cement was crushed by a seven-tonne truck. The trailer was being towed by a 4 x 4 vehicle along the A350 towards Warminster when it was in collision with the unladen
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Two Warminster schools win quality awards
TWO primary schools in Warminster were celebrating this week after being awarded the quality mark for increasing standards in literacy and numeracy. Crockerton and Heytesbury Primary Schools were both visited by Wiltshire County Council chief education
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Switch lackscredibility
Re Cllr Brian Mudge's letter (Wiltshire Times, November 3). Yes, I should have spoken earlier at a full council meeting. However, the statement I wanted to make was not embarrassing or out of order, merely a statement of fact. Cllr Chivers knew about
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Thanks all round forhelp in the floods
MAY I, on behalf of the residents of Westlands Lane, and for the second time in 10 months, say how very grateful we all are for the outstanding efforts of the Wiltshire Fire Brigade crew who once again displayed their true professionalism in dealing with
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On the wrong track
We were dismayed to read Mrs Daniels's suggestion to dump Bradford on Avon's frustration on Staverton, Hilperton Marsh and Hilperton, by transferring their traffic to the B3105. Your photograph shows a straight part of the road at Frankleigh but Mrs Daniels
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Missing you - (lapsed fans, not ex-managers)
First up Oxford. As usual, there is a little more than just three points at stake against our rivals from down the road. Going into the match, after a much publicised undefeated run at the County Ground lasting 27 years against the 'Us', the pessimists
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Discovery in skip puts man in court
A Man questioned by police in connection with the Trowbridge drive-by shooting pleaded guilty to stealing a saw from a scrapyard skip. Robert Cook, of Carders Corner, Trowbridge, appeared before North West Wiltshire Magistrates' Court last Thursday in
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Trial dates for young England hopefuls
TRIALS for boys aiming to be on the developmental England Under 14s team will be held at three locations across the country this month. The players selected from the trials, held in London, Leicester and Manchester, will form the basis of the next Cadet
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Highworth to fly six clear
Hellenic Premier Division Leaders Highworth Town have a great chance to pull six points clear of their nearest rivals tomorrow. Highworth are at home to Bicester and should have the measure of them, having recently beaten them 6-0 on their own ground
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Chicago Rock plans 'just what the town needs'
OPERATORS bidding to open a £1.25m Chicago Rock Cafe in Trowbridge have been told it is just what the town needs. The company behind the cafe, which will bring 36 new jobs, won vital support when director Steve Dennis visited the town last week to explain
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Auction to raise cash for Lions
TROWBRIDGE Lions are holding an auction at the Civic Hall on Thursday at 8pm to raise money for the Lions holiday caravan which has to be replaced. Each year the Lions give 27 needy families a week's caravan holiday at Brean Sands. Transport to and from
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Christmas lights party
THOUSANDS are expected to pack in to Trowbridge town centre to see this year's Christmas lights switched on next week. Trowbridge will roll back the years, celebrating the start of the run-up to the festive season in Victorian style, with themed stalls
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Town security system needs business support
THE final touches are being put to the Trowbridge bid for £250,000 government cash towards security cameras in the town. The bid has to be submitted by December 20. The scheme has been altered slightly following discussions with the Government Office
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Don't object to a better service
While I am sympathetic with Mr Plumb's and the WWDC refuse collectors' complaints (Wiltshire Times, November 3), as a council tax payer I am interested in getting best value from council services, not preserving council employees' jobs at any price. If
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Bowerhill's village hall to go ahead
TEN years after the first public meeting to launch a village hall in Bowerhill, Melksham, the wait is over. The delay in construction work has nearly ended and it is hoped that work will start in the spring. Pam Hartley, chairman of Bowerhill village
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Club members' fury at lockout
By Joanne Kelly ANGRY parents have slated the landlord of a gym school for barring their access. When parents arrived at the Wiltshire School of Gymnastics in Melksham they found the doors barricaded and the water switched off. The club is due to move
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Protests at petition
In response to Mr Gledhill's letter regarding the Gap road, could Mr Gledhill please let us villagers know how many times he wrote for the sake of his green views opposing the Paxcroft Mead development or how vigorously he protested the so-called bypass
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Menace to lives
The letter you published about the Hilperton Gap Road states that it was withdrawn from the Wiltshire Local Transport Plan and that the money earmarked for it, including the contribution from the Paxcroft Mead developer, will not be used. If this contribution
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Only half the story
Yes, Hilperton Parish Council and Trowbridge Town Council are due to have a meeting regarding the Gap but Mr Gledhill (Wiltshire Times letters, November 3) tells only half the story. The meeting, if it takes place, will be the first one between us; it
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Bradford's big switch-on
TRADERS in Bradford on Avon are gearing up for the festive season, with preparations under way for the annual Christmas lights switch-on. Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for the lighting-up ceremony on November 28 and this year's guests will
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Victim of alleged alley attack is sought
A man is being questioned in relation to an alleged attack in a Swindon alleyway. But officers are still looking for the woman who reported she had been assaulted. The victim told a member of the public that she had been attacked in an alley off Manchester
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Give us more time, plea by charity organiser
The Royal British Legion could be losing out on at least £10,000- worth of donations because Swindon Borough Council has only granted the organisation a four-day street licence to raise money in the town. In other parts of Wiltshire, Dorset and Sussex
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We'll nearly be back to normal on Monday, says rail boss
First Great Western today promised to provide a near normal service for most of its passengers from Monday onwards. It says delays and disruptions caused by flooding and Railtrack engineering work in recent weeks should be over for customers travelling
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Cracking crime this Christmas
A partnership has been launched between police, traders and transport companies to crack down on town centre crime this Christmas. The Swindon Initiative, which is made up of councillors, retail managers and captains of industry, is determined to make
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We can't get the staff
Gone are the days when simply putting a simple poster up in the store window was enough to attract would-be job applicants. Swindon's economic success means low unemployment and casual labour is not in plentiful supply. Now shops have had to accept that
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Disappointment still lingers
The disappointment is very difficult to describe in words. I still think about games we lost two or three years ago and this one is going to linger for a lot longer than that. It is going to leave a big scar that is going to remind me and inspire me to
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Floods make it difficult for anglers
ANGLING By Colin Scull THE atrocious weather over the past couple of weeks has badly hit sport on local rivers but once again anglers are lucky to have been able to fish on canals and still waters throughout the area, although in places it has been difficult
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Sainsbury's loses Westbury battle
By Craig Evry PLANS for a Sainsbury's store for Westbury Leigh were shelved after a heated debate on Thursday. The joint application by Sainsbury's and Persimmon to take the store to Westbury Leigh was refused after district councillors labelled it excessive
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Crash victim's widow thanks party goers
THE WIFE of road crash victim Andrew Wheeler believes the support she received after his death helped her to cope with the tragedy. A memorial party for Mr Wheeler, 35, of Westbury, who died when his car collided with a lorry at Yarnbrook in September
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Thieves cut razor wire to steal rare Pomeranian dogs
FOUR rare, Pomeranian dogs have been stolen from kennel owners Bill and Helen Braid. Mr and Mrs Braid, who run Burnside kennels in Hawkridge, near Westbury, have appealed for witnesses to the theft which happened on Saturday night. Mr Braid said: "The
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Chemical waste removal update
most of the potentially lethal chemicals left on the West Wilts Trading Estate by a controversial chemical waste reprocessing firm will be cleared by mid-December, says the consultants appointed to lead the clear-up operation. Consultants firm Monitor
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Land swap dealboost for sport
By Joanne Moore A LAND swap deal which would give Westbury a sporting complex in return for a new housing site has been revealed. Matravers School, Westbury, and West Wiltshire District Council are both considering selling playing field sites to housing
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Decline and fall of a much-loved 100-year-old oak tree
Another of Swindon's beloved trees is heading for the axe this time because of the storms. Earlier this week the Evening Advertiser reported that the old copper beech on the corner of Victoria Road and Bath Road is being felled on Sunday because fungi
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Food, glorious food!
Pupils of a Swindon school are budding nutritionists after designing their own healthy lunchtime menus. The 26 children in the Goddard Park Primary School Year Five class of Sue Chivers took part in the Midday Munching Project. Swindon Council joined
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Drug Action Team set to hold its first meeting
A special meeting headed by Swindon's new drug czar is taking place next week. The new Swindon Drug Action Team is asking all organisations with an interest in drug issues to send a representative to the meeting on Monday afternoon. The idea is to give
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Keeping it in the family for a free fun night out
Swindibn's first family-orientated social club is staging a free party for the community tomorrow to celebrate its first birthday. Businessmen spent £250,000 turning the old Plessey Social Club in Gorse Hill into the Vision Family Club last year. It was
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Soldiers tell of life in the army
The Army is making an appearance in the town centre tomorrow as part of a recruitment drive. Soldiers from the Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment will be outside McDonalds between 10am and 4pm. Currently based in Northern Ireland and only
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The end of the sky for old trio
Three old model Hercules transport aircraft will fly out from RAF Lyneham for the last time on Sunday. The aircraft are the first three of 25 old C-130Ks to be returned to Lockheed Martin in the USA under the contract that also covers the supply of the
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Could you help with books for the blind?
The Royal National Institute for the Blind is urgently appealing for talking book volunteers in Swindon. Volunteers play a vital role in choosing from over 12,000 titles and will have the satisfaction of knowing that they will be helping blind and partially
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How you can help to beat loneliness
Isolation and loneliness are all too common among elderly people. But a woman who has just become a pensioner, is looking to turn this around in Swindon by setting up a social group. Ann Godfrey already runs the highly successful Contact The Elderly in
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Posh beckons for old boy Bart
MOST players have had to put up with the odd jibe from the fans at one time or another in their careers. Supporters especially tend to enjoy dishing out the treatment to former players returning with new clubs. It can often be enough to put even the strongest
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Madness to build on the Front Garden
On October 31 you asked about the Front Garden 'Can they build here?' The answer is no, if they have any common sense. Deputy council leader Derek Benfield says: "What you have to remember is that no drainage has been built on the Front Garden yet." Where
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Young's attitude is spot on for Andy
YOUTH team hero Alan Young has been given a further boost after being included in the Town squad to face Peterborough this weekend. The 17-year-old midfielder fired four goals in Wednesday's 4-1 FA Youth Cup win over Woking to set up a third round clash
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Plan shows location of new homes
DETAILS of where 3,000 new homes will be built in west Wiltshire over the next 10 years have been announced. The bulk will be built in Trowbridge which will take 1,531, while 790 will go to Melksham, 487 to Westbury, 280 to Warminster, and 95 to Bradford
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No laughing matter for the horses
I was saddened to read that some people were amused by the equine squatters at 22 Bath Road. Perhaps if they could see the conditions these horses have to endure, they would not find the subject so funny. The only access to grazing is a tiny piece of
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Good reasons to have pridE
It is very rare to come away from a meeting that has been inspiring and uplifting. The meeting at the college on Saturday, November 4, organised by the Mechanics Trust, achieved that magic formula. The main speakers were excellent. The audience contributed
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Family mark son's debut
By Michael Crutchley FORMER Trowbridge rugby player and schoolboy Danny Richmond achieved his life's dream on Saturday when he made his first-team debut for Northampton. Richmond, 21, came on as a substitute against Leeds in the Tetley Bitter Cup, cheered
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Chippenham boys enjoy success as hosts finish second
DEVIZES mini rugby tournament has been hailed a success despite the bad weather at the weekend. In Chippenham's first festival of the season, the under 8s took two squads to the tournament at Dauntsey's School. The A team won three out of four matches
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Trowbridge ready for visit of Frome
Old Sulians 1st XV 12 Trowbridge 1st XV 29 TROWBRIDGE gained a convincing and much-needed victory against Old Sulians in preparation of the visit of league leaders Frome tomorrow. Trowbridge's committed play was rewarded with tries from Wayne Day (2),
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Swindon seek 26th win
AFTER last week's tough third round Intermediate Cup encounter with Cinderford, Swindon return to bread-and-butter action tomorrow, looking for their 26th straight league win. This weekend they are at home against Oxford Harlequins and the three other
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Bassett on a roll
WOOTTON Bassett, currently lying in fourth place in the Southern Counties South table, will be looking to leapfrog over third-placed Devizes in this eagerly awaited Wiltshire derby clash at Stoneover Lane. Bassett are on the crest of a wave at the moment
