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A rockin' success
THE eighth Eddie Cochran festival attracted record numbers of visitors, with people travelling from Canada and Holland to Chippenham's Olympiad Leisure Centre. The celebrity line-up included Jet Harris from The Shadows, Elvis Presley's guitarist Scotty
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Book reflects life in village
CHARITY worker Linda Brazier, from Sutton Benger, has written a book about her life in Wiltshire villages. Mrs Brazier, 48, has lived in Sutton Benger for 24 years and has lived in villages throughout her life. She decided to write a book two years ago
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Neighbours' fears as group buys up homes
A ROW has erupted in a quiet Chippenham street after Westlea Housing Authority bought two houses. Resident Rodney Fernandes was outraged when an anonymous leaflet was posted through letterboxes in Hawthorn Road informing residents two houses had been
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Skaters wait until end of year for an answer
YOUNG skateboarders will have to wait until December to find out if a suitable new site for a Chippenham skate park has been identified. North Wiltshire District Council chief executive Bob Marshall said officers were looking at two sites for the facility
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Fatal crash in rush hour
A WOMAN was killed in an accident near Colerne at the height of the evening rush hour on Tuesday October 1. The accident happened at 5.40pm at Hunters Hall on the Fosseway. The road was closed until 10pm and police officers were at the scene the following
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Couple camp out for house
A YOUNG Chippenham family went on an undercover mission in Lower Compton to capture the home of their dreams. Amanda Goodship, husband Paul, both 29, and their six-month-old daughter Erykah camped out in a tent for a week to keep their place in a queue
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Rod and Line
with Roland Batten Angling: A BARBEL of just over 13lb was caught from the Avon between Downton and Brea-more on Saturday, the second 13lb-plus barbel from the stretch this year. John Thorne was fishing the Hale Syndicate water south of Downton and caught
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Dartford return looking to thwart Nick's trophy ambitions
Football: SALISBURY City manager Nick Holmes will warn his players not to be complacent as they go into their FA Trophy preliminary round tie at home to Dartford on Saturday as clear favourites. The two sides met at the Raymond McEnhill Stad-ium in the
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Strike a deal
TOWN'S board must give some ground in the battle with Neil Ruddock if Andy King is to have any hope of bringing in new players. Chief executive Mark Devlin has been told by the Professional Footballers' Association that the club must make a 'tangible'
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Arson fear over barn blaze
AN arson investigation has been launched following a barn fire in Highworth. The fire happened at The Buildings on Eastrop Farm, just outside the village, and led to £16,000 of damage. The flames took hold quickly around 2.30pm on September 24, destroying
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Villagers offered shares in wind farm
VILLAGERS are being offered the chance to buy shares in a wind farm energy project which has divided their communities. They will be able to invest in two of five giant wind turbines that could soon be built on a disused airfield at Watchfield, within
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School's new minibus is a winner
HIGHWORTH School pupils are looking forward to life in the fast lane after taking delivery of their first new minibus in 19 years. The vehicle, which cost over £14,000, will be used to ferry students to sports fixtures and for small group outings. Headteacher
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Police may hand over parking role
THE enforcement of parking laws could be handed over by police to North Wiltshire District Council as part of a new strategy to ease parking problems. The district council is meeting up with West Wiltshire District Council and Swindon Borough Council
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Fountain to return despite vandals
VANDALS who destroyed the ornamental fountain in John Coles Park, Chippenham, will not get the better of the town council, according to its head of service delivery Ray Lane. The stone fountain in the ornamental pond was broken when someone jumped over
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Village welcomes news post office is to reopen
CASTLE Combe post office, which was forced to close a year ago, reopened on October 3. Mac Turner and Hilary Baker closed the village post office and shop in November 2001, blaming the effect of foot and mouth and the terrorist attacks on America for
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Pitch talks to go into extra time
PLANS to build houses on the Allington School site in Chippenham have been delayed because Wiltshire County Council wants more time for talks on the provision of affordable housing and the town's new playing fields. The county council had submitted an
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Crime victims get new help
THE Crown Prosecution Service has launched a new scheme to help victims of crime cope better with the process of the law. Swindon South MP Julia Drown opened a new suite at the CPS Wiltshire headquarters, on Greenways Business Park in Chippenham on Friday
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Just quackers for a waddle down street
ANYONE dropping in at Pewsey Puddleducks Pre-School and Toddler groups last Friday would have been forgiven for thinking the world had gone quackers. The under fives and the toddlers joined together for a sponsored toddle-waddle in aid of Meningitis Research
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Second half cost us says Harrington
MIDFIELDER Mark Harrington felt the Bluebirds' lacklustre second half performance on Saturday had cost them a place in the third qualifying round of this year's FA Cup. Said Harrington: "It was just really disappointing. Coming up the hill in the first
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Harris is sick of number16
GILES Harris is desperate to rid himself of the Chippenham Town number 16 shirt after warming the bench for each of the Bluebirds' 12 matches. The former Weston-super-Mare man has only had brief chances to shine this season, coming off the bench as a
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No blame for the defence, says Saunders
TOMMY Saunders must wait at least another 12 months for the chance to pit his wits against the manager of a Nationwide League club, but the Bluebirds chief is staying positive despite Saturday's crushing FA Cup defeat at the hands of Weymouth. One of
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Sixth goal can't hide misery for striker
TOP scorer Martin Paul took no consolation from his sixth goal of the season as Chippenham Town were dumped out of the FA Cup by Weymouth at Hardenhuish Park. The summer signing from Newport County continued his September scoring spree with a first half
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Bluebirds waiting on collapse decision
CHIPPENHAM Town are still waiting to hear what action North Wiltshire District Council will take following the collapse of a perimeter wall during their derby game with Bath City on August Bank Holiday Monday. Chairman Malcolm Lyus was interviewed by
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Suite deal for Country Leisure
CHOLDERTON company Country Leisure, a corporate member of Southampton Football Club, has signed up for hospitality in the Matthew Le Tissier suite for a further five years. The company hosts an executive table in the suite, which provides food and drink
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Forum wants business levy safeguards
THE business community must have confidence in government proposals to charge all businesses a levy to fund improvement works, says the Forum of Private Business in its response to the Local Government White Paper. The government's proposed money-raising
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Grant may help improve lives
ENACT Pharma, the Porton Down biopharmaceutical company, which is acquiring Leicester company De Montfort Biopharma (DMB), is to receive a major grant. DMB has been awarded a £45,000 government grant to help improve the lives of thousands of people who
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Village welcomes news post office is to reopen
CASTLE Combe post office, which was forced to close a year ago, reopened on October 3. Mac Turner and Hilary Baker closed the village post office and shop in November 2001, blaming the effect of foot and mouth and the terrorist attacks on America for
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Plans set for double the dazzle at stalls
PLANNERS of this year's Christmas market in Devizes have revealed how they aim to top the success of the first one last year by making the market the biggest in Wiltshire. Alex Duffey, chairman of Devizes Development Partnership, who championed the original
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Food giant gets green light for expansion
SAINSBURY'S in Chippenham has been given the given the go-ahead to extend its store shop despite fears over a loss of parking spaces there. North Wiltshire District Council's area planning committee approved plans for the extension at a meeting last week
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Caf fizzes with promise
A new caf bar opened in Chippenham on Thursday September 26. The former Riverside bar has been renamed Fizz and been completely renovated. A second floor has been put in so it can now hold 250 people. Manager Kes Larkin says it will run as a quick service
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New look for town hall
THE Hobbes room in Malmesbury Town Hall has had an £8,000 face-lift, completing the last stage of the hall's six year renovation project. The town council has been running the town hall, which was built in the middle of the 19th century, under a service
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Wartime evacuee gets reunited 59 years on
FORMER Malmesbury School pupil Vanda Kilpin has finally been reunited with her old school chums from 59 years ago. Miss Kilpin, 74, who now lives near Toronto in Canada, had not seen any of her fellow pupils since 1943, but on Thursday she had an emotional
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Bomb unearthed at school
THIRTY children were led to safety after a Second World War grenade was unearthed in the grounds of Stanton St Quintin School. The grenade, known as a Mill's Bomb, has a lethal range of 80 yards and was found on Tuesday by two workmen digging the foundations
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Fund makes strides
VILLAGERS of Crudwell put their best feet forward in a fun run on Sunday to help fulfil a woman's dying wish. Father-of-two Simon Thompson, 40, and five others spent three months organising the event to raise money to build a sports complex, which was
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A year of change?
IT is hard to believe it is a year since protesters thronged around a tree in Devizes Market Place, spurred on by Kennet District Council's apparent lack of consultation over the changes to the centre of the town. And what has changed in the last 12 months
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Dyson's all smiles just days after UK factory closure
DYSON is launching vacuum cleaners for the first time in America, just six days after closing production of the machines at its Malmesbury factory with the loss of 580 jobs. Yesterday James Dyson was in New York for the American launch sharing the limelight
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Drivers upset over closure
THE final closedown of Wincanton Logistics' milk collection depot in Wootton Bassett has been signalled by the departure of 12 of the remaining 18 drivers. The job losses on Monday were part of the company's restructuring after losing the milk delivery
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New schools may need more public spending
EXTRA public money could be needed to bring facilities at north Wiltshire's three private finance initiative (PFI) schools up to scratch. Wiltshire County Council has admitted an extra £250,000 will be required to meet unforeseen costs at the new schools
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Farmer's fury
MY letter is a warning about a local farmer who can only be classified as disturbed. My son and his friend were walking the footpaths on Monday night when they became confused by a fork in the path. They ended up in the farmer's field, at which point
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Give a child the gift of festive happiness
LAST year the big-hearted people of Wiltshire sent more than 30,000 shoeboxes full of presents to underprivileged children in what used to be the second most powerful nation on earth. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 has had serious consequences
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New heads get help under buddy scheme
NEW headteachers in Wiltshire are to be offered help and support by 'buddies' under a fresh scheme. The initiative has come from the Wiltshire Association of Secondary and Special Schools Headteachers. The WASSH's new chairman, Martin Watson, said the
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Biggins snatches spectacular equaliser
A SPECTACULAR last minute free kick from Duncan Biggin completed a dramatic recovery from Bar OC-The Crown as they battled back from three goals down to clinch a 3-3 draw at The Dolphin. The home side took the lead midway through the first half when Darren
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A perfect record
YOUTH FOOTBALL: HIGHWORTH maintained their 100 per cent record in the Swindon and District Minors League with a workmanlike 3-1 win at Shaw. The under 12 league leaders were quick off the mark, and Daniel Lee opened the scoring on eight minutes direct
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Audit satisfied with planning
PLANNING services provided by Wiltshire County Council are deemed to be fair, according to a report by the Audit Commission. The commission says the prospects for improvement are promising and the council has a plan already in place to meet recommendations
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Chippenham Town Ladies 10, Frome Town Sports Ladies 1
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: HARRIET Titcombe and Seb Everson both helped themselves to hat-tricks as top of the table Chippenham Town ladies maintained their 100 per cent record with a resounding victory over Frome on Sunday 29 September. Titcombe opened the scoring
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Charlotte takes girl's dolphin wish to heart
TERMINALLY-ill Charlotte Wakeham and her family are going to raise money to help a girl suffering from a complex neurological disorder swim with dolphins in America. Charlotte was so touched by the plight of Leanne Barnes, who has Rett Syndrome and cannot
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Cirencester United 1, Pewsey Vale 2
PEWSEY Vale put a miserable seven days behind them to move into the second round of the Cherry Red Records Challenge Cup with victory at Division One West outfit Cirencester United. Don Rogers' men went into the clash having shipped 13 goals in two matches
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Rapist hunt is broadened
POLICE are widening the hunt to catch a rapist who attacked a 22-year-old care worker in St Andrew's Church yard in Chippenham. Appeals are being made to people across a wider area covering Bristol and Swindon in the hope that more witnesses will come
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Workers angry over job losses
WORKERS on the vacuum cleaner production line at the Dyson factory in Malmesbury have expressed their anger at their redundancies last week. Jackie King, 52, of White Lion Park, Malmesbury said: "We are gutted, we put James Dyson on the map and he has
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Police may hand over parking role
THE enforcement of parking laws could be handed over by police to North Wiltshire District Council as part of a new strategy to ease parking problems. The district council is meeting up with West Wiltshire District Council and Swindon Borough Council
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Calne Town 2, Street 3
CALNE Town were made to pay for some poor defending as Street grabbed two goals in the final seven minutes to take the points at Bremhill View on Saturday 28 September. A brace of goals from Glenn Armstrong had twice put Calne in front, but the visitors
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Path may be a legal pitfall
KENNET councillors considering an application for a new house at Silver Street, Potterne, have been warned by assistant district solicitor, Adrian Truss, that if they grant planning permission for a footpath at the site, they could be liable for any injury
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Singer's hopes for stardom
TEENAGER Shaun McCourt has taken his first steps on the road to stardom. Shaun, 16, of Market Lavington, near Devizes, has returned from a week's residential course with the National Youth Music Theatre. He impressed judges at an audition for the National
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Teen could face young offenders' institution
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD youth convicted of breaking a 14-year-old boy's nose in a vicious attack in the centre of Devizes has been told he could face a term in a young offenders' institution. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before
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Residents backed in stance against mast
RESIDENTS of Aldbourne have won the first round of a fight to prevent third generation mobile phone antennae being built in their village. Thursday's meeting of Kennet's regulatory committee voted by six votes to five to throw out the application by Castle
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GPs' charity box stolen
HOSPITAL League of Friends chairman Sally Cripps has been saddened by the theft of a charity box from the counter at the George Lane surgery. It's believed the charity box, which was nearly full, could have contained well over £60. The League of Friends
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Plans set for double the dazzle at stalls
PLANNERS of this year's Christmas market in Devizes have revealed how they aim to top the success of the first one last year by making the market the biggest in Wiltshire. Alex Duffey, chairman of Devizes Development Partnership, who championed the original
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Deliciously unsettling thriller
MY Little Eye (18) takes small screen voyeurism to its dark and unsettling conclusion. Five strangers agree to live together for six months in a remote house, their every move broadcast over the Internet. If all five make it to the end, they share one
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Williams leaves the funny man behind
IF you thought of Robin Williams as a genial funny-man best suited to comedies like Mrs Doubtfire or schmaltzy dramas like Patch Adams, his appearance as a murderer in Insomnia may have gone some way to change that impression. But his haunting performance
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It's all done in the worst possible taste
THE NEW GUY (12A, 88 mins) DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett. Children can be so cruel and so it seems are Hollywood scriptwriters, tormenting cinema audiences with inane teen comedies. The New Guy is a pitiful excuse for a film, with barely two half-decent gags
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On the starting grid for toy time
A SWINDON bar is attempting to satisfy the appetite for nostalgia among its customers by bringing in a Scalextric track. Ian Davidson, manager of Casbah, in John Street, reckons childhood nostalgia from the 1970s and 80s is in. And he expects 20 and 30
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Vandals destroy children's work
VANDALS threw paint over children's work and caused damaged estimated at £5,000 to a mobile classroom at a West Swindon school. The thugs broke into the classroom for year six pupils at Oliver Tomkins Junior School by smashing a window before throwing
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Williams boot is not enough for Bassett
WOOTTON Bassett 2nds' recent run of victories came to an end as they lost 30-15 at Frome. Bassett competed well in the set-pieces, but could not convert pressure into points. The only scores in the first half were two tries and a penalty from Frome and
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Bill, 56, breaks eight world records
TWELVE-time world champion powerlifter Bill West made a triumphant return to the sport at the weekend by smashing eight world records. The Salisbury-born 56-year-old, who announced his retirement from competitive lifting two years ago after securing his
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Eleventh-hour bid on Stonehenge
AN 11th-hour bid is being made to persuade the government to ditch the multi-million-pound scheme to tunnel the A303 at Stonehenge, in favour of a cheaper and less damaging road. The plea comes from the south Wiltshire group of the Association of Council
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New arrival for nursery
KEY Day Nursery in Calne is expanding to include a new baby unit, which will open in January. The nursery in Lickhill Road opened in 1991 and provides day care for up to 50 youngsters aged from 18 months to five. In November builders will start work on
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Group aims to banish heroin from streets
A COMMUNITY group which wants to provide a link between agencies battling against drugs has dedicated itself to ridding heroin from the streets of Calne. Town councillors and local representatives from education, housing, business, the police and MP for
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Roman road closure poses threat to riders
RIDING instructor Isabella Gage has blamed off-road vehicles for threatening her livelihood. The vehicles have damaged Heddington Byway 17 and Bromham byway 49 known by locals as the Roman road. Now Wiltshire County Council is considering banning motor
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Project's road to success is blocked
CALNE'S successful Streetwork project aimed at helping vulnerable youngsters has been grounded because organisers have struggled to find staff, despite funds from the town council to hire a second youth worker. Streetwork was set up in 1999 in response
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Schoolkids are all keyed up after hours
JOHN Bentley School has donated a computer to Calne's drop-in centre as part of its commitment to support children after school has finished. Youngsters who go to the drop-in centre in Curzon Street, will now be able to watch DVDs, listen to music and
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Bassett force Warminster to pay the penalty
WOOTTON Bassett Under-18s finished off Warminster Town with a polished second-half display in the Wiltshire FA Floodlight League. Two second-half penalties from Robbie Harris and Dean Stonehouse gave Bassett a 3-0 win after Matty Bowns had given them
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Talk on Open University
STAFF at The Open University are holding an introductory talk for people interested in studying for a degree. The talk will be at the Corn Exchange, Devizes, on Monday, October 7 at 7pm. Jeff Jones of The Open University in the south west, said: "The
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Trekker's big feat
RAY Evans has raised more than £2,000 for cancer charities by walking 850 miles across France. Mr Evans, 47, from Drews Park, Devizes, completed his odyssey on September 19, arriving in Nice, on the Riviera, eight weeks after leaving Strasbourg, in northern
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Safeway's £1m refit as Sainsbury's arrive
SAFEWAY in Devizes is undergoing a £1 million refit. The work began last week and is expected to be completed within four weeks. The news of the revamp comes as Sainsbury's revealed it will open in the former Budgen premises in Monday Market Place next
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Homes bid rejected on design grounds
DISTRICT councillors have turned down an application for three houses in Urchfont because they do not fit in with the recently-approved village design statement. Although the development at Cuckoo Farm on the outskirts of the village was the subject of
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Rusty wheeled on his walkies
MORE than 30 dogs and their owners set out from Devizes Wharf on Sunday on the annual RSPCA sponsored walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath to Seend. The walkers stopped at the Three Magpies for some refreshment before heading back to Devizes.
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Romancing Africa
RENATE Roberts, who has just retired after 26 years as Devizes' own district nurse, is heading off on a sentimental journey to Africa next month to visit her first marital home with her husband Ray. Mrs Roberts, 62, was showered with good wishes at a
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Sarsen may evict drugs raid tenants
SOME of the people arrested during the drugs raids in Waiblingen Way, Devizes, two weeks ago will face eviction proceedings. Sarsen Housing Association, which owns a number of properties in Waiblingen Way, confirmed that it will be taking action against
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New flats plan fails to reassure critics
REVISED plans to build 13 flats on the site of a Georgian house in Marlborough have been criticised for a second time by town councillors. Developers Standard Housing Co want to demolish Sempringham, which stands at the foot of Salisbury Road, backing
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Health fears trigger rethink over masts
A PACKED town council meeting in Marlborough on Monday heard of fears that radiation from mobile phone transmitters can lead to cancer and other illnesses. Residents from the Blowhorn Street area crowded into the town hall to voice concerns over a proposal
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Fury at plan for recycling centre
COUNTY council officers have been accused of railroading Marlborough into accepting a controversial recycling site just 15 feet from homes. There were angry outbursts from residents at a public meeting on Tuesday evening over the proposal to put a household
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Theft from charity shop
AN elderly charity shop worker has had her purse stolen while she was serving customers. Police have not named the 77-year-old volunteer worker in the Cancer Research UK shop in Kingsbury Street whose purse contained more than £80 and two keys. She was
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Plea for aid for Angola families
DESPERATE mothers and babies in war-torn Angola are the subject of a collection by Wootton Bassett and District Rotary Club. The public is asked to take blankets, towels, soap, shampoo, washing powder plus cash donations to Wootton Bassett Town Council
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Presentation to mark best kept village
AN honorary shield is to be erected in Ashton Keynes to mark the village's success in this year's Best Kept Large Village Competition. Residents of the winning village will be turning out for a special presentation by members of the Council for the Protection
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Unanimous approval for a £15m campus
SWINDON College is to get its new £15 million campus at North Star. The scheme was approved unanimously at a meeting of Swindon Council's planning committee. The whole college, including 2,200 full-time and 9,000 part-time students, will move to a single
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A record farce
THE ill-conceived Record Office machinations of the county council have already cost Devizes the Northgate and Wharfside developments. Now the county council's latest scheme looks set to lumber North Wiltshire Council taxpayers with the massive infrastructure
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It's a bit Porsche!
SWINDON'S latest hi-tech car showroom is among the nominations for a prestigious architecture and design award. The recently-completed Porsche showroom in Great Western Way will compete with other outstanding new buildings in the UK for a Civic Trust
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Earth shattering
I WAS in Sherston, near Malmesbury, at 12.53am on September 23. Sitting quietly in the living room I suddenly detected a shaking sensation and one of the lamps juddered on its table. This motion went on for about ten seconds. My brother rushed in and
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Man drunk at his trial
SEX attacker Kuldip Singh was put behind bars after he turned up drunk for the first day of his trial. The 38-year-old had to be checked out by a police doctor because of the state he was in before the noon hearing. A prospective jury and witnesses had
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GPs' cycling feat
UNDER the heading Prognosis is good for Play, you described how Dr Philips and Dr Stevens had offered to raise money for Green Lane Hospital by cycling all the way from Cornwall and by obtaining sponsorship. Well, I can now report that they made it safely
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Hunt ban good way to start
I WOULD like to thank the Countryside Alliance and their supporters for reminding me why I felt such jubilation when the Tories lost the 1997 election. Tony Blair's new Tories may be a bad Government, but I for one do not want to see the real Tories back
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Trophies reward a lot of hard work
PENSIONER Ernest Yeatman (pictured) sang the praises of his son's girlfriend after picking up trophies at the 2002 Salisbury Allotment competition presentation night last week. Ernest (89) took first place in the Wiltshire Road allotments section of the
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Fears that jobs may move to India
THAMES Water is to cut 150 jobs from its Swindon call centre and is likely to transfer the work to India. The company said it has yet to put the customer services contract out to tender. But the union Unison is convinced that the call centre work will
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Traffic relief planned
AN extra lane - or perhaps even two - could be added to Salisbury's heavily congested Southampton Road. The plan to ease traffic flow on the regularly paralysed artery route into the city was revealed to business bosses by Salisbury's joint transportation
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Opening day for sports pavilion is postponed
THE opening of a £200,000 sports pavilion in Lydiard Millicent has been postponed. The sport and recreational complex, known as the Jubilee Clubhouse, will be open on November 16, five years after the original was burnt down. Parish councillors had originally
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Club's thanks for fundraiser
CALNE Town Football Club wishes to thank everybody who supported the fundraising day in Phelps Parade on Saturday. The football club was given a Delprado dolls house kit, which was made up by members of the Mill Race Centre, Calne. Coun Mercy Baggs made
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Back local soccer plan
AFTER the current news concerning Wembley, I thought I would write showing my support for all the efforts that Calne Town Football Club is putting in towards the town's new sports complex. I noticed that quite a few committee members were in the town
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Eleventh-hour bid on Stonehenge
AN 11th-hour bid is being made to persuade the government to ditch the multi-million-pound scheme to tunnel the A303 at Stonehenge, in favour of a cheaper and less damaging road. The plea comes from the south Wiltshire group of the Association of Council
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Grenade delays trains
MAJOR delays were caused for train users after a World War Two grenade was found close to the railway line on the Swindon side of Box Tunnel yesterday. Workmen carrying out routine maintenance unearthed the grenade about 4.40pm. All trains were halted
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Liberty and marker pens
ONCE again the Liberal Democrats have exposed their inconsistency and incoherence. At last week's council meeting, the Liberal Democrats tabled a motion that called for a ban on the sale of marker pens to young people. The idea of banning anything seems
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Heart attack kills horse in city street
TOURISTS and shoppers fought back tears as popular dray horse Warrior collapsed and died in the middle of Catherine Street, Salisbury, on Tuesday morning. Warrior, a 22-year-old gentle giant and the city's last working dray horse, died in harness alongside
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All-out bid to solve looming housing crisis
AN all-out drive to provide affordable homes for low-income young people and struggling families was urged on Salisbury district council this week. The move follows a council survey showing that, in each of the next five years, members of 797 South Wiltshire
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What absolute rubbish!
ACCORDING to Councillor Kevin Small, "only through co-operation by all three political parties would Swindon avoid intervention by the Government". I can only observe, what absolute rubbish! There is not one whit of evidence to show that the appalling
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If it's not rocket science, then why can't you fix it?
I REFER to the article 'We won't be given a second chance (EA, September 30), that explained how the leader of Swindon Borough Council, Coun Kevin Small, was presented with a highly critical draft corporate performance assessment report by audit office
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Devizes 3rds 20, Marlborough 19
A HAT-TRICK of tries from Nick Dobson proved in vain as two late scores gave Devizes 3rd XV victory. The visitors drew first blood whenDobson broke loose to score. Dobson duly converted, but Devizes responded with a score out wide from Mike McLeavy four
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Old Edwardians 3rds 26, Malmesbury 24
MALMESBURY's late rally proved in vain as they were narrowly defeated in Saturday 28 September friendly match. Malmesbury started the game with only 12 men as Nick Brown and Mark Mipanz were caught in a traffic and paid the price after 20 minutes when
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Junior rugby round-up
Dorchester U15s 22 Melksham/Devizes U15s 8 A DEPLETED combined Devizes and Melksham side failed to build on their excellent away win at Keynsham as they fell victim to some dubious refereeing decisions at Dorchester. Fielding a much-changed team due to
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Rapist hunt is broadened
POLICE are widening the hunt to catch a rapist who attacked a 22-year-old care worker in St Andrew's Church yard in Chippenham. Appeals are being made to people across a wider area covering Bristol and Swindon in the hope that more witnesses will come
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Sleeping Beauty magic at Olympiad
THE beauty and magic of the Vienna Festival Ballet's Sleeping Beauty will come to Chippenham on October 24. The company will perform the ballet at The Olympiad at 5pm. The well-known folk tale, with its fairy godmothers, the evil Carabosse, lovely young
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Caf fizzes with promise
A new caf bar opened in Chippenham on Thursday September 26. The former Riverside bar has been renamed Fizz and been completely renovated. A second floor has been put in so it can now hold 250 people. Manager Kes Larkin says it will run as a quick service
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Band toasts ten years since it was reformed
CHIPPENHAM Town Band is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Every Monday evening members meet up at the Cause arts centre, on the Causeway, to practise. The 36 musicians play a wide range of music and undertake dozens of engagements each year
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New hope on revamp of derelict building
A LONG planning wrangle over the future of a historic Chippenham building has come one step closer to being resolved. Members of North Wiltshire District Council's area development control committee agreed last week to give plans to revamp the grade two-listed
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Village welcomes news post office is to reopen
CASTLE Combe post office, which was forced to close a year ago, will reopen today. Mac Turner and Hilary Baker closed the village post office and shop in November 2001, blaming the effect of foot and mouth and the terrorist attacks on America for frightening
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Row as GP halts late night calls
HEALTH bosses are considering taking action against Chippenham GP Barney Williams after he stopped providing out of hours cover for his 4,000 patients. They say Dr Williams, who has practised at the Marshfield Road Surgery for 32 years, gave no formal
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Computer firm set to lose up to 100 jobs
SECURICOR Information Systems has confirmed that jobs are to go at its Chippenham branch in Methuen Park. It was rumoured that up to 100 jobs could go as the computer software firm's development work for the National Strategy for Police Information Systems
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Salisbury fail to take flight against Swans
Salisbury Swanage & Wareham 15 Salisbury 0 Rugby: AFTER a game that Salisbury lost by only two tries and a penalty to the league leaders, they were paid the ultimate compliment. One of the Swanage supporters complain-ed bitterly that Salisbury 'didn't
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'Bored' Bill returns for new record bid
Powerlifting BILL West rolled back the years to smash eight world records at the UK Powerlifting Championships at the weekend. The Salisbury painter and decorator, who retired from competitive lifting two years ago after securing his 12th world title,
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Just not worth taking the risk
ANYONE who believes it is acceptable to use their mobile phone whilst driving should read about the tragic deaths of Mark Sawar, Matthew Williamson and Michael Naylor. It is known that Mr Sarwar had used his phone in the minutes before the accident on
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Show your commitment to this town
CALL centres are known as the modern sweatshop, but Swindon owes a debt of gratitude to the companies that have provided jobs since the disintegration of the railway industry in the town. But now a new challenge is threatening to put out of work more
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Fire goddesses arrive at base
A FLEET of Green Goddess has arrived in Wiltshire in the event of a strike by firefighters. Thirteen fire tenders arrived at the Army base in Colerne on Sunday and will be deployed if a strike takes hold. A spokesman for the Colerne base, which is home
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Fatal crash in rush hour
A WOMAN was killed in an accident near Colerne at the height of the evening rush hour on Tuesday October 1. The accident happened at 5.40pm at Hunters Hall on the Fosseway. The road was closed until 10pm and police officers were at the scene the following
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Hope and despair of family torn by drugs
JUST when the heartbroken parents of heroin addict Lindsey Adams thought they had lost their daughter forever she kicked her habit and came home. Paul and Ann Adams, of Highgrove Close, Calne, welcomed back their prodigal daughter and slowly the family
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Fire goddesses arrive at base
A FLEET of Green Goddess has arrived in Wiltshire in the event of a strike by firefighters. Thirteen fire tenders arrived at the Army base in Colerne on Sunday and will be deployed if a strike takes hold. A spokesman for the Colerne base, which is home
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New schools may need more public spending
EXTRA public money could be needed to bring facilities at north Wiltshire's three private finance initiative (PFI) schools up to scratch. Wiltshire County Council has admitted an extra £250,000 will be required to meet unforeseen costs at the new schools
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Chippenham Town vs the Gateway Club
Chippenham Town Football Club have invited the Gateway Club of Chippenham to attend Hardenhuish Park on Wednesday 16th of October to take part in a very special evening. "Many members of the Gateway Club are long established supporters of CTFC, and over
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Towler is ready to battle for place again
CENTRE back Colin Towler is ready to challenge for a first team shirt again after more than a month out with cracked ribs. The 32-year-old suffered the painful injury during the 2-1 home defeat at the hands of his former club Bath City on August 26 and
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Horgan arrives to bolster the midfield
MANAGER Tommy Saunders has added further competition for places to his side's midfield with the signing of Gary Horgan from local rivals Bath City. The 25-year-old impressed Saunders when he netted in City's recent victory over Halesowen Town at Twerton
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Moor tough tests ahead
CHIPPENHAM Town will be looking to bounce back from their FA Cup disappointment when lowly Moor Green visit Hardenhuish Park on Saturday 5 October. A home game against a side lying third from bottom of the Premier Division table would appear to present
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Aga saga is good news for Jo
WYLYE Valley carpenter Jo Berrington has been granted a licence from Aga-Rayburn to build children's models of its products. Miss Berrington, who lives in Steeple Langford and makes garden offices and playhouses, was asked to build a model Aga following
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Focusing on local economic issues
THE South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) has appointed a head of operations for Wiltshire. Philip Watkins, who as a former army officer trained at the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill, will ensure effective communication between the agency
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Entries roll in for chamber award
NOMINATIONS are pouring in for this year's Salisbury & District Chamber of Commerce and Industry's awards. Attendance for last year's ceremony was a record and organisers are hoping this year's event will attract even more people. Delia Hubbard, executive
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Top award for helping business entrepreneurs
RETIRED managing director Riley Sims' desire to see young business people succeed has won him a top regional award. Mr Sims, who lives in Oare, has been named the Prince's Trust and Barclays Business Mentor of the Year for the South West. It was the second
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Safeway's £1m refit as Sainsbury's arrive
SAFEWAY in Devizes is undergoing a £1 million refit. The work began last week and is expected to be completed within four weeks. The news of the revamp comes as Sainsbury's revealed it will open in the former Budgen premises in Monday Market Place next
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Traders call parking rises a 'slap in face'
CHAMBER of Commerce president Anthony Wells has told Kennet that its failure to consult traders before deciding to raise parking charges in Marlborough has been a slap in the face for the town's business community. In a no holds barred letter to the district
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Workers angry over job losses
WORKERS on the vacuum cleaner production line at the Dyson factory in Malmesbury have expressed their anger at their redundancies last week. Jackie King, 52, of White Lion Park, Malmesbury said: "We are gutted, we put James Dyson on the map and he has
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Treatment promises new hope to diabetic
DIABETIC Danielle Kent is on the road to recovery thanks to a new blood sugar monitoring system. The twelve-year-old from Siverston Way, Malmesbury, became the first youngster in Wiltshire to go on to the new system. Danielle met with doctors last week
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Youth leaders tackle problems on streets
YOUTH workers are taking to the streets of Malmesbury to talk to teenagers about alcohol and drug problems, as well as getting their views on other issues in the town. The two workers from the Cartmell Youth Centre started their trial weekly walks around
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Swimming pool is under way
NORTH Wiltshire District Council has promised work on Malmesbury's new state of the art swimming pool will start soon. Building contractor, North Midlands Construction, has marked out the site of the £2,359,670 project and erected mobile units for equipment
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New schools may need more public spending
EXTRA public money could be needed to bring facilities at north Wiltshire's three private finance initiative (PFI) schools up to scratch. Wiltshire County Council has admitted an extra £250,000 will be required to meet unforeseen costs at the new schools
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Latest con has police on alert
A PARTIALLY sighted woman in her 80s living in Malmesbury was conned into letting two men into her house after they pretended to be from a gas company. The 84 year-old, who lives near the town centre, let in two men who had knocked on her door on Tuesday
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Village split by new plans to expand pub
PLANS to expand a village pub and build houses next to it have split a village. Some residents of Corston have written to complain about the project at the Radnor Arms but another 50 have signed a petition supporting the plan. Landlord Jonathan Makins
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Heads do need more support
THERE are some jobs where the stress levels are prone to rising at key points of the week, and there are jobs where stress appears to be at breaking point all of the time. One of the professions where that pressure is highest appears to be the teaching
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Cricketers turn back the years
SWINDON cricketers old and new turned back the clock by staging a memorial match between Swindon Midweek Wednesday XI and Swindon Nondescripts XI. The game was set up as tribute to the late Mike Deacon, Les Cook and Geoff Beazley, who played for both
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MP says time will tell on the benefits of PFI
CRITICISMS of privately funded projects such as Swindon's new Great Western Hospital have been rejected by South Swindon MP Julia Drown. But she added that it was still too early to tell if the Private Funding Initiative represented the best way to fund
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Anne easy guest
THE Princess received a warm welcome when she stopped off in Chippenham to visit Victim Support Wiltshire. A crowd of royal fans and well-wishers turned out in the High Street on Monday to greet her when she arrived at the town hall at 1pm. The Princess
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Driving ambitions fulfilled
GETTING into a police car and speeding off at 80mph would normally result in a night behind bars. But on Saturday hundreds of women were encouraged to put their foot down at the eighth Marie Curie Ladies' Driving Challenge. More than 230 women from across
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New coaching appeal
THE Wiltshire County Football Association and New College of Swindon are inviting applications from people who would like to achieve one of four FA awards. Forthcoming courses include: 1st4sport level two certificate in coaching football, which runs from
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A rockin' success
THE eighth Eddie Cochran festival attracted record numbers of visitors, with people travelling from Canada and Holland to Chippenham's Olympiad Leisure Centre. The celebrity line-up included Jet Harris from The Shadows, Elvis Presley's guitarist Scotty
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Grieving dad calls for road safety measures
THE grieving father of 12-year-old Charlotte Smith, who was killed in a collision while riding her bicycle, fears there will be another fatal accident unless moves are made to slow traffic down. Peter Smith wants traffic calming measures introduced on
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Saints alive in cup triumph
TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: NEWCOMERS North Bradley Saints made it four straight wins by beating Division Two Lavington and Easterton 4-0 in the preliminary round of the A and B Cup. Warminster Town Reserves will claim they were robbed of an extra half hour as
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Wife saves ex-soldier from jail sentence
THE devotion of his wife has saved former soldier David Turner from a jail sentence for assaulting her at their Market Lavington home. Turner, 44, of Rochelle Court, pleaded guilty on August 12 to causing his wife Sharon actual bodily harm in an attack
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Chippenham Sunday league round-up
THE remaining five matches from the preliminary round of the PPL Presto Print sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup produced a feast of goals and a couple of shock results. Third Division Hare and Hounds claimed a cup upset when they ousted Second
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Striker is right on Q with five goal burst
SWINDON SUNDAY LEAGUE: JOHN Cave-Ayland led the way for Duckham Q as he hit five goals in his side's 9-0 thrashing of Blueprint in Division Seven. The other scorers for Duckhams were John L'Estrange, James Bradford (2) and an own goal. In Division One
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Curtis is hat-trick hero in cup win
SKURRAYS WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: CRICKLADE'S Martin Curtis scored his seventh goal in three games for the club when he completed a hat-trick in their 4-2 win over Bradford Town after extra-time in the first round of the Corsham Print Senior Cup. Visitors Bradford
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Explorer vows to try Atlantic flight again
DEFLATED but not dejected was how adventurer David Hempleman-Adams described himself after his ill-fated bid to cross the Atlantic in a wicker basket balloon. Mr Hempleman Adams, 45, from Box, said he would be regrouping and preparing for a second attempt
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Reporter rises to big leap challenge
REPORTER Lewis Cowen has finally managed to complete his tandem parachute jump, raising nearly £300 for the Danbi Children's Trust. The 53-year-old Devizes-based Gazette journalist jumped from a light aircraft at around 10.30am on Saturday, securely fastened
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Saye's cup treble sends Highworth on their way
CHERRY RED RECORDS CUP: HIGHWORTH'S Matt Saye grabbed a hat-trick for his side in their 4-2 away win over Eton Wick. The Wiltshire side took the lead on 14 minutes, good work by Warren Fuller enabling Matt Saye to tap in from six yards. Highworth continued
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Melksham go up to fourth
SCREWFIX ROUND-UP: MELKSHAM Town moved up to fourth spot in the Screwfix Direct Premier Division table after handing in-form Bridgwater Town their first league defeat of the season at The Conigre on Saturday 28 September. Luke Jones continued his fine
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Undercover mission secures a new home
A PEWSHAM family who camped out on a housing estate in Lower Compton to peg down the home of their dreams hope to move in next week. Amanda Goodship, husband Paul, both 29, and their six-month-old baby Erykah stayed in a tent in the garden of an empty
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Wellington 1, Corsham Town 3
CORSHAM Town players ignored the uncertainty surrounding the vacant managerial position at The Southbank to chalk up their first league win of the season at Wellington on Saturday 28 September. Strikes from Nigel Curtis, Andy Wicks and Frankie Coleman
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Devizes Town 0, Brislington 1
MISSED chances again proved costly for Devizes Town as league leaders Brislington maintained their 100 per cent Premier Division record with victory at Nursteed Road on Saturday 28 September. A first half penalty from former Chippenham Town man Noel O'Sullivan
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Paulton Rovers 1, Devizes Town 1
DRAW specialists Devizes Town were forced to settle for another share of the spoils as a Dave Godley penalty earned Ray Baverstock's side a point at Paulton Rovers on Tuesday 1 October. The result made it four draws from six league outings for Devizes
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Moss leads Jaguars' goal feast
YOUTH FOOTBALL: AFC CORSHAM Jaguars under 10s maintained their unbeaten run in the Wiltshire Times and News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League this season with a high scoring match at Leafy Lane against Westbury Youth. Unbeaten in Division Two the Jaguars
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Fury at plan for recycling centre
COUNTY council officers have been accused of railroading Marlborough into accepting a controversial recycling site just 15 feet from homes. There were angry outbursts from residents at a public meeting on Tuesday evening over the proposal to put a household
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Fighters unbowed
COUNCILLORS have still not learnt the lessons from the felling of the London plane trees, claims a member of the residents' group that was formed following the outcry. Coun Tony Duck, who took a seat on Kennet District Council at a recent by-election
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Sins of the fathers
FORGET the names Hanks, Newman and Law. As good as their performances are in Road To Perdition, the real star of this show is a guy called Conrad L Hall. Hall is this movie's director of photography and it is his lighting or rather lack of it that will
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Hunt for rapist
POLICE are widening the hunt to catch a rapist who attacked a 22-year-old care worker in St Andrew's churchyard in Chippenham. Appeals are being made to people across a wider area covering Swindon and Bristol in the hope that more witnesses will come
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Police advise caution after motorway shunts
POLICE today urged motorway drivers to use their common sense in adverse weather conditions. It follows a multiple accident on the M4 that caused havoc for drivers in the rush hour yesterday. Up to 10 vehicles were involved in the smash, which happened
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Boy, 15, on rape charge
POLICE have charged a 15-year-old youth with the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Swindon. The alleged attack happened near the park in Hillary Close, Penhill, on September 13. Detectives arrested the Swindon boy at 10am yesterday, and charged him with the
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Bryan crowned best of British
SWINDON angler Bryan Jarrett has landed the biggest catch of his career after being crowned British Carp Angling champion. Jarrett, co-owner of Hinders Carp Angling Centre in Moredon Garden Centre, fought off the challenge of Britain's top carp anglers
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Multicultural mixture
Swindon may not be the first place you would expect to find a metropolitan mix of cultures and religions - but as BHAVANI VADDE reports, the town has many established communities. ALLAH, Guru Nanak, Vishnu these names maybe unfamiliar to many in Swindon
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Driver used phone before death crash
A MAN who lost control of his car, leading to an accident in which he and two others died, had been using his mobile phone while driving, an inquest heard. Supermarket worker Mark Sarwar, 27, clipped the kerb on the A419 near Swindon, crossed the central
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Spankboy wins band battle
HOMEGROWN talent in the shape of Spankboy, one of Salisbury's most popular bands, is achieving national recognition. The ska-punk group beat 600 bands from across the country in a national Battle of the Bands competition. They attended five rounds of
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Lottery boost for arts centre
HERITAGE Lottery money is helping Salisbury Arts Centre restore its listed church premises with a grant of £674,000. The money enables work to be carried out on the roof, medieval stonework and magnificent stained glass windows of the former St Edmund's
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Heart attack kills horse in city street
TOURISTS and shoppers fought back tears as popular dray horse Warrior collapsed and died in the middle of Catherine Street, Salisbury, on Tuesday morning. Warrior, a 22-year-old gentle giant and the city's last working dray horse, died in harness alongside
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Buzz leads to honey
A BUZZING up the chimney in Antrobus House, Amesbury, turned into a fascinating discovery when a fully formed honeycomb weighing two-and-a-half pounds was recovered. Pest control officers were called in when a number of dead and dozy bees were found in
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Army may close more arms bases
THE closure of munitions depots at Fargo and Tidworth is under consideration, as part of an army plan to consolidate several depots in a single underused facility at Netheravon. The proposal is part of a package of measures contributing to the multi-million-pound
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All-out bid to solve looming housing crisis
AN all-out drive to provide affordable homes for low-income young people and struggling families was urged on Salisbury district council this week. The move follows a council survey showing that, in each of the next five years, members of 797 South Wiltshire
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Hope and despair of family torn by drugs
JUST when the heartbroken parents of heroin addict Lindsey Adams thought they had lost their daughter forever she kicked her habit and came home. Paul and Ann Adams, of Highgrove Close, Calne, welcomed back their prodigal daughter and slowly the family
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Chef to meat new challenge
STEVE King swapped his chef's hat for a meat cleaver and a ticket home to Calne to stake his future in the town's new butcher's shop. The shop, which is a franchise of the Real Meat Company, opened in London Road on Saturday and Mr King, 37, is confident
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Fighters unbowed
COUNCILLORS have still not learnt the lessons from the felling of the London plane trees, claims a member of the residents' group that was formed following the outcry. Coun Tony Duck, who took a seat on Kennet District Council at a recent by-election
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All square at Fairford
Honours were even in last night's Hellenic Premier Division derby, as a late Phil Ward equaliser earned Fairford a 1-1 draw with visiting Highworth. John Fisher's side dominated the opening period and took a deserved lead on 23 minutes when Russ Jones
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Takeaway plan is opposed
DEVIZES Town Council has passed on objections received from local businesses and residents to a plan for a new fried chicken takeaway restaurant in Sidmouth Street. The council received letters from local people complaining that there were already more
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Woman, 71, robbed by two conmen
TRICKSTERS have stolen more than £5,800 from a 71-year-old Potterne woman. The woman saw two men looking at a car on her driveway in The Butts during the day on Tuesday September 24 and went out to see them. The men chatted to the woman and soon afterwards
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No offences at rave, says Earl
THE Earl of Cardigan says police were powerless to act over a rave in Savernake Forest, not as alleged because he was unavailable, but because no offences were being committed. In the Gazette last week it was reported that more than 250 revellers had
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Employer slated for son's unfair wages
A MOTHER whose teenage son earned just £18 for a 14- hour day has accused a Devizes employment firm of taking advantage of young people. She was furious that her 17-year-old son got so little cash for his long and tiring day, which involved a 300-mile
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Top award for helping business entrepreneurs
RETIRED managing director Riley Sims' desire to see young business people succeed has won him a top regional award. Mr Sims, who lives in Oare, has been named the Prince's Trust and Barclays Business Mentor of the Year for the South West. It was the second
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Traders call parking rises a 'slap in face'
CHAMBER of Commerce president Anthony Wells has told Kennet that its failure to consult traders before deciding to raise parking charges in Marlborough has been a slap in the face for the town's business community. In a no holds barred letter to the district
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Toddlers in cash waddle
CHILDREN at the Easton Royal Pre-School and toddlers groups have taken part in a sponsored toddle waddle. Toddle waddles were arranged by pre-schools and toddler groups all across the country to raise funds for the National Campaign for Meningitis. Last
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Mum stole cash from her friend
MOTHER-of-four Kay Pugh stole the wallet of one of her drinking partners while waiting to be served at an Indian takeaway, magistrates in Devizes were told this week. Pugh, 29, of Newby Acre, Marlborough, pleaded guilty before Kennet magistrates on Monday
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Special gets the top award
FORMER Cadbury's crme egg sales manager Mike Tupman from Burbage is a very special man, and has an award from Chief Constable Elizabeth Neville to prove it. Mr Tupman, 59, has been named as the Wiltshire Constabulary Special of the Year. The award was
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Dad angry after girls are filmed in street
A FATHER of girls aged 11 and 13 is angry that police appear to be powerless to act over a man who videoed his daughters walking in Marlborough town centre. He told the Gazette that he was particularly incensed because the incident happened days after
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Pets up for sale
A CAREFULLY tended set of 168 adult magazines has been sold in Swindon for less than half the expected price. Dominic Winter Book Auctions had thought the 14-year run of Penthouse might sell for up to £400, but it went for only £145, plus £17 in commission
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Queues too long
SUPERMARKET customers have complained for years about the delays at the checkout. The situation has not improved, indeed, if anything it has got worse, particularly in my local store. The minimum wage is £4.20 per hour so every adult customer is worth
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Recruitment campaign for police is a success
BUDDING police officers beat a path to Broad Green Community Centre to attend one of a series of police recruitment evenings. More than 60 people attended the two-hour session aimed at providing potential applicants with an insight into the qualities
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It's no porkie . . . we love sausages
PEOPLE from Swindon eat more sausages than almost anyone else in the south of England. On average, a Swindonian will eat 4.2 sausages every week that is almost 220 each year. And although the 'Banger Map of Britain', produced by supermarket Tesco, indicates
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Ignorance on EU
CONGRATULATIONS to Nina Cooper for her letter: We need a new Cromwell. She is right when she says our MPs know nothing about the EU and its aims and its motions. Our judges, lawyers and legislators in general can vouch for that. They often get it wrong
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Old Timers rewarded for 30-mile ride
A GROUP of senior cyclists called the Old Timers have been rewarded for taking part in a 30-mile charity ride. The Castles bike ride from Lower Wanborough to Barbury Castle attracted 200 riders who raised more than £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Relief.
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School's new minibus is a winner
HIGHWORTH School pupils are looking forward to life in the fast lane after taking delivery of their first new minibus in 19 years. The vehicle, which cost over £14,000, will be used to ferry students to sports fixtures and for small group outings. Headteacher
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What is Tinkey?
WELL done Pewsey Carnival Committee and all who took part to make it such a wonderful show. It am 71 years young and don't know if I am the farthest one to come to your carnival, 141 miles round trip in a day as I don't stop overnight. The icing on the
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Spankboy wins band battle
HOMEGROWN talent in the shape of Spankboy, one of Salisbury's most popular bands, is achieving national recognition. The ska-punk group beat 600 bands from across the country in a national Battle of the Bands competition. They attended five rounds of
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Town's growth rate is slowing
SWINDON is continuing to expand quickly according to figures from the 2001 census. But the pace of growth has slowed considerably since the boom days of the 1970s and 1980s. The census records Swindon's population as 180,061, an increase of more than
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Villagers offered shares in wind farm
VILLAGERS are being offered the chance to buy shares in a wind farm energy project which has divided their communities. They will be able to invest in two of five giant wind turbines that could soon be built on a disused airfield at Watchfield, within
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Time to clean up on streets
THE streets of Chippenham are starting to resemble a rubbish tip. The level of rubbish is getting out of hand. Whilst the street cleaners do a good job of keeping the High Street cleannish what about the rest of the town? It can be argued that people
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Lottery boost for arts centre
HERITAGE Lottery money is helping Salisbury Arts Centre restore its listed church premises with a grant of £674,000. The money enables work to be carried out on the roof, medieval stonework and magnificent stained glass windows of the former St Edmund's
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Maximum sentences for drugs offences
WHAT very welcome news it was in last week's Gazette that the police have taken action against some of the drug dealers in the Calne and Chippenham area, before the drug situation got completely out of hand. Thanks must go to the Gazette's Shop A Pusher
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Immigrants sprang from van, court told
FORTY-SIX Sri Lankan immigrants were released into the south Wiltshire countryside after being cooped up in the back of a small lorry for more than 20 hours, Salisbury Crown Court was told this week. The driver of the seven-and-a-half ton lorry, Erich
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Spend 10p and make Mark our Mr World
A STUDENT who entered a "beauty contest" by accident could be set to represent Britain in the male equivalent of Miss World. All Mark Eteson needs is the people of Swindon to spend 10p to ensure he beats off the competition. Mark, 20, went along to the
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Kennet has got it wrong
KENNET District Council is misleading people into thinking parking has been restored in the centre of Devizes. The truth is a staggering 79 places were taken out. Only 14 have been reinstated. It cannot be lost on people what a devastating effect this
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Bill, 56, breaks eight world records
TWELVE-time world champion powerlifter Bill West made a triumphant return to the sport at the weekend by smashing eight world records. The Salisbury-born 56-year-old, who announced his retirement from competitive lifting two years ago after securing his
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Poisoning our people?
GOVERNMENTS worldwide take so long to realise the obvious witness the ozone layer, asbestos, pesticides that have made even the house sparrow a rare species. How long did they know any of the above were dangerous before informing the public? Pollution
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Restored faith in caring NHS
WE often hear so much about how bad the NHS is and in the past I've had my share of moans, but something happened recently to make me have second thoughts and change my outlook completely. Four months ago my wife was taken ill in Italy. After five weeks
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An elephant in the house
At the Labour Party Conference there was an elephant in the venue and nobody dared to mention it. It was the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, which says that no EU country may borrow more than 3 per cent of GDP under EU Economic and Monetary policy
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Elderly face bleak winter
I WRITE to support Ivan E Rickwood's letter 'He's alright, Jack' (EA September 26). Why should single occupiers only receive a 25 per cent discount on the community charge? Will our local MPs fight for a 50 per cent discount for us? It is not only country
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Remove the 'great' from hospital name
It is sad to reflect that the people of Swindon proposed that many more beds would be needed at the Great Western Hospital. It is sad to reflect that Tony Blair, in his speech to the Labour Party Congress, stated that many new hospitals were, and are,
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Smile and the world smiles with you?
THIS picture featured on page 12 of the Evening Advertiser on Wednesday, September 25. The headline above it read: 'No matter what happens, you will feel better if you smile'. According to the caption, we may be hovering on the brink of war, so to make
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The only losers will be the staff
I HAVE been following what appears to be a countdown to a Government takeover of the SBC's affairs with interest. There appears to be a feeling among some councillors that this would be advantageous, as extra resources would be put in to remedy the problems
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The Empire strikes back
UNTIL OCT 5: REVIEW - E M Forster's A Passage to India, Theatre Royal, Bath: MARTIN Sherman's adaptation of Forster's epic tale of India in the days of the Raj is a magnificent piece of craftsmanship. The audience is transported into the heat, sounds
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Cricklade 6, Minety 34
MINETY continued their fine start to the league campaign in casual fashion as they overcame near neighbours Cricklade on Saturday 28 September. The home side gave a fine first-half display but were unable to maintain their effort for the whole 80 minutes
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Abbey 13, Chippenham 19
A TRY from skipper Rupert Crockett helped Chippenham return to winning ways with their first victory at Reading side Abbey in five attempts. Abbey's forwards revel in the confines of the narrow Rose Hill ground and, to counter this, Ian McNerlin returned
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Devizes 42, Calne 20
DEVIZES' new Fijian imports were on the scoresheet as they overcame near neighbours Calne in a Southern Counties South local derby at London Road on Saturday 28 September. The visitors went into the game still smarting from a 70-0 hammering at the hands
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Crockett in head injury scare
FORMER Chippenham centre Tom Crockett will find out today if he needs surgery on a head injury sustained playing for his new club on Saturday 28 September. Crockett, 24, was knocked out while scoring his first try for new club Walcot Old Boys in their
