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Court allows mum a chance
A HEROIN addicted mother was given a chance to turn her self around for the sake of her child when she appeared before Swindon magistrates. Shelley Corless, 25, of Cranmore Avenue, Park South, admitted charges of stealing a purse containing £340, assaulting
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Taste of success
AWARD-WINNING cheese can now be bought in Swindon. Godsells Cheese, a small, family-run firm which supplies Swindon and Gloucester Co-op, has won recognition at this year's British Cheese Awards. The company won best in category for their Traditional
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Transplant plea
TV presenter and soccer star Gary Lineker, right, has joined a campaign to recruit a million lifesavers. The former England captain is appealling to people to go on the NHS Organ Donor Register to give the gift of life to others after their death. Gary
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Plastic hammer road rage 'self defence'
A MOTORIST ordered to do 80 hours community punishment after he waved a toy hammer at two men, appealed successfully. Stephen Atkins picked up the plastic hammer his grandson had left on the back seat and brandished it at the men after their cars nudged
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Smart work at kids' club
IT'S smiles all round at an after-school club which has just received a glowing Ofsted report. The Smart Zone club may be short of space but it still received top marks from inspectors. It is housed in a mobile classroom on the site of St Sampson's Junior
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Ban the battle
BAN the pillow fight. I think most people agree. Beside wasting police time, what a mess it will make if the pillow breaks. The cleaning etc, will come out of the council tax, so why not fine the people involved for dropping litter? At least that would
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Help praised
THIS is a letter of thanks from one parent of a child who attends the Chalet School. I would like to thank all the staff at Evening Advertiser for all your support and hard work you have shown us in printing letters and stories about the Chalet School
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Coate fight continues
So the go-ahead has been given for development at Coate. For what? For the opportunity for Swindon to simultaneously squander its best opportunity since Brunel to regenerate the town centre, while destroying forever the rural tranquillity of the Coate
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Humphreys plays down cup hopes
SKIPPER Jonathan Humphreys believes Bath's dreams of lifting the Heineken Cup for a second time are just that dreams at the moment. Humphreys, a beaten finalist with Cardiff in the inaugural competition in 1996, knows only too well Bath's affinity with
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Budding Beckhams get new football kit
TIMES: THE demise of a Sunday League football team has provided a welcome boost for youngsters at a Chippenham primary school. Former players from West End Social Club ensured their now defunct team left a lasting legacy in the town by donating £340 to
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Insults flew as drunk arrested
TIMES: A CHIPPENHAM man has appeared in court after he was found carrying ecstasy and shouting abuse towards a kebab shop. Chippenham Magistrates' Court heard on Thursday how Charles Crisp, 22, of Station Hill, was arrested shortly before 1pm on September
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Six-month deadline for livestock market
TIMES: CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Chippenham's livestock market may only have six months left to find a new site. The market could have to leave its base in Cocklebury Road in April to make way for the proposed £11.6m Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office
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Hunt for flasher
TIMES: POLICE are trying to trace a young man who exposed himself while travelling on a bus. A woman was driving towards Avenue Le Fleche, Chippenham, behind the 232 bus service that left Pewsham at 5.55pm on October 8 when she stopped at the traffic
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Buggy battle debated by MPs in Parliament
TIMES: THE plight of a Chippenham man banned from using trains because his disabled buggy was labelled a health and safety hazard has been raised in Parliament. North Wilts MP James Gray said he was "very unhappy" about the case of Downing Street resident
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History lives on at school's festival of art
TIMES: PUPILS at a Corsham primary school learned about famous historical characters as part of an annual arts festival. All 189 children at St Patrick's Primary School took part in the arts week, which culminated in a special assembly on Friday when
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Tyke That!
RORY FALLON returns to Oakwell still 'mad' at the way he was treated by Barnsley and is out to show the Yorkshire side just what they are missing out on. It is almost 12 months since the big New Zealander (pictured) jumped at the chance of joining the
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Pint-sized James is toast of the festival
TIMES: MANAGERS of a Corsham pub held a beer festival to celebrate the birth of their first child. Mark Foster, 30, and his fiance Hayley Gill, 33, licensees of the Hare and Hounds pub in Pickwick, held the beer festival from Thursday until Sunday to
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Jail for members of car theft gang
TIMES: MEMBERS of a London-based car theft gang whose million-pound spree included a raid on a Box garage have been jailed for a total of eight years. Wiltshire police were instrumental in smashing the gang, who they say targeted 20 garages in the county
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PCSOs join the ranks for fresh challengeswarm welcome: Corsham
TIMES: THE public have new points of contact with the police after three new community support officers reported for duty in north Wiltshire. Steve Butler, 54, from Marlborough, and Rachel Beale, from Swindon, have completed a month of training and arrived
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Family's horror at prospect of US trial
Banker Giles Darby and his wife DeborahWILTSHIRE TIMES EXCLUSIVE: A FATHER-OF-FIVE from a village near Box who is facing extradition to the US and up to 35 years in jail on fraud charges, has spoken for the first time about his ordeal. Banker Giles Darby
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Victorian period on show at abbey
HUNDREDS of children learned about Victorian life when they took part in a family learning weekend at Lacock Abbey. Children of all ages turned up with their families and learned about two contrasting Victorians, Bimbo Baletort, a rich man who lived at
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Fury at vets' honour for pro-hunt MP
WILTSHIRE TIMES EXCLUSIVE: PRO-HUNTING MP James Gray has provoked a storm of protest after accepting an honorary post with a national veterinary body. The North Wiltshire MP has become an honorary associate of the British Veterinary Association, which
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Pub keeps traditions alive
HUNTING may soon be a thing of the past, but at a pub in Warminster the hounds are still chasing the fox. The Fox and Hounds, Deverill Road, has just put up a new sign depicting the traditional and recently controversial scene of fox hunting. Landlord
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Lorries take toll on road bridge
LORRIES using a residential road as a shortcut to Westbury trading estates have caused so much damage to a low rail bridge the road has been closed for six weeks while it is made safe. Hawkeridge Road is still being used by heavy goods vehicles despite
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Disabled need help
DISABILITY campaigner Sue Lara has sent highways bosses a list of 14 areas in Westbury that need to be made more wheelchair friendly. Mrs Lara, who is a partner at Westbury disabled equipment store Mobility Works, said most of the town needed drop kerbs
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Council backs restaurant plan
RESTAURANT owner Ashley Hunt believes Westbury is doomed to a mediocre fate if planning applications like his proposed extension are refused. Mr Hunt and his partner have spent over £300,000 renovating the Garden House Hotel in Edward Street after they
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Tight deadline
DEPUTY Westbury mayor Mike Hawkins has criticised West Wiltshire District Council for not allowing town councillors enough time to consider a conservation document. The paper, detailing a review of the district's conservation areas, was posted to Westbury
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Organisers are facing the music
A TOWN could pull out of the West Wilts Show over a row about live music at the event. Melksham Town Council discussed plans to withdraw from the biennial event on Monday after West Wiltshire District Council made a request for exhibitors not to stage
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Murder suspect appears in court
Colin LewinTHE Melksham tyre factory worker charged with the murder of a father-of-two in Swindon appeared before a judge in Bristol on Tuesday. Colin Lewin, an employee at the Cooper-Avon Tyres plant in Bath Road, is accused of stabbing postal worker
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Pavilion is open for new users
A WEST Wiltshire town council is hoping to find new users for its cricket pavilion after the loss of a school as a paying tenant. The pavilion, in the King George V playing fields on Lowbourne, is managed by Melksham Town Council at a cost of £1,800 a
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Plan for new estate get the go-ahead
ONE of Melksham's most prominent eyesores will be demolished before Christmas as plans for a £20m housing estate were finally rubber-stamped. The red-bricked former GEC headquarters on Beanacre Road will be torn down to make way for a 130-home development
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MPs win at sport launch
WEST Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison took to the basketball court to show his support for disability charity John Grooms. Dr Murrison joined fellow Tory MPs in taking on the GB Paralympic team at the party conference in Bournemouth. The MPs pulled off
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Three banned
THREE more motorists have been stripped of their licences after police caught them drink-driving on Wiltshire's roads. Philip Blythe, 38, of Lyneham, Peter Stevens, 21, of Warminster, and Ryan Sims, 18, of Westbury, were banned from driving for a combined
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Warning on scooter law
POLICE are warning parents who buy their children motorised scooters that it is illegal to ride them on public roads and footpaths. The popular scooters, which can reach speeds of 25mph, are not designed for use on anything other than private property
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Scheme in search of recruits
THE Wiltshire Youth Offending Team is looking for volunteers to help support children who get into trouble with the law. The team is looking to recruit more adults who enjoy working with youngsters in challenging circumstances. Volunteers for the Appropriate
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Jeff is cream of the crops on The Farm
CELEBRITY TV show The Farm drew to a close this week with TV presenter Jeff Brazier announced as the top farmer. The Channel Five programme, which has run for the past three weeks at the East Hill View farm in Heytesbury, ended on Sunday. Mr Brazier said
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Man 'drugged and assaulted' women
A MOTHER-OF-TWO has told a court how accused rapist Geoffrey Holyoake threatened to bury her in a graveyard next to his home. The 40-year-old told Bristol Crown Court that Holyoake repeatedly threatened to put her in plot 58, a reference to the graveyard
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Black Watch poised to relieve US troops
Prince Charles was in Warminster in July to wish the troops well before they left for IraqThe Warminster-based regiment Black Watch has been promised it will be home for Christmas despite hints its solidiers will relieve American troops in a dangerous
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TV cheats 'frittered' cash away
QUIZ show cheats Charles and Diana Ingram were accused by a judge of deliberately frittering away their money instead of paying defence costs. The couple, convicted of lying their way to the top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, returned to court
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Teenager appeals to Prime Minister
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has written to the Prime Minister to appeal for his help in fighting the closure of the west Wiltshire to Waterloo train service. John Flower, 13, of Bradley Road, Trowbridge, wrote a letter to Tony Blair when he heard the service was
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Black Watch poised to relieve US troops
Prince Charles was in Warminster in July to wish the troops well before they left for IraqThe Warminster-based regiment Black Watch has been promised it will be home for Christmas despite hints its solidiers will relieve American troops in a dangerous
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Waterloo train under threat again
TRAIN users across west Wiltshire are appalled by news a direct service to London could be scrapped in December and have vowed to fight the closure. The Wiltshire Times' Save Our Train campaign, supported by thousands of rail passengers, the West Wilts
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Fury at vets' honour for pro-hunt MP
WILTSHIRE TIMES EXCLUSIVE: PRO-HUNTING MP James Gray has provoked a storm of protest after accepting an honorary post with a national veterinary body. The North Wiltshire MP has become an honorary associate of the British Veterinary Association, which
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Dad faces 35 years in US jail
Banker Giles Darby and his wife DeborahWILTSHIRE TIMES EXCLUSIVE: ONE of three bankers facing 35 years in a US jail in connection with the collapse of energy giant Enron has broken his silence for the first time. Father-of-five Giles Darby, 42, from South
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Boxes of delight
RETIREMENT has given Operation Christmas Child supporters Paul and Shirley Nicholls a new lease of life. The couple from North Bradley had been packing shoeboxes for many years, but in 2002 they started helping out at the appeal depot in Melksham. Before
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Housing bids turned down
TOWN councillors in Bradford on Avon have recommended refusing plans to build houses on two sites in the town centre, amid claims the town is fighting for its commercial life. Planning applications for developments on the Saxon Garage site on New Road
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Call to rethink
ON behalf of members I am writing to express the disbelief, dismay and disgust felt at West Wiltshire District Council's sudden withdrawal of its offer to lease land to the Hope Nature Trust. As you very well know the project (for which planning permission
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Sad tale of estate 'hostility'
TESSA Frayling, of Leighton Park, the true "Westbury Leigh estate", is incorrect in suggesting that the expanding Leigh Park community is damaging the amenities and facilities of Westbury Leigh (Letters, October 15). All the main industries in Westbury
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Plea for an end to hare hunting
TWO 'Vets for Hunting' are again widely circulating the nonsensical argument that "hunting is the natural and most humane method of controlling populations of all four quarry species and is a key element in the management of British wildlife in general
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Neglected, weed-infested roads
Last weekend I had a conducted tour of the roads in the Newtown area of Trowbridge and found myself walking on one of the most neglected, weed-infested networks of roads and sidewalks I have seen in years. I found a system where the surface of many of
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Questions need answering on council tax levels
THE council tax is fast becoming as popular as the poll tax. As many of us brace ourselves for the effects of the next round of council budget increases we can be certain that little or no notice will be taken of the going rate of inflation or the interests
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Help kids and bid for prizes
TELEPHONE giant BT is giving people in Swindon the chance to win prizes money can't buy. A Prince Naseem Hamed signed pair of boxing gloves, a chance to meet singer Amy Winehouse and an opportunity to sit in on Jonathan Ross' radio show are just some
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Blasted by BB guns
VANDALS who left a trail of damage in ball-bearing gun attack on a used car dealers have been labelled as senseless yobs. Car windows have been shot out for the second time in ten months at the Vicarage Motor Company in Blunsdon. And six months ago the
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Bassett seek league tonic
WOOTTON Bassett can half a mini-slump with victory over league new boys Bradford on Avon in Southern Counties South tomorrow. Stoneover Lane coach Graham Stickler has selected a squad that will look to secure possession up front. Alex Buchalik moves in
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Len boosts the funds
A GREAT-grandad took part in an orchestral marathon and helped raise £1,000 for a new music centre in Trowbridge. Freshford fiddle veteran Len Macey, 78, took part in the four-hour event to boost the Wiltshire Rural Music Society's efforts to raise the
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Children get a kick from art
FOOTBALL and art merged in a series of children's workshops held in Trowbridge at the weekend. The town museum, in The Shires shopping centre gave children between five and 16 the chance to work with Bath-based artist David Birks to create their own football-themed
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Pensioner, 85, is driven up the wall
THE Wiltshire Times has leapt to the aid of a pensioner who has waited nine months for a broken wall to be repaired. Elsie Carter, of Trenchard Way, Bowerhill, was reduced to tears on several occasions after West Wiltshire Housing Society failed to re-build
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Dad is beaten by vicious robbers
Paul Speakman with his son Christian, 12, after the attackA TROWBRIDGE father was attacked just hours after he and his son arrived in New Zealand, where they had planned to live. Paul Speakman and his 12-year-old son Christian landed on Monday to explore
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Siege man remanded
A CRACK addict who pleaded guilty to a string of charges in connection with a 16-hour siege in Trowbridge will be sentenced next month. Robert Smith, of Hampton Gardens, Aylesbury, is due to be sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on November 15 for three
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Parents heading back to school
PARENTS went back to school in Trowbridge this week to learn with their children. Longmeadow Primary School held a Whizzey Week named after the school's owl mascot to encourage parents to get more involved with the work of the school. Each class had a
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Drug dealer guilty of savage kidnap
A THUG convicted of three assaults in the space of two years looks set to spend years behind bars for a kidnapping in Trowbridge. Drug dealer Colin Cooke, 32, entered a last-minute guilty plea to causing actual bodily harm and kidnap at Swindon Crown
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Hopes for town as store opens
THERE are high hopes the opening of a big name retail store in Trowbridge could encourage other national chain stores to the town. Monsoon was officially opened in Fore Street by town mayor Grace Hill on Wednesday morning. Area manager Anna Harris said
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Surprise baby's birthday joy
TROWBRIDGE mother Helen Longmore had a little more time to plan her daughter's first birthday than she did the birth. Miss Longmore, who gave birth to baby Amber in a pub toilet just hours after she found out she was pregnant, celebrated the tot's first
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Public show support for £25m revamp bid
DEVELOPERS should find out this month whether their £25m bid to transform the old Tesco store in Trowbridge is to be given the go-ahead. The new centre planned for St Stephen's Place, which would include shops, a gym, a bar and public space next to the
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Driver delivers first aid
TIMES: DELIVERY driver Owen Talbot put his first aid skills to good use when he witnessed a road accident in Hastings. Airsprung employee Mr Talbot, of Long Close, Chippenham, was quick to help a 30-year-old man whose white van collided with an HGV in
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Young girl abused
TIMES: A CORSHAM paedophile has been found guilty of sexually abusing a young girl. Bryant Thomas Huckin, 60, of Dicketts Road, was found guilty of two counts of indecency against a child under 16 years old and four counts of indecent assault at Portsmouth
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Public show support for £25m revamp bid
DEVELOPERS should find out this month whether their £25m bid to transform the old Tesco store in Trowbridge is to be given the go-ahead. The new centre planned for St Stephen's Place, which would include shops, a gym, a bar and public space next to the
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Surprise party helps Les' favourite charity
Westbury pensioner Les Alley thought he was celebrating his 80th birthday with a quiet evening down at the pub, but his family had other ideas by hosting a party to raise money for his favourite charity. Mr Alley, of West End, arrived at The Hollies in
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Cement boss hits back
LAFARGE Cement has hit back at claims burning Recycled Liquid Fuel in Westbury will create an environmental wasteland. The firm reacted angrily to Monday night's Inside Out programme on BBC1, which documented the efforts of the pressure group The Air
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Group sees no need for extra medical cover
A GROUP set up to give residents a voice on health issues is refusing to back calls for a second doctors' surgery in Westbury. The West Wiltshire Patient and Public Involvement Forum says there is no need for another practice. Westbury is the only west
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Hopes for town as store opens
THERE are high hopes the opening of a big name retail store in Trowbridge could encourage other national chain stores to the town. Monsoon was officially opened in Fore Street by town mayor Grace Hill on Wednesday morning. Area manager Anna Harris said
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Cash needed for Christmas lights
Trowbridge businesses are being urged to get into the spirit of Christmas to save the town's festive light display. Putting up Christmas lights in the town centre costs up to £20,000 every year and town businesses are being asked raise £3,000 towards
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Driver pays penalty for car clanger
A DRIVER from Melksham who has not visited London for more than 50 years was stunned when he was issued with a fine for driving in one of the capital's bus lanes. Ken Arlett, of Dorset Crescent, received a letter informing him he was being charged £50
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Attacker wielded a scythe
AN attack on a Melksham businessman involving a knife and a scythe was the latest in a string of incidents at a town centre takeaway. Burhan Aydin, manager of the Chicken Hut, on Union Street, claims he has been the victim of verbal abuse in recent weeks
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Praise for five-star service from Wiltshire ambulance
I FEEL the Wiltshire Ambulance Service take a lot of flak but earlier this week they gave five-star service when I had to call 999 for my husband. We had two ambulances, a paramedic car and an ambulance, and the staff dealt with the situation efficiently
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Henry on Target
JONATHAN Henry has been appointed the south west business development manager for Target Express, which has depots all over the country. Jonathan has previously been a direct sales consultant for Rentokil Initial City Link.
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Poetic elderly
I LAY there as a tree my heart was heavy One could feel this life was not for me. What could be done when at that moment came the sun, it shone across my face, I needed nothing more to give me grace. At that second of despair a beam of light shone through
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Money lost by ignorance
BUSINESSES may be wasting hundreds of pounds by ignoring the potential of electronic invoicing. Business Link Berkshire and Wiltshire believes small and medium sized businesses are losing valuable time and money through archaic office systems. It says
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Boxes of delight
RETIREMENT has given Operation Christmas Child supporters Paul and Shirley Nicholls a new lease of life. The couple from North Bradley had been packing shoeboxes for many years, but in 2002 they started helping out at the appeal depot in Melksham. Before
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Organisers are facing the music
A TOWN could pull out of the West Wilts Show over a row about live music at the event. Melksham Town Council discussed plans to withdraw from the biennial event on Monday after West Wiltshire District Council made a request for exhibitors not to stage
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Cadets invited to join band
MUSICAL youngsters are being invited to play in the first joint corps band in the country. The air, sea and army cadets hope to come together to form a joint corps of drums, the first in the country to involve all three cadet groups. Jennifer Polledri
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Teens told to speak up
YOUNG people have been learning more about local politics. Students from The John of Gaunt School and Clarendon College, Trowbridge, and The George Ward School, Melksham, were among those at a Make Your Mark event at County Hall on Monday as part of Local
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China crisis planning talks
WILTSHIRE and China forged links as county emergency planning officers met with their Chinese counterparts. A 20-strong group of planners from the Shanghai Administration Institute visited County Hall in Trowbridge on a fact-finding tour. The county council's
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Arms campaign is way to end deaths
THE director of Amnesty International UK has appealed to the people of west Wiltshire to support the charity's campaign against the worldwide trade in deadly weapons. Kate Allen spoke at St Margaret's Hall, Bradford on Avon on Wednesday about the Control
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Schools react to exam shake-up proposals
HEADTEACHERS in west Wiltshire have given a cautious welcome to a proposed shake-up of the school exam system. The report by former chief schools inspector Mike Tomlinson outlines what would be the most radical reform of the education system in 50 years
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Conman targets churches
POLICE are warning clergymen across west and north Wiltshire to be on alert after a conman deceived a vicar out of more than £100. The man, who targeted a church in Shaw, claims he has a mother who has died of cancer and needs money to get to either Scotland
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Waterloo train under threat again
TRAIN users across west Wiltshire are appalled by news a direct service to London could be scrapped in December and have vowed to fight the closure. The Wiltshire Times' Save Our Train campaign, supported by thousands of rail passengers, the West Wilts
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Jeff is cream of the crops on The Farm
CELEBRITY TV show The Farm drew to a close this week with TV presenter Jeff Brazier announced as the top farmer. The Channel Five programme, which has run for the past three weeks at the East Hill View farm in Heytesbury, ended on Sunday. Mr Brazier said
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Pub keeps traditions alive
HUNTING may soon be a thing of the past, but at a pub in Warminster the hounds are still chasing the fox. The Fox and Hounds, Deverill Road, has just put up a new sign depicting the traditional and recently controversial scene of fox hunting. Landlord
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Police reveal pictures of Tory club burglars
POLICE in Warminster are appealing for witnesses to a theft at the town's Conservative Club. Two youths stole a coat and a mobile phone from the club in Prestbury Drive. Police believe the thieves live in the area. CCTV images were released this week
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Traders' shop local appeal
SHOPPERS in Warminster are being encouraged to support town businesses in the run up to Christmas. The Warminster Independent Traders Association is putting yellow stickers in locally owned shops across the town to encourage customers to support them.
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Trooper, 19, bit off part of soldier's ear
TWO tank soldiers rolled on the floor biting each other in a barrack block brawl at a Warminster army base, a court martial heard. During a two-day trial, an Army court at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain was told one of the men had part of an ear bitten
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Jeff is cream of the crops on The Farm
CELEBRITY TV show The Farm drew to a close this week with TV presenter Jeff Brazier announced as the top farmer. The Channel Five programme, which has run for the past three weeks at the East Hill View farm in Heytesbury, ended on Sunday. Mr Brazier said
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Children tune in to their creative sides
PUPILS at Monkton Farleigh Primary School have discovered their creative sides during an annual arts event. The event, which included music, art, dance and pottery took place from Monday to Wednesday, with all 26 pupils taking part. Headteacher Sue Havranek
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Woman seriously hurt in 50ft bridge plunge
A MENTALLY ill woman who is believed to have jumped off a 50ft bridge is seriously ill in hospital. The 31-year-old woman from Bath, who has not been named, is thought to have deliberately jumped off the viaduct at Limpley Stoke just before 4pm on Saturday
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Pupils showing the can-do spirit
CHILDREN at schools across Bradford on Avon have been making posters and prizes for a festival aimed at inspiring people to push the boundaries of possibility. Pupils from Christ Church Primary School took home posters for the I Can We Can Challenge,
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Arms campaign is way to end deaths
THE director of Amnesty International UK has appealed to the people of west Wiltshire to support the charity's campaign against the worldwide trade in deadly weapons. Kate Allen spoke at St Margaret's Hall, Bradford on Avon on Wednesday about the Control
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Waterloo line U-turn means Government has broken a promise
IT was announced at the latest public meeting of our group last Friday that the hard fought for and highly successful Waterloo service is once again under threat. Over a year-long campaign I was immensely grateful to the community for the thousands of
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Trust is working hard
RE THE letter from Graham Myatt in last week's Wiltshire Times: the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust hastens to assure your correspondent that it did object to the plans submitted for the development of the old gas works site on Frome Road, but to
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Deafening wall of silence
SEVERAL weeks ago I wrote a letter saying: "Surely, if the county council is certain of the superiority of the Cocklebury Road site it has no reason for not publishing in full the objective, independent evidence supporting this." The deafening wall of
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Record office move is such a nonsense
COMING up from the south west, I am amazed to see all this controversy over moving the record office from Wiltshire's county town. Every other record office is in its county town, Cornwall's is in Truro, where people who want to use it expect it to be
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A way to think of your loved ones
Val Evans and Olive Newbold of the Macmillan fundraising committee by the Tree of Thought FOR most people Christmas is a happy time for family reunions, presents and a slap-up meal. But for others it can be a difficult period, particularly for those who
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MP unhappy about Brit troops in Iraq
THE decision to push hundreds of British soldiers into new areas of Iraq has been condemned by North Wiltshire MP James Gray, pictured. He declared himself unhappy with the plans to redeploy 650 combat troops from The Black Watch as replacements for American
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Havoc wreaked by youngsters
CHILDREN as young as 10 have caused more than £7,000 of damage to this building in a reckless vandalism spree. A group of youngsters aged between 10 and 14 are believed to have targeted the building, Hanimex House, on the Dorcan Industrial Estate. They
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Top of the taps!
THEY say a good plumber is never out of work and for one of Britain's oldest Ian Herring jobs have always been in the pipeline. The 74-year-old has spent 60 years in the trade and has worked for stars including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anneka Rice and celebrity
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Bite the bullet
COUNCIL leader Mike Bawden admits his hands are tied over plans to build a new university at Coate. Now he says the town must bite the bullet and accept plans to build the campus on the green spot or risk losing millions in investments. Earlier this week
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County Ground may get facelift
.THE County Ground could be redeveloped as Swindon Town's new home if talks between the club, the developers and the council go to plan. Since the debacle with the Shaw site, the club's supporters' trust has been campaigning to stay at the original site
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Weekend fixtures and teams
Supermarine (meet 12.45pm at club): D James, J Barrett, P Bishop, A Uzzell, S Park, I McMurray, J Titcombe (capt), T Gallimore, J Hodgson, N Clarke, R McEwen, D King, P Smith, M Woodhouse, P Prentice, N Moulden, N Harper, A O'Neil. Supermarine Blades
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Talk service to help teenagers
DEPRESSED teenagers will get the chance to talk about anything from bullying and bereavement to sexual identity and depression with the launch of a counselling service in Trowbridge. Relate Mid Wiltshire has been awarded funding from Connexions to run
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Pupils getting a kick from top coaching
A SCHOOL in Trowbridge was given the benefit of top class training by professional coaches thanks to a lottery-funded scheme. Pupils at Larkrise School, Ashton Street, were given six weeks' training as part of the Swindon Football in the Community programme
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Muggers pull knife on boys
TWO teenagers were mugged at knifepoint as they walked home after a night out in Trowbridge. The two 18-year-olds, both from the town, were walking along Bradley Road at 11.45pm on Sunday when two men approached them, asking for cigarettes. The muggers
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'Door not shut' on Hope project
WEST Wiltshire District Council has partially relented on its decision to withdraw land from a nature centre project in Trowbridge. The council announced last month it was withdrawing the offer of 12 acres of land at Southwick Park to the Hope Nature
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Cash needed for Christmas lights
Trowbridge businesses are being urged to get into the spirit of Christmas to save the town's festive light display. Putting up Christmas lights in the town centre costs up to £20,000 every year and town businesses are being asked raise £3,000 towards
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Stallards is best place for skate park
A PROJECT to build a £110,000 skateboard park in Trowbridge has moved one step closer to reality. Town councillors voted on Tuesday to apply for planning permission for the facility at Stallards Park, despite protests from some local residents who fear
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Street parade to honour Biker Bill
A MOTORCYCLE cavalcade will lead hundreds of mourners today in paying tribute to one of Trowbridge's best-known characters. Friends of Biker Bill, from Newtown, who died of a heart attack last week, say the crowd could top 500 and police are closing the
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New pigeon row ruffles feathers
THE long-running battle over how to tackle the pigeon problem in Trowbridge has taken a new twist. The town council has been working with an international pigeon advisory service to try and come up with a solution to a problem that has dogged the town
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Sunday fixtures
Southern League Premier Division: Banbury v Kings Lynn; Bedford Tn v Halesowen Tn; Chippenham Tn v Aylesbury Utd; Dunstable Tn v Gloucester City; Grantham Tn v Chesham Utd; Hednesford Tn v Cirencester Tn; Hemel Hempstead Tn v Rugby Utd; Histon v Bath
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Saturday fixtures
Southern League Premier Division: Banbury v Kings Lynn; Bedford Tn v Halesowen Tn; Chippenham Tn v Aylesbury Utd; Dunstable Tn v Gloucester City; Grantham Tn v Chesham Utd; Hednesford Tn v Cirencester Tn; Hemel Hempstead Tn v Rugby Utd; Histon v Bath
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Stratton look to forget embarrassment
Premier side AFC Stratton will no doubt be all out to redeem themselves against Shrewton United Reserves this week after a disastrous home defeat by lowly Pewsey Vale last weekend, writes RAY BURROUGHS. Their assistant Rick Casey put their defeat down
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Bush test at Backwell
Corsham boss Nobby Bush insists its going to be a case of 'just getting on with it' when he takes his depleted side to Backwell in the FA Vase. Bush is down to a threadbare squad after Jamie Lyons and Scott Lye were called up to the County squad, Tony
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Dyton wants a positive response
Shrivenham's title charge in Division One West was temporarily derailed at midtable Headington last week. Alan Dyton's men bid to bounce back when Hook Norton demoted from the Premier last term visit the Rec tomorrow. Russ Byrne and Paul O'Connell are
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The Bluebirds go Duck hunting
Mangerless Aylesbury United are the visitors to Hardenhuish Park this weekend. Paul Curtis left the Ducks yesterday following a poor run of results which see them languishing in bottom half of the table, 10 points behind Chippenham. The Bluebirds will
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Collier looks to continue run against Cinderford
Swindon Supermarine host Cinderford tomorrow and, after holding league leaders Taunton to a draw in midweek, manager Mark Collier sees this as a 'must win game'. "After good back to back results we must look to continue this run of good form again on
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Pete playing mind games?
PETE Yeardley is either refreshingly honest or he's picked up a bit of kidology from Alex Ferguson after spending another week following Manchester United on their European travels. The Wootton Bassett boss heads into a Hellenic Premier battle with Highworth
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Life on the ocean wave
Woman takes part in round the world race IMAGINE being numb with cold as 70mph winds bite your face on a yacht rollercoastering over 50-foot waves in the middle of the ocean. This is what confronts former Ashton Keynes resident Georgina Walker who is
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'Don't let his death be in vain'
RESIDENTS living along a notorious accident blackspot are being urged to attend an exhibition to help shape a road safety scheme. Only 100 more consultation forms, aimed at finding out what can be done to reduce accidents along Pinehurst Road, have been
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Vice girl jailed
Annette Goodchild got six months after breaching an injunction banning her from Swindon's red light district. She failed to appear at the county court and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Senior solicitor for Swindon Council, Francis Maples said:
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A CLASS ACT
.120 youngsters win roles in television series THERE may be a few familiar faces in the background when the new series of popular Channel 4 comedy hits the small screen. A total of 120 children from Swindon were chosen as extras for the filming of Teachers
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Snorkellers spread the word on energy
SWINDON shoppers are sure to do a double take next week when they see snorkellers in the town centre. The snorkellers will be in the centre next Monday, as part of National Energy Efficiency Week. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Swindon Council have teamed
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MP sees students
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills will be talking about his work to Government and Politics Students at New College. He said: "I think it is crucial to involve young people in politics. My generation are trying to build a better world for them. I hope they
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Diana champers up for auction
A RARE magnum of champagne to celebratate the 1981 marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales is to be auctioned in Swindon. The large bottle of Cuvee Dom Perignon 1961 the year was chosen because it was the year of Diana's birth is expected to raise
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The current exam system should stay, say readers
EIGHTY per cent of Adver readers in our poll say A level and GCSE exams should stay. We asked if you agreed with proposals to replace the current system with a four-level diploma. And our poll results show the majority of readers disagree with Mike Tomlinson
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New target for holiday fall teenager
TEENAGER Sarah Webster from Cricklade is determined to celebrate her birthday at home with friends and family. That's despite a painful operation earlier this week to repair her shattered wrists. She will be 19 on November 9. She suffered horrific injuries
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We pay twice
HOW good of our local MP Michael Wills to start a petition to ask Swindon Council to supply transport for people who have lost their local post office. This somehow looks like a double whammy to me because the people who travel will pay through their
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Wrekin and Coate are in the way
MY first 14 years in the UK were spent in Shropshire, my grandparents' house was in a splendid position in Oakengates, where I awakened every morning looking at a glorious hill, all 1,334ft of it. It was called the Wrekin. It is a treasure produced by
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Protecting pensions is a duty
LLOYD George, who introduced the State retirement pension in 1909, must be turning in his grave. The near criminal activities of governments, in addition to highly paid pension fund managers and actuaries, coupled with the incompetence of trade union
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Discrimination rife for elderly
THE response to my letter in the Evening Advertiser (October 17) about age discrimination has, as usual, been alarming. Yet again I have heard from people barred from working for local employers because of their age. Like the person who was on the brink
