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Chippenham therapist heads out to war zone
Acupuncturist Gisela Norman is preparing for a two-week stay in the war-torn Gaza Strip to tend to injured citizens and refugees. Ms Norman, 51, who is based at the Park Lane Practice, in Chippenham, has said that putting her life on the line to help
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Marlborough boxers can have disused pavilion
Members of the recently formed and successful Marlborough Boxing Club are celebrating winning the first round of their contest to get their own premises. The club’s young fighters, who have notched up a string of successes all over the south are training
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Avebury Manor to reveal its secrets
Visitors to Avebury are getting a rare chance to see rooms at the Manor not normally on show to the public. Only certain rooms at the Manor have been open to the public in recent years because the building, which dates from the early 16th century, was
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Marlborough traders may pay drivers’ parking fees
Traders in Marlborough are monitoring a scheme in Hungerford where shops refund parking fees, to see if they could follow suit. Shops in Hungerford, as in Marlborough and probably every other market town, are suffering from a drop in customers due largely
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Malmesbury boxer takes the wax
Great Britain boxing hopeful Joe Hughes, who has taken a few whacks in pursuit of his art, felt wax of another painful kind at his local pub. He was joined by four fearless friends, all regulars at the Borough Arms in Malmesbury, where they
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Wootton Bassett couple on a mission
Since his son Luke died eight years ago, Robert Rowe has campaigned tirelessly for the hospice that cared for him. Football mad Luke, ten, whose family live in Templars Firs, Wootton Bassett, died of a brain tumour aged six in 2001. Doctors
