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Golf: Matton clinches Rio date with legend Faldo
BOWOOD'S England A squad member Sam Matton is destined for a meeting with six-time Major champion Nick Faldo after a victory at the Vale of Glamorgan club near Cardiff. The 36-hole Faldo Series championship, played over two days, wassplit into
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FA Cup: Bassett beaten by bogey side
FOR the second time in three years, Wootton Bassett Town were eliminated from the FA Cup by Wessex League side Brockenhurst, writes STUART SMEDLEY. Any momentum gained from their midweek 6-1 victory over Headington was lost from the outset as Bassett
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RUGBY: Police win Quinn memorial match
WILTSHIRE Police edged to a deserved 17-12 win over neighbours Devizes in the annual Andy Quinn Memorial game. Pressurised in the set pieces and prone to conceding penalties and untried Devizes line-up were exposed to attacks from deep positions by a
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Wiltshire authors send up the Victorians
Wiltshire authors Diane Mason and Andrew Selwood, take a hilarious peek at what the butler saw but didn’t dare talk about in their new book, Right Up The Empire. The book, which is published next week, pairs chaste illustrations from nineteenth-century
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Air ambulance cash honours golfer whio died on course
Police worker Sheila Britten has presented a cheque for £2,200 to Wiltshire Air Ambulance in memory of her husband Andy, who died in 2002 after suffering a heart attack playing golf. The air ambulance flew Mr Britten, 42, who lived in Pewsey, from Upavon
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Devizes posties and firefighters launch new stamps
Devizes Postmen Rick Lavens and Luke Williams along with Delivery Manager Mark Perrett have officially launched the latest set of Royal Mail Stamps locally. The trio represent a magnificent roll-call of brave postmen and women who are also members
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Maasai warriors a hit in Marlborough
Extra seats had to put out in St Mary’s Church in Marlborough for the spectacle of a group of Maasai warriors from Kenya presenting dances and songs telling the history of the Osiligi tribe from the south of Nairobi. The warriors – six men with two women
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Car buried under fallen tree in Marlborough
Marlborough resident Peter Noble found his car buried under a fallen tree after violent winds on Friday. Police knocked at his door in Frees Avenue to tell him his car was under the 30ft tree. He said: "A freak gust of wind on Friday snapped a chestnut
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Chippenham man on trial over underage sex
A Chippenham man is to face trial by judge and jury accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Simon Webb is said to have had sex with the child during a four month period last spring and summer. The 25-year-old is accused of committing the
