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Bridgwater Town 2 Chippenham Town 3
Chippenham Town eased into the next round of the Errea Cup with a comfortable win at Bridgwater on Tuesday night. Sam Allison, Aaron Cornwall and Mark Badman all scored for the Bluebirds, who were rarely troubled by the committed hosts. Luke Gullick
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Reggie Perrin
A chap got on the bus in Salisbury this evening wearing a "Sunrise Foods" sweatshirt. Doubtless this is a perfectly respectable company. But I'd just been reflecting that I'm in my 24th winter in full-time, office-based, employment and so I was instantly
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN: Bats get a new home
Soldiers are not the only ones who stand to benefit from an £8 billion private finance initiative to upgrade military accommodation. Bats are also being borne in mind, the Ministry of Defence revealed today. For more than 700 bat bricks, bricks containing
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History centre set to open
THE new £11.1m Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre has finally opensits doors to the public tomorrow. The facility, on Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, is the new home for hundreds of thousands of artefacts and paper records from across the county. Building
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Community centre plans at risk
Plans for a new community centre in Calne look set to fall at the last hurdle after vital comments on parking were not heard by councillors who agreed the project. The community centre, due to be part funded by developer Persimmon Homes, was set to be
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Schoolboy, 13, on assault charge
A thirteen-year-old boy is to face trial by jury alongside three other youths accused of attacking a man in the town centre. The youngster pleaded not guilty to charges of robbery and grievous bodily harm with intent when he appeared before a judge
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Witnesses needed to death crash
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in which the driver of a sports car was killed yesterday evening. A man in his 60s died when his convertible sports car was in collision with a skip lorry near Kington Langley. He died instantly when
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Kibble heading for championships
Devizes policeman Phil Kibble will represent Wales next month in the National Team Championship. The 42-year-old will travel to Stormont in Northern Ireland for a 12km cross country race against England, Northern Ireland and Scotland for the Welsh Vet
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Car crash causes traffic chaos
Drivers are facing delays this afternoon as a Chippenham road is closed following two seperate crashes. Hill Corner Road is expected to remain closed for another half hour at least while the vehicles involved are recovered. Both collisions occured near
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Crash closes road
A TWO-CAR crash closed the main Marlborough-Hungerford A4 road late on Sunday evening. A Range Rover and a Renault Clio collided near the Palm Restaurant midway between Marlborough and Hungerford. A woman passenger in the Renault Clio was physically
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Town hit with transfer embargo
Swindon Town have been slapped with a transfer embargo by the Football League because of unpaid football bills. The outstanding money is cash owed to clubs from the sale of away tickets but non executive director Bob Holt is confident the situation will
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ALGARVE TRAGEDY: First victim's funeral
The funeral of Jean Dinsmore, of Coxstalls, Wootton Bassett, will take place at Hereford Crematorium at 12.40p.m. on Monday November 5. There will be a memorial service at St. Marys Church, Eardisley, later the same afternoon. Mrs Dinsmore died last
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Couple admit taking indecent photographs
A man and woman have admitted taking indecent photographs of young girls more than a decade ago. Melville Cammish, 60, and Teresa Moon, 54, both pleaded guilty to the offences when they appeared before a judge at Swindon Crown Court. Cammish, of
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Heroin addict avoids jail sentence
Heroin addict Victoria Haywood, who stored thousands of pounds worth of drugs for a dealer, has again walked free from court after failing on a suspended sentence. Rather than being sent to jail Haywood, of Greenway Lane, Chippenham, was told she
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Johnners was a frustrated music hall comedian at heart
Last week's annual Johnners Club' Dinner in the Lord's Long Room attracted over 200 devotees of one of the best-loved voices on radio to a function that raised several thousand pounds for the Brian Johnston Memorial Trust. Founded by his widow, Pauline
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Arboretum hosts cancer walk
Westonbirt Arboretum will host a fundraising event for Cancer Research UK this Sunday. The All Walk Together day will take place in the attractive grounds of the National Arboretum. The event is a five-kilometre walk to raise money for the charity,
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New canal trust chairman
The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust has a new chairman. Rob Jones has been elected as the new chairman of the Chippenham, Calne and Melksham branch of the charity - which has more than 2,000 members. The 44-year-old will use his year in office to boost
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Bryne's boys ready for Youth Cup match
Dave Byrne has warned his Town starlets this evening's FA Youth Cup clash will be the biggest moment of their young careers as they bid to enhance their fast-growing reputations. Scouts from the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Reading have been
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Cox swaps Hatton plans for his own big fight
Boxing: Jamie Cox will have to abandon his plans to jet out to the States for the fight of the year next month after being handed his own tasty test this side of the water. The Swindon southpaw was all set to fly to Vegas to watch Ricky Hatton's eagerly-awaited
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Power confident he will win legal battle
Swindon Town may be claiming a first round victory' in their legal battle against Bill Power - but the former QPR chairman is still "100 per cent confident" he will win the war. The club released a strongly-worded statement yesterday, urging Power to
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Fears over 'takeaway ghetto'
Plans for a new Indian take away in Marlborough was not to everyone's taste at the town council's planning committee last night. Husband and wife councillors Nick and Edwina Fogg expressed the fear that The Parade was being turned into a take away ghetto
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Teen faces jail for robbery
Teenager Stephen Jenkins has been warned he could be jailed after admitting robbing a teenager of a mobile phone, tobacco and lighter. Jenkins also admitted stealing £30 in cash from another teenager a few weeks earlier. The 18-year-old of Stockwood
