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Charity box stolen at Melksham elderly home
A charity box containing £30 was taken from a communal area at a retirement housing block in Giffords Court, Melksham, between Tuesday and Thursday last week. Anyone with information is asked to call Wiltshire Police on the 101 number.
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Westbury swim club’s £3k claim over pool closure
Wiltshire Council wants people to share memories, historical photos and stories of Westbury Swimming Pool in preparation for a 125th anniversary exhibition. Westbury is one of the country’s oldest surviving public pools and the council, with Westbury
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£3,000 claim for Westbury pool being shut
Westbury Amateur Swim-ming Club hopes to be fully compensated by Wiltshire Council for money lost while the swimming pool was closed from March to June, after submitting a claim last week. The compensation claim is for about £3,000 and takes into
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Rain fails to mar Yarnbrook fete fun
A LATE downpour failed to dampen the summer fete fun at the Longs Arms in Yarnbrook. The pub’s community fun day saw children and adults enjoying stalls and a bouncy castle, raising £300 for MacMillan Cancer Care on Saturday. Manager Tracey
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Fuel thieves left evidence behind
DIESEL was siphoned out of the tank of a commercial vehicle in Brook Lane Industrial Estate, Westbury, at about 9.30pm on Saturday. Police believe the offenders were disturbed as the hand pump used was recovered.
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Woman penalised with ASBO after harassing company staff
Hostile neighbour Rachel Stroud was given a three-year ASBO on Tuesday, for continually harassing staff from Trowbridge’s EJ Shanley and Son. The unemployed 46-year-old, of Helens Court in Shails Lane, Trowbridge, was given the order following
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Cat rescued from tree in Warminster
A cat which spent two days up a tree in Westbury was finally rescued on Sunday, after specialist equipment was summoned from Swindon. The RSPCA called a fire crew to Leighton Green, where the cat had been stuck since Friday, on Sunday shortly after
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Trowbridge boy makes a £1k splash for air ambulance
North Bradley Primary School pupil Owen Raisey raised around £1,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance through a swimming fund-raiser on Sunday. Nine-year-old Owen swam 64 lengths in an hour at the Trowbridge sports centre pool in Frome Road. The
