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Choir pops up for Trowbridge supermarket concert
Shoppers enjoyed a performance by Alzheimer’s Support’s pop up choir at Trowbridge Sainsbury’s on Monday morning. About 60 people took part: dementia patients, carers and the charity’s volunteers. Shoppers donated £70 for their efforts. Alzheimers
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ANGLING: A League of their own
COMPETITORS had mixed fortunes in the Upper Thames Winter League match on the Bristol Avon at Chippenham and Melksham. Daiwa Gordon League took team honours with 50 points followed by Garbolino BVMG with 39 and Swindon Talisman with 36. Individually
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Lack of checks at RUH tackled
Concerns have been raised about Royal United Hospital staffing and patient records because staff did not know how much vulnerable patients drank and one was left in a soiled bed for 10 minutes. An independent inspection was carried out by the Care
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Successful year for Melksham rubber firm
Melksham-based manufacturing firm Avon Rubber PLC has seen its revenue increase by 17 per cent in the 12 months leading to September 30. The firm, which produces rubber items for the defence and dairy industries, released its preliminary results
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Bradford on Avon twinning group plans cycle break in France
Bradford on Avon’s French Twinning Association is looking for families interested in going on a cycling holiday next year. The five-night visit to the twinning town of Sully-sur-Loire will take place during spring half term, from May 27-June 1.
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Wiltshire's town and parish councils face grant cuts
Town and parish councils face some difficult decisions after Wiltshire Council reduced a grant aimed at combating Government council tax reforms. During today’s cabinet meeting, held at County Hall, Trowbridge, the decision was made to reduce a
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Police seek help finding stolen Trowbridge planters
Wiltshire Police is appealing for help locating two cast iron planters which were taken from a Trowbridge house overnight on Wednesday. The planters, valued at £400, were taken from outside a house in St Thomas Road. Witnesses are asked to
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FOOTBALL: O’Donnell pounces to bring in Tim
FROME Town manager Brian O’Donnell has swooped for one of his former protégés after bringing in defender Tim Stephenson from Calor League Premier Division strugglers Bashley. The versatile 21-year-old signed a professional contract with AFC Bournemouth
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Healthcare could be included in Trowbridge campus plans
Wiltshire Council is looking into the possibility of Trowbridge’s new campus including healthcare facilities. Mark Stone, Wiltshire Council’s Transformation Programme’s service director, said talks are going on with Wiltshire’s Clinical Commissioning
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Biggest Christmas ever at Longleat
Longleat Safari and Adventure Park’s Christmas celebrations will be bigger and better than ever before with a host of festive attractions to enjoy this year. Running until January 4, Christmas at Longleat brings together all the magic of the holiday
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Painter gets Keevil pupils going wild for art
Keevil artist Joanna May has inspired the children at her local primary school after involving them in an exhibition to raise money for the school. The wildlife artist, 48, visited Keevil Primary School on Tuesday to give a talk and show her collection
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RUGBY: ‘Electric Watson can make England impact’
ROB Webber is eyeing a place in England’s Six Nations squad come next year – and the Bath Rugby hooker is also tipping teammate Anthony Watson to make further progress with the Red Rose. Both Webber and Watson were part of Stuart Lancaster’s training
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RUH inspectors spot patient left in soiled bed
CONCERNS have been raised about staffing and patient record keeping at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, because staff did not know how much vulnerable patients drank and one was left in a soiled bed for 10 minutes. An independent inspection was
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Narrative ruling for boy who died in similar circumstances to Warminster child
A seven-year-old boy recovering from heart surgery died after suffering a "sudden catastrophic haemorrhage", a coroner ruled today. Avon Coroner Maria Voisin said she had heard no evidence that there had been any "gross failures" in the care Luke
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How Warminster valley will remember First World War
LIVING history re-enactments and a display map of local Army camps will be the centrepieces of Codford’s First World War centenary commemorations next year. With the First World War centenary less than a year away, Codford Local History Society
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Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theatre Royal Bath. Until Saturday.
You may think you know A Midsummer Night’s Dream but the all-male group Propeller give one of the Bard’s best loved comedies a whole new lease of life. From the moment Joseph Chance appears from a metal box in the middle of the stage as Puck it
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Review: City of Bath Bach Choir, Bath Abbey
Almost all the Bs with Bath Bach Choir: Bach could have been better; Britten was brilliant; Bruckner was bewitching. To continue the B theme: A computer glitch in the abbey organ meant organist Marcus Sealy had to substitute Romance sans paroles
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Big Society praise for project to help Forces spouses
THE Prime Minster has praised the “inspirational” work of a Wiltshire organisation which helps the partners of military personnel into employment, granting it a Big Society Award. Founded in 2009 by military wife and former journalist Heledd Kendrick
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Melksham school goes Back to the 80s
STUDENTS at Melksham Oak Community School were donning their legwarmers and preparing their perms last week, as the school looked to the 80s for its latest all-singing all-dancing musical. Three sell-out performances of Back to the 80s: A Totally
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Drivers warned of road delays on A36
DRIVERS using the A350 south of Warminster, the A36 Warminster bypass and the A361 into Frome from Beckington are being warned of possible delays this morning due to an abnormal load travelling on the route. The 140 ton load, which is so wide that
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Review: Romeo and Juliet, The Athenaeum, Warminster
Heavily inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film, the Athenaeum Limelight Players’ first foray into Shakespeare is one that is likely to have you hooked from start to finish. The tale of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, whose love defies the deadly
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TOOLSTATION LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION: Warminster Town 0 Bradford Town 7
BRADFORD Town continued their relentless march at the top of the Toolstation League First Division as they spoiled Derek Graham and Andy Crabtree's first match in charge of Warminster Town last night. Ruthless Bradford filled their boots at Weymouth
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GOLF: Surry soaring in South Africa
STEVE Surry's superb finish to 2013 continued this morning as he soared into early contention in the 1.1million Euros South African Open. The Cumberwell Park professional carded a four-under-par round of 68 to lie just two shots off the pace in
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Bradford on Avon chemist launches service to help people stub it out
Silver Street Pharmacy in Bradford on Avon has opened a free advisory service on the premises to help people wanting to stop smoking. It is available by appointment from 9am to 5.30 pm on weekdays and on Saturdays until 3.30pm, and lasts half an
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Town council backs move to seek Warminster Town Hall restoration funding
Warminster Town Council gave its support at a meeting on Monday to Warminster Preservation Trust’s plan to obtain funding for the Old Town Hall from the principal bodies supporting the restoration of historic buildings.
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Chapmanslade residents show interest in gas hook-up
Chapmanslade Parish Council held a meeting to discuss the possibility of getting mains gas in the village last Thursday, with residents enthusiastic about the plans. Kerry Jones, a resident and heating engineer, gave a presentation to the council
