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Bradford Town crash out of Les Phillips Cup
Two second half goals sunk Bradford as they crashed out of the Les Phillips Cup 3-1 at the quarter final stage. The visitors looked good value at half time in their match at Oldland Abbotonians but fell away at a time they should have pushed
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Street 0, Frome Town 1
Frome continued their march towards the Southern League with a fine victory at fellow high-flyers Street. Mark Salter's first half header gave the Wiltshire side a deserved victory to the delight of assistant manager Dave Graham. "It
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Radstock Town 1, Corsham Town 0
Corsham Town's poor run continued as they lost a dour game at Radstock in the Toolstation League Premier Division. The only goal of the game came on the quarter of an hour mark when a weak Radstock shot slipped through the legs of 17-year-old Corsham
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Warminster Town 1, Totton & Eling 1
Jubilant Warminster boss Jason Guy watched in delight as his side earned a more than creditable draw at home to Totton in the Wessex first division. The visitors were heavily fancied for the contest having lost just once all season with a goal
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Westbury United 3, Hengrove Athletic 1
Westbury's better recent form continued with a good win against their seventh-placed visitors. The opening goal came in United's first attack on 15 minutes when Dan Kovacs scored his 3rd goal for the Club. Hengrove were indisciplined through the
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Tytherington Rocks 1, Trowbridge Town 1
Paul King will be delighted after his talented bunch of teenagers earned a point at Tytherington Rocks this afternoon. The manager had feared his inexperienced troops may be daunted by the home side's notoriously physical approach but they
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Brislington 7, Devizes Town 0
Rock-bottom Devizes Town hit a new low as they were smashed for seven at Brislington in the Toolstation Premier Division. The hosts totally outclassed injury-ravaged Town from start to finish and Devizes boss Shaun Moffat offered no excuses. He said
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Bideford 4, Calne Town 2
Calne's topsy-turvy season continued as they slipped to a disappointing loss at Bideford. The Lilywhites were 2-0 down at the break and an early second half goal from the hosts virtually ended the game as a contest. Gary Banks pulled
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Willand Rovers 2, Melksham Town 1
Melksham Town slipped to a narrow defeat at Willand Rovers in the Toolstation League Premier Division. Town were lacklustre in the first half as they conceded twice but a half-time rollicking from manager Wayne Thorne sparked a better display after the
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WWI tin hut to make way for new-look store
A treasured First World War building near Warminster, which has become the focal point for a community, is to be demolished and replaced with modern facilities. The popular garage shop in Codford, which is made out of corrugated iron, is thought to be
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Asda plans referred to secretary of state
Plans for an Asda store in Melksham are one step closer after proposals for a £25m store in Bradford Road were referred to Secretary of State Hazel Blears. The plans have been referred under the Town and Country Planning Shopping Development direction
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College submits once in a lifetime bid
Wiltshire College Trowbridge has submitted a planning application to move to the site of the former Bowyers factory in the heart of the town, in a project which is expected to cost £46m. The scheme will see the college move from College Road to land
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Pre-school and charity benefit from our fund
A fund set up to mark the 150th birthday of the Wiltshire Times has awarded cash to a pre-school for disabled children and a project run by Age Concern. Grants of £100 have been awarded to both Stepping Stones Opportunity Group in Trowbridge and Age
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Haulage firm hampered by thieves
A haulage firm from Corsham has been left to pick up the pieces after thieves damaged a number of lorries and stole £750 worth of diesel. Martin’s Transport at the Linleys had been using its new yard for only a week when thieves broke in between 1am
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Village ornaments wrecked by vandals
A village's set of nostalgic model animals have been destroyed in what has been described as an act of ‘mindless vandalism’. Parish councillors say they are at their wits’ end after full-size fibreglass ornaments of pigs and sheep have been
