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Firm fined after slurry leak kills fish
An agricultural contractor has been ordered to pay £4,536 in fines and costs after farm slurry escaped into a stream in Melksham, close to a supermarket and children's play area, killing dozens of fish. The case was brought by the Environment Agency
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Court delays sentence on house blast dad
A judge has put off passing sentence on a man who blew up his house in Melksham after the arsonist claimed he started the blaze by accident. Murdo Caskie, who was heavily in debt, admitted starting the fire at his house in Cedar Close but later
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Westbury United 1, Shepton Mallet 0
Dan Kovacs netted his sixth goal for Westbury United as his side gained quick revenge for a defeat at Shepton Mallet just a week earlier. This was a match with plenty of goalscoring chances (22 in toal, 13 for Westbury and 9 for Shepton) and Kovacs' first
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Two being quizzed by police over Melksham 'arson'
Two people are being quizzed by detectives this afternoon in connection with a suspected arson attack at a house in Melksham. Detectives have arrested two Melksham people, an 18 year old man and a 39-year-old woman, after five people were forced
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Car crashes into shop wall after handbrake snaps
A broken handbrake led to an empty car rolling down a busy street in Bradford on Avon and hitting a wall of a shop this morning. The Audi A4 was parked in Market Street but a mechanical fault with the handbrake caused the car to roll downhill, across
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Air ambulance airlifts woman after suspected stroke
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was tasked to a woman thought to be having a stroke at West Wilts Trading Estate near Westbury yesterday afternoon. The ambulance crew arrived at the scene at 12.25pm and the patient was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol
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Avon Rubber to axe 72 jobs in Melksham
There is more bad news on the jobs front in west Wiltshire with the news that Avon Rubber in Semington near Melksham is to axe 72 jobs. Products made of the dairy industry at the firm on Hampton Park West will now be made in the Czech Republic
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Eastlands named team of the week
The Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News sponsored Team of the Week award for March 29, 2009 has been awarded to Second Division side Eastlands FC. This weeks choice of Team of the Week Award winners was one of the hardest of the season so
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Teenager arrested after suspected arson attack
A teenager has been arrested after a suspected arson attack on a caravan in Melksham this morning, which left two houses badly damaged. Fire crews and police were called to Sangster Avenue in Melksham at just after 4.30am after a caravan was
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Factory fire crew's last shout
A fire crew with the Cooper Tires factory in Melksham has attended its last shout as the company ended its historic links with Wiltshire’s fire brigade. Avon Rubber set up its on-site brigade more than 100 years ago and strengthened it in 1966
