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Name blunder causes red faces during Melksham royal visit
A firm's managing partner was left red-faced in front of royalty during a Queen’s Award ceremony in Melksham when he called Prince Andrew, the Duke of Kent to everyone’s amusement. Tom Roach, managing partner of Checkmate Group which supplies
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Concerns raised over Network Rail's plans for Westbury
Concerns have been raised over Network Rail’s plans to build a recycling centre for old track materials in Westbury. Town councillor Francis Morland said the centre would do little for Westbury, at a Westbury Town Council highways, planning and development
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Aldi seals the deal on Westbury supermarket
Budget supermarket chain Aldi has secured planning permission for a new store in Westbury, which will create new jobs. The supermarket secured outline planning permission for a store at the former Oval Motors showroom in Warminster Road, Westbury
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Man arrested after farm's stolen ducks recovered
A 22-year-old Warminster man has been charged with theft after police recovered three ducks stolen from a community farm near Trowbridge. Youngsters were devastated after thieves broke into Larkrise Community Farm, in West Ashton Road, at 10pm
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Truck drivers hit back at residents' complaints
Truck drivers from across the country have hit back at complaints made about behaviour at a lorry park in Melksham. People living in Spa Court lobbied a town council meeting earlier this month to raise problems at the King Street lorry park, which is
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Pigs mean profit for college students
Five farming students from Wiltshire College Lackham are selling hand-reared pork as part of a hands-on agricultural project. The third year National Diploma in Agriculture students, aged between 18 and 19 years old, are Tom Elliot from Warminster
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Theatre school to launch in Trowbridge
Theatre school Stagecoach is to launch in Trowbridge next month. An open meeting for prospective students and their parents will be held at The Grove Primary School on Thursday, April 30, before the part-time stage school opens on May 2. Stagecoach
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Tributes paid to tragic Wiltshire College student
Tributes have poured in for Chippenham college student Lance Cleverley who was found hanging from a bridge in Monkton Park on Friday. Mr Cleverley, 25, was discovered by a dog walker shortly before 6.30am on the blue bridge close to the Chippenham
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Vandals strike twice at primary school
Police are appealing for information after vandals broke in to Christchurch Primary School in Bradford on Avon twice over the Easter holidays. Damage included overturned dustbins with their rubbish contents thrown across the playground, branches
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American sisters pay a visit to namesake town
Two sisters from the USA with the surname Trowbridge were given the VIP treatment at Wiltshire county town’s museum on Friday. Chanelle and Jazlyn Trowbridge, from Oskaloosa in Iowa, met Trowbridge town mayor Cllr John Knight during a visit to the museum
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Listed house and former factory to become affordable homes
A derelict listed building and former factory in Westbury will be transformed into affordable housing after five years of unsuccessful planning applications. Frogmore House is an early Victorian two-storey detached villa next to the former Peter Black
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All of tonight's fixtures postponed
All four of tonight's scheduled fixtures from the Robson Taylor, Chippenham League have been postponed. The Premier division match between Corsham Centre A and Box Rovers has been called off because Rovers who have been plagued by injuries in recent
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Rugby: Trowbridge 19, Swanage & Wareham 23
Trowbridge finished their first league campaign in the South West Two East division with a narrow defeat by fourth placed Swanage and Wareham on Saturday. Bolstered by the return of Alex Hill from injury, this was a game that Trowbridge could and should
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Antonietta murder accused in court
Two men accused of killing Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino appeared in court by videolink yesterday. Mrs Guarino's former lodger Marc Riley, 24, and his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 19, appeared at Bristol Crown Court via videolink
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Melksham firm prepares for Prince's visit
The Duke of York is due to visit Melksham later today to present a prestigious Queen’s Award to a local manufacturing firm. Prince Andrew will be guest of honour at Checkmate Group, which took over the former Avon Fabrications business and operates
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Suicide verdict after man found hanged near service station
A 61-year-old Warminster man committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near a busy service station following a 10-year history of alcoholism and depression, an inquest heard on Monday. Richard John Haines, known by his friends and family
